What it costs to charge a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD in Pennsylvania

At Pennsylvania's residential electricity rate of 20.9¢/kWh, a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD (rated 33 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $6.89 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 57% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Pennsylvania — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

Home charging this 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD in Pennsylvania runs about $1,034 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,369 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD, in dollars

$18.12 — that's what Pennsylvania's 20.9¢/kWh rate puts on the 86.7 kWh a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD needs for its full 263-mile EPA range.

2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD in Pennsylvania, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD in Pennsylvania ranks 12,774 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Volkswagen ID.4 AWD ranks 108 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Pennsylvania ranks 37 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 Pennsylvania 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. Pennsylvania's 20.9¢/kWh rate ranks 37 of 51 states; the state rate guide lays out the full spread.