2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD: home charging cost in Virginia

At Virginia's residential electricity rate of 16.69¢/kWh, a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD (rated 33 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.5 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 costs a fraction of what gas would here: 65.7% 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 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD charged at home in Virginia costs about $825/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,578 a year.

Filling up the 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD, in dollars

A 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD needs roughly 86.7 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 263-mile range, which runs about $14.47 at 16.69¢/kWh in Virginia.

Where this ranks

This combination ranks 6,989 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Volkswagen ID.4 AWD alone ranks 108 of 400 models for efficiency; Virginia alone ranks 31 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 Virginia electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

Where these figures come from

The methodology guide names the exact EIA and EPA tables behind this page's numbers. Curious how Virginia's 16.69¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.