2026 Volkswagen ID.4: home charging cost in Massachusetts

At Massachusetts's residential electricity rate of 30.06¢/kWh, a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 (rated 29.8 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $8.95 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. Charging at home is much cheaper than gas here: 44.1% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

What a year of driving costs

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 charged at home in Massachusetts costs about $1,343/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,060 a year.

What one full charge costs

A 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 needs roughly 86.7 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 291-mile range, which runs about $26.05 at 30.06¢/kWh in Massachusetts.

How this compares nationally

This combination ranks 16,325 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; Massachusetts alone ranks 49 of 51 states for electricity price.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 at home

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.

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

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. Massachusetts 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.