2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD, NE Charging Cost

2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD: home charging cost in Nebraska

At Nebraska's residential electricity rate of 12.7¢/kWh, a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD (rated 24.3 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $3.09 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: 80.7% 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 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD charged at home in Nebraska costs about $463/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,940 a year.

Filling up the 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD, in dollars

A 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD needs roughly 78 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 321-mile range, which runs about $9.91 at 12.7¢/kWh in Nebraska.

Where this ranks

This combination ranks 10 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD alone ranks 2 of 400 models for efficiency; Nebraska alone ranks 2 of 51 states for electricity price.

Next step: home charger installation

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

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset, see the methodology guide. Nebraska is one of the cheapest states for home electricity, the guide to why the cost varies so much by state covers what drives that.