ChargePoint now gives set up with the acquisition of its Stage 2 dwelling EV chargers within the US to simplify the setup course of, so I received a quote – right here’s the way it went.
ChargePoint’s new dwelling EV charger set up program
Prospects who purchase a ChargePoint Dwelling Flex Stage 2 dwelling charger, which prices within the mid- to excessive $500s earlier than tax credit and rebates, will be capable to embody a “easy, inexpensive, and simple” dwelling set up with their buy.
The ChargePoint Dwelling Flex Stage 2 charger could be put in indoors or open air and encompasses a 23-foot charging cable. It has a ChargePoint cellular app to schedule charging instances, regulate charging velocity, and get reminders to plug in. Dwelling Flex can even 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 companion. The “one-stop-shop” program is barely out there on ChargePoint’s web site.
Prospects who select dwelling EV charger set up reply questions and so they’re then supplied with an instantaneous quote and set up date. I hypothetically examined it out, as a result of I even have a Stage 2 dwelling ChargePoint charger and wished to see how the set up value 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 deal with and phone info, and it confirmed whether or not or not it may possibly present service in your space. (It will probably 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 automotive, or once I’m getting the automotive.
It requested whether or not I will probably 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 instructed it I wished it on an inside wall of my indifferent storage, which has present energy and {an electrical} sub-panel. I instructed it I would like the charger on the other wall to my sub-panel. (That’s the place my charger is now.) I instructed it the space in toes (30) between the charger and the sub-panel.
It requested the place my essential electrical panel is (inside my home), and I instructed the location the electrician might 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 carried out. I stated wifi energy is sweet. It wished the sq. footage of my dwelling, then requested a sequence of questions on which home equipment had been working 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 Stage 2 hardwired charger put in in December 2022, and the electrician charged me $920. Taking inflation into consideration, that set up would have price me $977 immediately.
So, ChargePoint’s value 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 must do all of the preliminary on-line work, which took me round half-hour, and it will in all probability take even longer for somebody that was new to EVs and wasn’t conversant in their electrical system.
Purchasing round for a couple of quote earlier than selecting somebody to put in your own home EV charger would in all probability be essentially the most budget-savvy factor to do.
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