What it costs to charge a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 in New Jersey

At New Jersey's residential electricity rate of 23.65¢/kWh, a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 (rated 29.8 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $7.04 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 56% cheaper per mile than gasoline in New Jersey — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

Home charging this 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 in New Jersey runs about $1,057 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,346 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Volkswagen ID.4, in dollars

$20.5 — that's what New Jersey's 23.65¢/kWh rate puts on the 86.7 kWh a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 needs for its full 291-mile EPA range.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 in New Jersey ranks 13,165 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Volkswagen ID.4 ranks 53 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and New Jersey ranks 40 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in New Jersey

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

More on how this number was built

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2026 Volkswagen ID.4's cost in New Jersey. Curious how New Jersey's 23.65¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.