What it costs to charge a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid in Virginia

At Virginia's residential electricity rate of 16.69¢/kWh, a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid (rated 30.6 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.1 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 68.1% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Virginia — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Home charging this 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid in Virginia runs about $766 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,637 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid, in dollars

$18.79 — that's what Virginia's 16.69¢/kWh rate puts on the 112.6 kWh a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid needs for its full 368-mile EPA range.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid in Virginia ranks 5,075 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Tesla Model S Plaid ranks 70 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Virginia ranks 31 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.

Ask a licensed Virginia electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. Virginia's 16.69¢/kWh rate ranks 31 of 51 states; the state rate guide lays out the full spread.