Charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) at home in West Virginia

At West Virginia's residential electricity rate of 15.42¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) (rated 28.9 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.46 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 72.1% cheaper per mile than gasoline in West Virginia — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels): yearly cost in West Virginia

West Virginia owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) spend about $669 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,734 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At West Virginia's rate, fully covering this 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels)'s 328-mile EPA range costs about $14.63 (94.9 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) in West Virginia ranks 2,358 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) ranks 37 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and West Virginia ranks 24 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 West Virginia 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 15.42¢/kWh, West Virginia sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.