2026 BMW iX xDrive45 (22 inch Wheels): home charging cost in Texas

At Texas's residential electricity rate of 16.11¢/kWh, a 2026 BMW iX xDrive45 (22 inch Wheels) (rated 40.3 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $6.49 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 is much cheaper than gas here: 59.5% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

What a year of driving costs

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2026 BMW iX xDrive45 (22 inch Wheels) charged at home in Texas costs about $973/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,430 a year.

What one full charge costs

A 2026 BMW iX xDrive45 (22 inch Wheels) needs roughly 112.3 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 279-mile range, which runs about $18.1 at 16.11¢/kWh in Texas.

How this compares nationally

This combination ranks 11,422 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The BMW iX xDrive45 (22 inch Wheels) alone ranks 273 of 400 models for efficiency; Texas alone ranks 28 of 51 states for electricity price.

Before you install a home charger in Texas

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 Texas electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. At 16.11¢/kWh, Texas sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.