Charging a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD V SERIES 19 kW charger at home in Texas

At Texas's residential electricity rate of 16.11¢/kWh, a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD V SERIES 19 kW charger (rated 41 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $6.61 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 58.8% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Texas — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Texas owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD V SERIES 19 kW charger spend about $991 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,412 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At Texas's rate, fully covering this 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD V SERIES 19 kW charger's 250-mile EPA range costs about $16.51 (102.5 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 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD V SERIES 19 kW charger in Texas ranks 11,838 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Cadillac OPTIQ AWD V SERIES 19 kW charger ranks 283 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Texas ranks 28 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 Texas 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 16.11¢/kWh, Texas sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.