Charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) at home in New Mexico

At New Mexico's residential electricity rate of 14.82¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) (rated 33.9 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.02 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 68.7% cheaper per mile than gasoline in New Mexico — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

New Mexico owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) spend about $753 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,650 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels), in dollars

At New Mexico's rate, fully covering this 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels)'s 280-mile EPA range costs about $14.05 (94.8 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 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) in New Mexico ranks 4,608 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) ranks 120 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and New Mexico ranks 17 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Next step: home charger installation

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 New Mexico 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. Curious how New Mexico's 14.82¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.