2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD: home charging cost in Mississippi

At Mississippi's residential electricity rate of 15.35¢/kWh, a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD (rated 29 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.45 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 costs a fraction of what gas would here: 72.2% 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 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD charged at home in Mississippi costs about $668/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,735 a year.

Cost of a full charge

A 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD needs roughly 93.1 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 321-mile range, which runs about $14.29 at 15.35¢/kWh in Mississippi.

Where this ranks

This combination ranks 2,245 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Kia EV3 Long Range FWD alone ranks 39 of 400 models for efficiency; Mississippi alone ranks 22 of 51 states for electricity price.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD 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 Mississippi electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

Where these figures come from

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD's cost in Mississippi. Curious how Mississippi's 15.35¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.