2026 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD, ND Charging Cost

Charging a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD at home in North Dakota

At North Dakota's residential electricity rate of 12.19¢/kWh, a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD (rated 30.2 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $3.69 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 77% cheaper per mile than gasoline in North Dakota, charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

North Dakota owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD spend about $553 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,850 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD, in dollars

At North Dakota's rate, fully covering this 2026 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD's 314-mile EPA range costs about $11.58 (95 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 Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD in North Dakota ranks 361 for cost savings versus gas, 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD ranks 63 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and North Dakota ranks 1 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 North Dakota 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. North Dakota is one of the cheapest states for home electricity, the guide to why the cost varies so much by state covers what drives that.