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Tesla Model 3 charging cost calculator
Estimate how much it costs to charge a Tesla Model 3 with its 57.5 kWh battery using your current charge level, target charge, and electricity price.
Common charging scenarios
Home top-up
20% → 80% · 45.0 kWh
18.00
Road trip prep
10% → 90% · 60.0 kWh
24.00
Full battery estimate
0% → 100% · 75.0 kWh
30.00
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Current charge, target charge, and electricity price
Benchmark charging costs for Tesla Model 3
These server-rendered examples make the Tesla Model 3 page more useful before you touch the calculator. They show how the 57.5 kWh battery translates into typical charging sessions at three example electricity prices, expressed in your local currency per kWh.
Home top-up
20% to 80% adds about 34.5 kWh to the battery.
- 0.15 per kWh
- 5.17
- 0.25 per kWh
- 8.63
- 0.40 per kWh
- 13.80
Road trip prep
10% to 90% adds about 46.0 kWh to the battery.
- 0.15 per kWh
- 6.90
- 0.25 per kWh
- 11.50
- 0.40 per kWh
- 18.40
Full battery estimate
0% to 100% adds about 57.5 kWh to the battery.
- 0.15 per kWh
- 8.63
- 0.25 per kWh
- 14.38
- 0.40 per kWh
- 23.00
Real-world charging losses for Tesla Model 3
A Tesla Model 3 20% to 80% session stores about 34.5 kWh in the battery. At the wall, the real energy draw can be higher because AC/DC conversion, battery conditioning, and cable losses all add overhead.
Using a simple 8% to 15% charging-loss range, the same session may draw about 37.3 to 39.7 kWh. That is why the live calculator is best used as a battery-energy baseline, with a little headroom added for real-world home or public charging.
You can also browse the Tesla EV model list to compare how the 57.5 kWh battery in Tesla Model 3 sits alongside other models from the same brand.
20% to 80% wall-energy estimate
37.3 to 39.7 kWh
Based on 34.5 kWh stored in the battery plus an 8% to 15% loss assumption.
How Charge Cost estimates Tesla Model 3 charging costs
1. Battery data
This page starts with the 57.5 kWh battery capacity listed for Tesla Model 3, so the baseline calculation is model-specific rather than generic.
2. Charge window
Your current charge and target charge determine how much battery energy is added. A smaller top-up costs less because fewer kWh need to be delivered.
3. Electricity price
The tool multiplies the required kWh by your price per kWh. If you pay more for public charging, taxes, or time-of-use tariffs, your real bill can be higher.
Frequently asked questions about charging a Tesla Model 3
How much does it cost to charge a Tesla Model 3?
Charge Cost helps estimate the charging cost of a Tesla Model 3 using its 57.5 kWh battery capacity, your current state of charge, target charge level, and electricity price. A full 0% to 100% battery estimate uses about 57.5 kWh before charging losses, so the cost changes directly with your electricity tariff.
What does a 20% to 80% charge add to a Tesla Model 3?
Tesla Model 3 needs about 34.5 kWh to move from 20% to 80% battery. At example electricity prices of 0.15, 0.25, 0.40 in your local currency per kWh, that works out to roughly 5.17, 8.63, 13.80 in the same currency before charging losses.
Does the Tesla Model 3 charging cost estimate include charging losses?
The base estimate for Tesla Model 3 focuses on battery energy and electricity price. Real-world wall energy can be higher, so a 20% to 80% session may require about 37.3 to 39.7 kWh once typical charging losses are included.