ChargePoint now affords set up with the acquisition of its Degree 2 house EV chargers within the US to simplify the setup course of, so I obtained a quote – right here’s the way it went.
ChargePoint’s new house EV charger set up program
Clients who purchase a ChargePoint Residence Flex Degree 2 house charger, which prices within the mid- to excessive $500s earlier than tax credit and rebates, will have the ability to embody a “easy, inexpensive, and simple” house set up with their buy.
The ChargePoint Residence Flex Degree 2 charger could be put in indoors or outside and contains a 23-foot charging cable. It has a ChargePoint cellular app to schedule charging occasions, alter charging velocity, and get reminders to plug in. Residence Flex may join with Alexa or Siri.
ChargePoint has partnered with Qmerit, which has the biggest community of licensed installers in North America and has Schneider Electrical as a strategic associate. The “one-stop-shop” program is simply out there on ChargePoint’s web site.
Clients who select house EV charger set up reply questions and so they’re then supplied with a direct quote and set up date. I hypothetically examined it out, as a result of I even have a Degree 2 house ChargePoint charger and wished to see how the set up worth compares to what I paid.
ChargePoint says you reply “three” questions, however there are much more questions than that, so I don’t know why ChargePoint makes that declare.
It wished my tackle and make contact with data, and it confirmed whether or not or not it might probably present service in your space. (It will possibly in mine, which is Vermont.) It then requested what the make and mannequin of my EV is. It requested whether or not I’ve the automobile, or once I’m getting the automobile.
It requested whether or not I can be putting in a wall-mounted or NEMA 14-50 240 volt outlet charger, and whether or not I’ve the charger but or not. I hypothetically opted for wall-mounted and stated I don’t have it but.
It requested whether or not I hire or personal my property; I answered that I personal, and that I don’t want HOA approval. I stated I’ve a single household property with indifferent two-car storage. I advised it I wished it on an inside wall of my indifferent storage, which has current energy and {an electrical} sub-panel. I advised it I would like the charger on the other wall to my sub-panel. (That’s the place my charger is now.) I advised it the gap in toes (30) between the charger and the sub-panel.
It requested the place my predominant electrical panel is (inside my home), and I advised the location the electrician may route the wiring alongside the storage wall. I do know my storage sub-panel has capability for an EV charger, because it’s already been performed. I stated wifi power is sweet. It wished the sq. footage of my house, then requested a sequence of questions on which home equipment have been operating on the system. It requested about photo voltaic and battery storage, and a generator.
Then it wished photographs of my panels, and the place the EV charger was going to go. As soon as I submitted the photographs, ChargePoint emailed me my preliminary estimate for $1,399:
Electrek’s Take
I had my ChargePoint Degree 2 hardwired charger put in in December 2022, and the electrician charged me $920. Taking inflation into consideration, that set up would have value me $977 at this time.
So, ChargePoint’s worth ended up being over $400 larger than what I paid. It makes me marvel why it’s not providing bundles or particular offers to be extra aggressive.
The good factor about ChargePoint’s new streamlined service is that your electrician has been vetted, however you need to do all of the preliminary on-line work, which took me round half-hour, and it might most likely take even longer for somebody that was new to EVs and wasn’t aware of their electrical system.
Purchasing round for a couple of quote earlier than selecting somebody to put in your own home EV charger would most likely be essentially the most budget-savvy factor to do.
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