Charging a 2026 Lexus ES 350e (19 inch Wheels) at home in Montana

At Montana's residential electricity rate of 13.77¢/kWh, a 2026 Lexus ES 350e (19 inch Wheels) (rated 27 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $3.72 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 76.8% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Montana — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Montana owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Lexus ES 350e (19 inch Wheels) spend about $558 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,845 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Montana's rate, fully covering this 2026 Lexus ES 350e (19 inch Wheels)'s 307-mile EPA range costs about $11.41 (82.9 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Lexus ES 350e (19 inch Wheels) in Montana ranks 416 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Lexus ES 350e (19 inch Wheels) ranks 19 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Montana ranks 10 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Montana

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.

Ask a licensed Montana electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

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 13.77¢/kWh, Montana sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.