The ID.4 takes 28 minutes from 10 to 80 per cent on DC and about 7.8 hours to fill at home on an 11 kW wallbox. At the US average rate that is roughly $15.74 for a full charge and $5.48 per 100 miles — squarely mid-pack, on a car that is among the cheapest here to buy.
How long it takes to charge
| Where | Power | Time | What that is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home, Level 1 | 1.4 kW | ≈ 59 hours est | Empty to full on a 120 V household outlet at 12 A — suited to daily top-ups; a full charge can take days |
| Home, Level 2 | 7.7 kW | 11.1 hours | Empty to full, overnight |
| Home, Level 2 | 11.0 kW | 7.8 hours | Empty to full, overnight capped by the 11.0 kW onboard charger |
| Public DC, at its peak | 175 kW | 28 min | 10 to 80 per cent — the figure to compare cars on |
| Public DC station | 50 kW | ≈ 65 min est | 10 to 80 per cent, held back by the station |
| Public DC station | 150 kW | ≈ 28 min | 10 to 80 per cent — the car reaches its own limit here, not the station |
| Public DC station | 350 kW | ≈ 28 min | 10 to 80 per cent — the car reaches its own limit here, not the station |
What it costs to charge
| Charging at | Rate | Full charge | Per 100 miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | $0.184/kWh | $15.74 | $5.48 |
| Public DC fast charging | $0.48/kWh | $36.96 | $14.30 |
| A petrol car, for comparison | $4.07/gal | — | $15.07 |
Assumptions, all editable in the running-cost calculator: $0.184/kWh at home (EIA US residential average) and $0.48/kWh on public DC, against petrol at $4.07 a gallon and 27 mpg. Charging is about 90 per cent efficient, so putting 77.0 kWh into this battery costs 85.6 kWh at the meter — 8.6 kWh that never reaches the pack. The rated consumption figures are measured at the wall already and need no such correction.
Over 13,500 miles a year — the US average — that is $740.23 of electricity charging at home, against $2,035.00 of petrol in the comparison car: a difference of $1,294.77 a year.
A 175 kW peak that behaves like a 150
The ID.4 peaks at 175 kW, so a 150 kW station is almost enough to feed it and a 350 kW one gains it essentially nothing. Its 28-minute window is set by the car’s own charging curve rather than by the charger, which makes route planning simple: any 150 kW post will do.
Where it does lose time is on 50 kW stations, which roughly double the wait. That is true of every car here, but the ID.4’s larger 77 kWh pack means more energy to move at the slower rate.
Against the 800-volt Korean cars it gives up ten minutes per stop. Whether that matters is a question about how you drive, not about which car is better — the reasoning is in what a 10-80% charge time tells you.
Where the ID.4 makes its case
Not on this page. Its charging is unremarkable and its running cost is mid-table at about $740 a year over average US mileage. What it has is price: it undercuts most of the cars on this site by a wide margin while delivering effectively the same real-world range as an Ioniq 5.
If most of your charging happens at home, the ten-minute rapid-charging penalty is something you meet a handful of times a year, and the purchase saving is something you get once and keep. That trade is worked through in Ioniq 5 vs ID.4.
Miles of range per hour, at every charger
The tables above answer “how long does a full charge take”. The question most drivers actually have at a plug is different: how much range goes in per hour, and how long until the next 100 miles are on the clock. This table answers that for every kind of charger, from a household 120-volt outlet to a 350 kW station, using the same figures as the rest of the page — the EPA’s 29.8 kWh per 100 miles, which is measured at the wall, and the measured 28-minute 10-80 per cent time. Rated range is used throughout; in winter, or at motorway speed, every row shrinks by the same proportion.
| Charger | Power at the car | Miles per hour | Add 100 mi | Empty to full | What sets the rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household outlet, Level 1 (120 V, 12 A) | 1.4 kW | 5 mi/h | 20 h 42 min | 59 h 25 min | the EPA figure, measured at the wall |
| Home wallbox, Level 2 | 7.7 kW | 26 mi/h | 3 h 52 min | 11 h 7 min | the EPA figure, measured at the wall |
| Home wallbox, Level 2 | 11.0 kW | 37 mi/h | 2 h 43 min | 7 h 47 min | capped by the 11.0 kW onboard charger |
| Public DC station | 50 kW | 189 mi/h | 32 min | — | held back by the station (estimate) |
| Public DC station | 150 kW | 436 mi/h | 14 min | — | the car’s own 28-minute 10-80 curve is the limit |
| Public DC station | 350 kW | 436 mi/h | 14 min | — | the car’s own 28-minute 10-80 curve is the limit |
A Level 1 outlet adds about 5 miles an hour — 48 miles in a ten-hour overnight stop, enough for a commute and not for much else. A 7.7 kW wallbox raises that to 26 miles an hour, so 100 miles takes 3 h 52 min and the car is full from empty in 11 h 7 min. On DC the useful figure is 436 miles an hour at a 150 kW post, and a 350 kW station does not raise it because the car’s own curve is the limit from 150 kW up — 100 miles in 14 min. The 50 kW row is the one to remember on a road trip: the station, not the car, sets the pace, and 100 miles takes 32 min.
The per-hour figures do not change with your electricity price, but the cost of every hour does: the residential rate runs from 13.11 cents a kWh in Nevada to 52.72 in Hawaii (EIA, June 2026). We publish the arithmetic for this car in every state — North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma — and a 50-state table ranked cheapest first.
Where these numbers will mislead you
No vehicle-to-load. Volkswagen has announced bidirectional capability on this platform but it is not supported on the car as sold, so we leave the field blank rather than list an announcement as a feature.
Cold. As with every car here, the 28 minutes assumes a battery at a sensible temperature.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to charge a Volkswagen ID.4?
About 28 minutes from 10 to 80 per cent on a 150 kW or faster DC station, and roughly 7.8 hours from empty on an 11 kW home wallbox — around eleven hours on a 7.7 kW supply.
How much does it cost to charge an ID.4?
About $15.74 for a full charge at the US average residential rate, or roughly $5.48 per 100 miles — around $740 a year over average US mileage, against roughly $2,035 of petrol.
Do I need a 350 kW charger for an ID.4?
No. It peaks at 175 kW, so a 150 kW station gets you essentially its full speed and anything faster is wasted on this car.
How many kWh does it take to fully charge a Volkswagen ID.4?
The pack holds 77 kWh usable, but you pay for what comes out of the wall, and AC charging is roughly 90 per cent efficient — so a full charge draws about 86 kWh. That is the figure your electricity bill sees, and it is why the full-charge cost above is higher than capacity multiplied by tariff would suggest.
The same arithmetic across every car on this site: how many kWh a full charge really takes, 7.7 kW against 11.5 kW at home, and what charging costs per month.
Sources
Figures are credited individually on the Volkswagen ID.4 Pro page. Tariff assumptions are on the methodology page.