Charging a 2026 Tesla Model Y Standard AWD at home in West Virginia

At West Virginia's residential electricity rate of 15.42¢/kWh, a 2026 Tesla Model Y Standard AWD (rated 26.5 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.09 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 74.5% 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

West Virginia owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Tesla Model Y Standard AWD spend about $613 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,790 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At West Virginia's rate, fully covering this 2026 Tesla Model Y Standard AWD's 294-mile EPA range costs about $12.01 (77.9 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Tesla Model Y Standard AWD in West Virginia ranks 1,162 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Tesla Model Y Standard AWD ranks 15 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and West Virginia ranks 24 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Tesla Model Y Standard AWD at home

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. West Virginia's 15.42¢/kWh rate ranks 24 of 51 states; the state rate guide lays out the full spread.