EV vs Gas Cost Per Mile in Georgia
At Georgia's average prices, a Tesla Model 3 RWD costs an estimated $0.040 a mile to charge at home and a 30 mpg gas car $0.100 a mile in fuel: $723.00 a year apart over 12,000 miles. Per mile, the EV spends about 40% of what the gas car does.
State data
What Georgia pays
- Home electricity
- 15.9¢/kWhEIA Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A · EIA, August 2026 (data as of 2026-10-25)
- Gasoline
- $3.00/galEIA weekly regional / AAA state averages, 2025–26 reference
- EV used for the page
- Tesla Model 3 RWD, 25 kWh/100 miEPA, fueleconomy.gov (combined)
At 15.9¢/kWh, a Model 3 RWD costs $0.040 a mile to charge at home in Georgia. Georgia's pump price of $3.00/gal is the 34th-highest of the 51 on this site.
Statewide averages. Put your own rate and pump price in the calculator above.
EVs on the road here
Where Georgia stands on EVs
- Light-duty EVs registered
- 161,200 all-electric · 32,900 plug-in hybridDOE AFDC, registrations on Dec 31, 2025
- EV share of light-duty vehicles
- 1.8% all-electric · 2.2% with a plugDOE AFDC, registrations on Dec 31, 2025 · 8,975,500 vehicles
- EVs per 100 homes
- 4.2AFDC registrations ÷ RECS 2020 housing units (3.88 million)
- Public charging
- 2,403 locations · 7,690 ports (5,246 Level 2 · 2,367 DC fast)DOE AFDC station counts, 2026-10-27
- EVs per public port
- 21.0AFDC registrations ÷ AFDC public ports
Size explains most of Georgia's EV ranking. With 161,200 battery-electric vehicles on record for 2025, the 9th-highest of any state, plus 32,900 plug-in hybrids, the state has a big fleet of them, but it also has 8,975,500 light-duty vehicles in all. Battery models therefore come to 1.8% of the total, beside a national 2.1% and the 18th-highest by share, and to 4.2 for every hundred homes, beside 4.6 for the country. A populous state with an ordinary adoption rate, in short.
The charging build-out is large as well. Georgia's 7,690 public ports, at 2,403 sites, are the 8th-highest total of any state; 2,367 of them are DC fast, the 7th-highest, and 5,246 are Level 2. The fast share, 31%, tracks the US 30%, and so does the load: 21.0 EVs for each public port where the national number is 21.7, and 68 for each fast port where it is 72. On these statewide averages, chargers here are no more crowded than chargers elsewhere.
Registrations: DOE AFDC, registrations on Dec 31, 2025, light-duty vehicles, rounded to the nearest hundred by AFDC. Charging: DOE AFDC station counts, 2026-10-27, public stations only.
EV vs gas cost per mile
F01Scenario A
Sets the electricity rate. Pick US average if you're not sure.
From EIA for Georgia. Use the rate on your bill if you know it.
Rate used: 15.9¢/kWh · Georgia · EIA, August 2026 · gasoline $3.00/gal (2025–26 ref.) (data as of 2026-10-25) ·
Estimated savings per year (12,000 miles)
EV $0.040 a mile vs gas $0.100 a mile, home charging.
- EV cost per mile (EPA kWh/100 mi, at the wall)
- $0.040
- Gas cost per mile
- $0.100
- EV, 12,000 miles a year
- $477.00
- Gas car, 12,000 miles a year
- $1,200.00
- Savings per year
- $723.00
- Prices used
- electricity 15.9¢/kWh · gasoline $3.00/gal (Georgia)
Estimate. Formula and sources are under “How it works”. Change any input; the result updates as you type.
Worked example
Worked example: Model 3 RWD vs a 30 mpg car in Georgia
At 15.9¢/kWh, a Model 3 RWD (25 kWh per 100 miles, EPA) draws 25 kWh from the wall for every 100 miles (the EPA measures it at the wall), so each mile costs $0.040. A 30 mpg car at $3.00/gal spends $0.100 a mile. Over 12,000 miles: $477.00 for the EV, $1,200.00 for gasoline, a difference of $723.00 a year (fuel only). That difference is the 24th-highest of the 51 on this site.
What the numbers say
Charging versus filling up in Georgia
A Georgia household pays 15.9¢/kWh for power, 12% below the US average of 18.2¢/kWh, and $3.00/gal at the pump, 6% below the US average of $3.20/gal. Low pump prices take something off the EV's advantage; low power prices give it back. Net of both, the sedan costs $0.040 per mile to run, which you can set beside the $0.045 it would cost at the national rate.
That is a long way from a tie. Electricity would have to cost 40.0¢/kWh, where today's state average is 15.9¢/kWh, or a gasoline car would have to reach 75 mpg, before the two came out even on a mile. The distance matters on trips: Georgia has 2,367 fast ports, and a session priced under that break-even still leaves the electric car ahead. Type a station's posted price into the calculator's electricity box to test it.
Daily miles run on the home rate, and there the tariff structure counts for more than the average. Where a utility sells a time-of-use or EV-specific plan, its overnight price is the one to enter, and every mile gets cheaper with it. Distance counts too: the page assumes 12,000 miles a year, so if you drive more, enter your own figure and watch the yearly difference grow.
Two costs sit outside this estimate, the car and the charger. The plug-in hybrid vs EV vs gas page brings in the purchase, and the Level 2 installation cost page brings in the wall unit. For the heating side of the same bill, see gas vs electric heat in Georgia.
Questions
FAQ
Is charging an EV cheaper than gas in Georgia?
At Georgia's average prices, yes for the page's example: $0.040 a mile for a Model 3 RWD at home against $0.100 for a 30 mpg car, $723.00 a year over 12,000 miles. The EV would lose its fuel-cost edge only above about 40.0¢/kWh, or against a gas car rated above 75 mpg. Both prices are editable above.
What about public fast charging in Georgia?
Fast chargers usually charge more per kWh than a home rate. This page uses Georgia's home average, 15.9¢/kWh. To see the cost per mile on the road, type the charger's price per kWh into the electricity rate field; the gas side stays at $3.00/gal.
How do time-of-use rates change this in Georgia?
The EV's cost per mile moves in direct proportion to the rate you charge at. If an overnight rate were half of 15.9¢/kWh (8.0¢/kWh), the Model 3 RWD would cost $0.020 a mile instead of $0.040. Check your utility's tariff for the real overnight rate and type it in.
Does a heavier EV still save on fuel in Georgia?
It saves less. At 15.9¢/kWh, the Tesla Model 3 RWD spends $0.040 a mile when charged at home and the Ford F-150 Lightning spends $0.076, while a 30 mpg gasoline car spends $0.100. A big electric truck therefore ends up nearer the gas car than the sedan does. For any particular model, the EV charging cost calculator works out the figure.
Will I find Georgia's public chargers busy?
Statewide ratios say they are about as busy as anywhere: 21.0 EVs per public port, compared with 21.7 for the US, and 68 per DC fast port, compared with 72. An average across 2,403 sites hides local differences, and some areas will be denser than others. Station locations and prices are not on this page, so look them up along your own route.
Bordering states
Nearby states
Same two cars, each state's own prices:
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