ChargePoint now gives set up with the acquisition of its Degree 2 residence 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 residence EV charger set up program
Clients who purchase a ChargePoint Dwelling Flex Degree 2 residence charger, which prices within the mid- to excessive $500s earlier than tax credit and rebates, will be capable of embrace a “easy, reasonably priced, and simple” residence set up with their buy.
The ChargePoint Dwelling Flex Degree 2 charger may be put in indoors or outside and includes a 23-foot charging cable. It has a ChargePoint cell app to schedule charging instances, alter charging velocity, and get reminders to plug in. Dwelling Flex may also join with Alexa or Siri.
ChargePoint has partnered with Qmerit, which has the most important community of licensed installers in North America and has Schneider Electrical as a strategic accomplice. The “one-stop-shop” program is just obtainable on ChargePoint’s web site.
Clients who select residence 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 Degree 2 residence 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 speak to data, and it confirmed whether or not or not it will probably 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 after I’m getting the automotive.
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 mentioned 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 mentioned I’ve a single household property with indifferent two-car storage. I informed it I wished it on an inside wall of my indifferent storage, which has present energy and {an electrical} sub-panel. I informed it I would like the charger on the alternative wall to my sub-panel. (That’s the place my charger is now.) I informed it the gap in toes (30) between the charger and the sub-panel.
It requested the place my major electrical panel is (inside my home), and I informed 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 achieved. I mentioned wifi energy is nice. It wished the sq. footage of my residence, then requested a collection 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 images of my panels, and the place the EV charger was going to go. As soon as I submitted the images, 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 price me $977 at this time.
So, ChargePoint’s worth ended up being over $400 greater 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.
Procuring round for multiple quote earlier than selecting somebody to put in your house EV charger would in all probability be essentially the most budget-savvy factor to do.
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