2027 Subaru Solterra 20 AWD: home charging cost in West Virginia

A 2027 Subaru Solterra 20 AWD draws 28.9 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at West Virginia's 15.42¢/kWh residential rate that's $4.46 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. Charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here: 72.2% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2027 Subaru Solterra 20 AWD charged at home in West Virginia costs about $669/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,734 a year.

What one full charge costs

A 2027 Subaru Solterra 20 AWD needs roughly 80.4 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 278-mile range, which runs about $12.4 at 15.42¢/kWh in West Virginia.

Where this ranks

This combination ranks 2,288 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Subaru Solterra 20 AWD alone ranks 35 of 400 models for efficiency; West Virginia alone ranks 24 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 West Virginia electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

Where these figures come from

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.