What it costs to charge a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Premium RWD in North Dakota

A 2026 Tesla Model 3 Premium RWD draws 24.6 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at North Dakota's 12.19¢/kWh residential rate that's $3 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. That works out to 81.3% cheaper per mile than gasoline in North Dakota — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Home charging this 2026 Tesla Model 3 Premium RWD in North Dakota runs about $451 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,952 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Tesla Model 3 Premium RWD, in dollars

$10.9 — that's what North Dakota's 12.19¢/kWh rate puts on the 89.4 kWh a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Premium RWD needs for its full 363-mile EPA range.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Premium RWD in North Dakota ranks 6 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Tesla Model 3 Premium RWD ranks 4 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.

Line up a few North Dakota 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. 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.