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.