Charging a 2026 Volvo EC40 at home in Oregon

At Oregon's residential electricity rate of 15.31¢/kWh, a 2026 Volvo EC40 (rated 31.7 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.85 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 69.7% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Oregon — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Oregon owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Volvo EC40 spend about $728 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,675 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Volvo EC40, in dollars

At Oregon's rate, fully covering this 2026 Volvo EC40's 298-mile EPA range costs about $14.46 (94.4 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 Volvo EC40 in Oregon ranks 3,855 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Volvo EC40 ranks 82 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Oregon ranks 21 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Oregon

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.

Get quotes from local electricians for Level 2 charger installation in Oregon before deciding.

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 Oregon's 15.31¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.