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

At Michigan's residential electricity rate of 21.14¢/kWh, a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD (rated 33 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $6.97 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 56.5% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Michigan — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Michigan owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD spend about $1,045 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,358 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Michigan's rate, fully covering this 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD's 263-mile EPA range costs about $18.33 (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 Michigan ranks 12,987 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 Michigan ranks 38 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Michigan

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.

Get quotes from local electricians for Level 2 charger installation in Michigan before deciding.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. At 21.14¢/kWh, Michigan sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.