Charging a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD at home in New York

At New York's residential electricity rate of 29.26¢/kWh, a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD (rated 33 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $9.65 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 39.8% cheaper per mile than gasoline in New York — charging at home is cheaper than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

New York owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD spend about $1,447 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $956 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At New York's rate, fully covering this 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD's 263-mile EPA range costs about $25.37 (86.7 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 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD in New York ranks 17,105 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Volkswagen ID.4 AWD ranks 108 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and New York ranks 46 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD at home

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

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 York's 29.26¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.