Charging a 2026 Volvo EX40 at home in West Virginia

At West Virginia's residential electricity rate of 15.42¢/kWh, a 2026 Volvo EX40 (rated 31.7 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.89 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 69.5% cheaper per mile than gasoline in West Virginia — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

2026 Volvo EX40: yearly cost in West Virginia

West Virginia owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Volvo EX40 spend about $733 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,670 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Volvo EX40, in dollars

At West Virginia's rate, fully covering this 2026 Volvo EX40's 296-mile EPA range costs about $14.47 (93.8 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 Volvo EX40 in West Virginia ranks 4,028 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Volvo EX40 ranks 83 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 Volvo EX40 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.

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.