Charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD at home in Minnesota

At Minnesota's residential electricity rate of 15.98¢/kWh, a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD (rated 29 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.63 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 71.1% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Minnesota — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Minnesota owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD spend about $695 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,708 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD, in dollars

At Minnesota's rate, fully covering this 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD's 321-mile EPA range costs about $14.88 (93.1 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 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD in Minnesota ranks 2,893 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV3 Long Range FWD ranks 39 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Minnesota ranks 26 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD at home

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 Minnesota electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide names the exact EIA and EPA tables behind this page's numbers. Curious how Minnesota's 15.98¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.