Charging a 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech at home in South Carolina
At South Carolina's residential electricity rate of 16.04¢/kWh, a 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech (rated 31 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.97 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% cheaper per mile than gasoline in South Carolina — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.
Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year
South Carolina owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech spend about $746 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,657 saved annually, at this mileage.
Filling up the 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech, in dollars
At South Carolina's rate, fully covering this 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech's 317-mile EPA range costs about $15.76 (98.3 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 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech in South Carolina ranks 4,404 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech ranks 73 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.
Line up a few South Carolina 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. At 16.04¢/kWh, South Carolina sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.