Charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD at home in Louisiana

At Louisiana's residential electricity rate of 13.51¢/kWh, a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD (rated 33 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.46 to drive 100 miles on home charging, against $16.02 for the same distance in a car averaging 25.5 mpg on gasoline at $4.085/gallon. That works out to 72.2% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Louisiana — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Louisiana owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD spend about $669 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,734 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Louisiana's rate, fully covering this 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD's 280-mile EPA range costs about $12.48 (92.4 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD in Louisiana, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD in Louisiana ranks 2,239 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV3 Long Range AWD ranks 109 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Louisiana ranks 8 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Louisiana

Everything above is the per-mile and per-year cost once a home charger exists — getting one installed is a separate electrical job whose price depends on your panel and wiring, not the state average used here.

Line up a few Louisiana electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. Curious how Louisiana's 13.51¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.