ChargePoint now presents set up with the acquisition of its Stage 2 residence EV chargers within the US to simplify the setup course of, so I acquired a quote – right here’s the way it went.
ChargePoint’s new residence EV charger set up program
Clients who purchase a ChargePoint House Flex Stage 2 residence charger, which prices within the mid- to excessive $500s earlier than tax credit and rebates, will have the ability to embody a “easy, reasonably priced, and easy” residence set up with their buy.
The ChargePoint House Flex Stage 2 charger will be put in indoors or outdoor 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. House 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 accomplice. The “one-stop-shop” program is just accessible on ChargePoint’s web site.
Clients who select residence 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 Stage 2 residence ChargePoint charger and needed 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 needed my handle and call info, and it confirmed whether or not or not it may possibly present service in your space. (It could 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 will likely 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 mentioned I don’t have it but.
It requested whether or not I lease or personal my property; I answered that I personal, and that I don’t want HOA approval. I mentioned I’ve a single household property with indifferent two-car storage. I advised it I needed 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 space in toes (30) between the charger and the sub-panel.
It requested the place my foremost electrical panel is (inside my home), and I advised the positioning 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 accomplished. I mentioned wifi energy is sweet. It needed the sq. footage of my residence, then requested a sequence of questions on which home equipment had been operating on the system. It requested about photo voltaic and battery storage, and a generator.
Then it needed 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 under consideration, that set up would have value me $977 as we speak.
So, ChargePoint’s worth ended up being over $400 increased 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 it’s important to do all of the preliminary on-line work, which took me round half-hour, and it could in all probability take even longer for somebody that was new to EVs and wasn’t acquainted with their electrical system.
Purchasing round for multiple quote earlier than selecting somebody to put in your house EV charger would in all probability be probably the most budget-savvy factor to do.
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