2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery: home charging cost in Texas

At Texas's residential electricity rate of 16.11¢/kWh, a 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery (rated 38.6 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $6.21 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: 61.2% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery: yearly cost in Texas

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery charged at home in Texas costs about $932/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,471 a year.

Filling up the 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery, in dollars

A 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery needs roughly 96.8 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 251-mile range, which runs about $15.6 at 16.11¢/kWh in Texas.

2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery in Texas, ranked

This combination ranks 10,421 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery alone ranks 229 of 400 models for efficiency; Texas alone ranks 28 of 51 states for electricity price.

Next step: home charger installation

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

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Performance Battery'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.