2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Perf Battery Plus: home charging cost in North Carolina

At North Carolina's residential electricity rate of 14.9¢/kWh, a 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Perf Battery Plus (rated 38.7 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.77 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 is much cheaper than gas here: 64% 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 Porsche Taycan 4 Perf Battery Plus charged at home in North Carolina costs about $866/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,537 a year.

Filling up the 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Perf Battery Plus, in dollars

A 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Perf Battery Plus needs roughly 113.9 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 294-mile range, which runs about $16.97 at 14.9¢/kWh in North Carolina.

How this compares nationally

This combination ranks 8,316 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Porsche Taycan 4 Perf Battery Plus alone ranks 231 of 400 models for efficiency; North Carolina alone ranks 18 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.

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

Where these figures come from

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Perf Battery Plus's cost in North Carolina. North Carolina's 14.9¢/kWh rate ranks 18 of 51 states; the state rate guide lays out the full spread.