2026 Volkswagen ID.4, ME Charging Cost

2026 Volkswagen ID.4: home charging cost in Maine

A 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 draws 29.8 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at Maine's 29.67¢/kWh residential rate that's $8.84 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. Charging at home is much cheaper than gas here: 44.8% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

2026 Volkswagen ID.4: yearly cost in Maine

Driving 15,000 miles a year, fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption, a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 charged at home in Maine costs about $1,325/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,077 a year.

Cost of a full charge

A 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 needs roughly 86.7 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 291-mile range, which runs about $25.71 at 29.67¢/kWh in Maine.

2026 Volkswagen ID.4 in Maine, ranked

This combination ranks 16,192 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Volkswagen ID.4 alone ranks 53 of 400 models for efficiency; Maine alone ranks 48 of 51 states for electricity price.

Next step: home charger installation

The numbers above assume Level 2 home charging is already in place, the electrical work behind that is a real, separate cost that varies by panel, wiring, and local labor rates, not something this page's per-mile math includes.

Ask a licensed Maine electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

Where these figures come from

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.