What it costs to charge a 2026 Fiat 500e in South Dakota

At South Dakota's residential electricity rate of 14.33¢/kWh, a 2026 Fiat 500e (rated 29.2 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.18 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 73.9% cheaper per mile than gasoline in South Dakota — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Home charging this 2026 Fiat 500e in South Dakota runs about $627 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,776 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Fiat 500e, in dollars

$6.23 — that's what South Dakota's 14.33¢/kWh rate puts on the 43.5 kWh a 2026 Fiat 500e needs for its full 149-mile EPA range.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Fiat 500e in South Dakota ranks 1,439 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Fiat 500e ranks 46 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and South Dakota ranks 14 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Fiat 500e at home

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 Dakota 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. At 14.33¢/kWh, South Dakota sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.