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Your WV EV numbers

Enter your commute and utility, pick up to three vehicles, and see charging cost, annual savings, and 5-year total cost of ownership — with winter range and the WV EV fee factored in.

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At 9,400 mi/yr · rate 15.6¢/kWh (flat) via Appalachian Power
Current baseline
Your current vehicle
25 mpg (entered manually)
Annual total (baseline)
$1,466 /year
$7,332 over 5 yr
Registration fee not included — pick your vehicle above to add it.
Annual fuel/energy
$1,466
WV annual fee
—
Maintenance
—
Insurance (est.)
—
Total /yr
$1,466
CO₂ /yr
3.34 t
MSRP
Already owned
Assembly
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US/CA parts
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2025 Chevrolet
Equinox EV
1LT FWD · Electric
Annual savings vs your current gas bill
$828 /year
$4,139 saved over 5 yr
Annual fuel/energy
$439
WV annual fee
$200
Maintenance
—
Insurance (est.)
—
Total /yr
$639
CO₂ /yr
1.88 t (−1.46 vs baseline)
MSRP
$34,995
Assembly
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
US/CA parts
12%
Resale: EVs typically depreciate 50–65% over 5 years nationally. WV has ~1,900 registered EVs — a thin local resale market may mean steeper depreciation. Factor into any long-term financial plan.
2025 Ford
F-150 Lightning
XLT Standard Range · Electric
Annual savings vs your current gas bill
$303 /year
$1,514 saved over 5 yr
Annual fuel/energy
$964
↳ DCFC (549 kWh × $0.48)
$263
WV annual fee
$200
Maintenance
—
Insurance (est.)
—
Total /yr
$1,164
CO₂ /yr
3.38 t (−-0.03 vs baseline)
MSRP
$54,995
Assembly
Dearborn, MI
US/CA parts
50%
Resale: EVs typically depreciate 50–65% over 5 years nationally. WV has ~1,900 registered EVs — a thin local resale market may mean steeper depreciation. Factor into any long-term financial plan.
2025 Toyota
RAV4 Prime
SE · Plug-in hybrid
Annual savings vs your current gas bill
$624 /year
$3,118 saved over 5 yr
Annual fuel/energy
$743
WV annual fee
$100
Maintenance
—
Insurance (est.)
—
Total /yr
$843
CO₂ /yr
2.51 t (−0.83 vs baseline)
MSRP
$44,315
Assembly
Japan
US/CA parts
0%
Resale: EVs typically depreciate 50–65% over 5 years nationally. WV has ~1,900 registered EVs — a thin local resale market may mean steeper depreciation. Factor into any long-term financial plan.

Time spent fueling vs. charging

Based on 4 long road trips/yr at ~200 mi one-way. Uses each EV’s realistic sustained highway range (not EPA) — Tesla’s EPA numbers in particular overstate real-world WV highway range considerably. DC fast charger (DCFC) stops top up to ~80% (past that the taper is painfully slow), so each stop adds less range than a full home charge. Each DCFC stop time includes ~4 min of plug-in, authentication, and unplug overhead; winter charging is ~8% slower on average across 4 cold months. Home charging is passive; DCFC stops and PHEV gas fill-ups are active waiting time.

your current car (25 mpg) — gas
2.2 hrs/yr
27 fill-ups × ~5 min each · all active standing time
2025 Chevrolet
Equinox EV · Electric
Home charging — passive
33 sessions/yr
~50 min total · plug in & walk away
Road trip fast charging — active
0 stops — drives through on one charge
Saves ~2.2 hrs/yr of active fueling time
2025 Ford
F-150 Lightning · Electric
Home charging — passive
44 sessions/yr
~66 min total · plug in & walk away
Road trip fast charging — active
8 DCFC stops/yr
~6.9 hrs/yr at the charger
~4.6 more hrs/yr of active time than gas
2025 Toyota
RAV4 Prime · Plug-in hybrid
Home charging — passive
260 sessions/yr
~390 min total · plug in & walk away
Gas fill-ups (35% gas miles) — active
6.2 fill-ups/yr
~0.5 hrs/yr · road trips use gas (no DCFC stops)
Saves ~1.7 hrs/yr of active fueling time

What if gas prices change?

WV gas is currently $3.90/gal. Drag to see how your savings shift.

$2.00$6.00$3.90/gal
2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV
+$4,139 5-yr savings
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2025 Ford F-150 Lightning
+$1,514 5-yr savings
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2025 Toyota RAV4 Prime
+$3,118 5-yr savings
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Assumptions behind these numbers
  • Utility rate: Appalachian Power — flat 15.6¢/kWh
  • City/highway efficiency: blended at the EPA default split (55% city / 45% highway) using each vehicle’s separate EPA city and highway ratings. Use the “calculate from route” option for a commute-specific estimate.
  • Winter derate: on. When on we add ~12% to annual kWh to reflect 4 cold-weather months with ~28% range loss from heaters and battery chemistry. Winter also slows DCFC by ~25% when the battery is cold; we bake in an 8% annualized charge-time uplift when this toggle is on.
  • DCFC (public fast charging) rate: $0.48/kWh for long-trip kWh. Matches Electrify America’s Pass (non-member) rate, the dominant public network on WV’s interstates. Home-charged kWh stay at your utility rate. Each DCFC stop tops the battery from ~10% to ~80% SoC (70% of capacity), and each stop includes ~4 min of plug-in, authentication, and unplug time beyond the raw charging window. Members of EA Pass+ or EVgo+ pay meaningfully less; this is the walk-up default.
  • WV EV road fee: $200/year BEV, $100/year PHEV. Added to total operating cost.
  • Federal EV tax credit (IRC 30D): repealed in 2025 and not included in these estimates.
  • PHEVs: assumed 65% of miles on electric, 35% on gas (industry average from INL/Argonne fleet data).
  • WV grid CO₂ factor: 0.67 kg/kWh (EIA state profile). WV is part of the PJM Interconnection — the grid serving 13 states plus DC. PJM’s actual fuel mix is more diverse than WV’s in-state generation: roughly 40% gas, 22% nuclear, 18% coal, and 17%+ wind/solar/hydro from neighboring states. When PJM dispatches gas or nuclear instead of coal, your EV’s real-time emissions drop. The 0.67 kg/kWh figure reflects WV’s heavy coal exports and is the conservative assumption; the actual PJM marginal factor at night (when most EVs charge) is typically lower. As the grid adds renewables, EV emissions fall automatically — a gas car’s emissions never change.
  • Five-year totals are in constant 2026 dollars — we don’t apply inflation. Gas and electric rates historically move together, so the relative comparison stays roughly stable. Battery degradation is minor in the first 5 years (most manufacturer warranties guarantee 70%+ capacity at 8 years / 100k mi).
  • These are honest estimates, not professional financial advice. Rebate and rate data reviewed quarterly.

WV Charging Infrastructure — Impartial Status

as of late 2025
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State of the network

~55 DC fast chargers and ~550 total public ports statewide. 1,870 registered EVs (0.13% of vehicles). The NEVI program that was supposed to materially expand this network has not issued an RFP as of April 2026 — earliest new stations: 2027–2028.

See every WV public charger on the map →

Interstate corridors

I-64 — East-West Spine180 mi WV segment
Good

Huntington to Lewisburg. Main corridor for Charleston and most of central WV.

Huntington (150kW)Charleston (150kW)Beckley (50kW)Princeton (150kW)Lewisburg (150kW)

Princeton to Lewisburg — ~65 miles with limited non-Tesla DCFC — Tesla covers this gap; non-Tesla CCS options are sparse

I-79 — North-South Backbone160 mi WV segment
Thin — gaps exist

Morgantown to Charleston. Most traveled N-S route in WV.

Morgantown (150kW)Fairmont (150kW)Clarksburg (50kW)Charleston (150kW)

Clarksburg to Charleston — ~100 miles; limited DCFC mid-route — Weston and Sutton are NEVI planned stops (2027+). Current gap is real.

I-77 — WV Turnpike (North-South)130 mi WV segment
Thin — gaps exist

Beckley to Parkersburg. Main route for southern WV and Ohio border.

Beckley (50kW)Ripley (planned)Parkersburg (150kW)

Beckley to Ripley to Parkersburg — sparse non-Tesla DCFC across ~130 miles — Ripley NEVI station is planned but not yet built. Use PlugShare to check current status.

I-81 — Eastern Panhandle24 mi WV segment
Good

Martinsburg area. Short WV segment; benefits from Pennsylvania and Virginia spillover.

Martinsburg (250kW)
I-70 — Northern Panhandle20 mi WV segment
Good

Wheeling and surrounds. Benefits from Ohio and Pennsylvania DCFC network spillover.

Wheeling (150kW)
NEVI Federal Funding Status

WV has not issued an RFP as of April 2026 — nearly two years behind schedule. The federal NEVI program was frozen in February 2025 and partially restored in August 2025, but WV did not join the states' lawsuit and faces additional uncertainty. Planned stations follow I-64, I-77, I-79, I-81, and I-70 corridors. Do not count on these stations existing until 2027 at the earliest.

Allocated: $45.7MStations planned: 15RFP expected: Q2–Q3 2026Earliest open: 2027–2028
Check current charger status: PlugShare · ChargePoint · Tesla Supercharger

Always check PlugShare for real-time charger availability before a long trip. Station status can change.