2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels): home charging cost in Tennessee

At Tennessee's residential electricity rate of 13.9¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) (rated 31.9 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.43 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. Charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here: 72.3% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) charged at home in Tennessee costs about $664/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,738 a year.

Filling up the 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels), in dollars

A 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) needs roughly 95.3 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 299-mile range, which runs about $13.25 at 13.9¢/kWh in Tennessee.

2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) in Tennessee, ranked

This combination ranks 2,213 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) alone ranks 84 of 400 models for efficiency; Tennessee alone ranks 13 of 51 states for electricity price.

Before you install a home charger in Tennessee

The numbers above assume Level 2 home charging is already in place — the electrical work behind that is a real, separate cost that varies by panel, wiring, and local labor rates, not something this page's per-mile math includes.

Line up a few Tennessee electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

Where these figures come from

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels)'s cost in Tennessee. At 13.9¢/kWh, Tennessee sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.