What it costs to charge a 2026 Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD in West Virginia

At West Virginia's residential electricity rate of 15.42¢/kWh, a 2026 Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD (rated 25.2 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $3.89 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 75.7% cheaper per mile than gasoline in West Virginia — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Home charging this 2026 Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD in West Virginia runs about $583 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,819 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD, in dollars

$13.89 — that's what West Virginia's 15.42¢/kWh rate puts on the 90.1 kWh a 2026 Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD needs for its full 357-mile EPA range.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD in West Virginia ranks 722 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD ranks 6 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.

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

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide names the exact EIA and EPA tables behind this page's numbers. 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.