Charging a 2027 Vinfast VF 8 Eco at home in Maine

At Maine's residential electricity rate of 29.67¢/kWh, a 2027 Vinfast VF 8 Eco (rated 46.2 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $13.72 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 14.3% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Maine — charging at home costs a little less than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

Maine owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Vinfast VF 8 Eco spend about $2,058 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $345 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Maine's rate, fully covering this 2027 Vinfast VF 8 Eco's 256-mile EPA range costs about $35.13 (118.4 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Vinfast VF 8 Eco in Maine ranks 19,748 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Vinfast VF 8 Eco ranks 363 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Maine ranks 48 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Next step: home charger installation

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 Maine 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. Maine has some of the highest residential electricity rates in the country — see the guide to why the cost varies so much by state for the full picture.