Charging a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid at home in Missouri

At Missouri's residential electricity rate of 13.45¢/kWh, a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid (rated 30.6 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.11 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 74.3% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Missouri — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

2026 Tesla Model S Plaid: yearly cost in Missouri

Missouri owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid spend about $617 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,786 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At Missouri's rate, fully covering this 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid's 368-mile EPA range costs about $15.14 (112.6 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 Tesla Model S Plaid in Missouri ranks 1,228 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Tesla Model S Plaid ranks 70 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Missouri ranks 7 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Missouri

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 Missouri before deciding.

More on how this number was built

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid's cost in Missouri. At 13.45¢/kWh, Missouri sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.