Charging a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD at home in Maine

A 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD draws 33 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at Maine's 29.67¢/kWh residential rate that's $9.78 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. That works out to 38.9% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Maine — charging at home is cheaper than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

Maine owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD spend about $1,467 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $936 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Maine's rate, fully covering this 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD's 263-mile EPA range costs about $25.73 (86.7 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 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD in Maine ranks 17,214 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Volkswagen ID.4 AWD ranks 108 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.

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

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide names the exact EIA and EPA tables behind this page's numbers. 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.