Charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD at home in Texas

At Texas's residential electricity rate of 16.11¢/kWh, a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD (rated 28.8 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.65 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 71% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Texas — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Texas owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD spend about $697 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,706 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At Texas's rate, fully covering this 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD's 221-mile EPA range costs about $10.27 (63.8 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD in Texas, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD in Texas ranks 3,008 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD ranks 34 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Texas ranks 28 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD 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.

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

More on how this number was built

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD's cost in Texas. At 16.11¢/kWh, Texas sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.