Charging a 2026 Kia EV6 Long Range RWD at home in South Carolina

At South Carolina's residential electricity rate of 16.04¢/kWh, a 2026 Kia EV6 Long Range RWD (rated 29.6 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.74 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 70.4% cheaper per mile than gasoline in South Carolina — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

South Carolina owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Kia EV6 Long Range RWD spend about $712 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,691 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At South Carolina's rate, fully covering this 2026 Kia EV6 Long Range RWD's 319-mile EPA range costs about $15.14 (94.4 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Kia EV6 Long Range RWD in South Carolina ranks 3,397 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV6 Long Range RWD ranks 50 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and South Carolina ranks 27 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 South Carolina 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. South Carolina's 16.04¢/kWh rate ranks 27 of 51 states; the state rate guide lays out the full spread.