ChargePoint now provides set up with the acquisition of its Degree 2 dwelling EV chargers within the US to simplify the setup course of, so I bought a quote – right here’s the way it went.
ChargePoint’s new dwelling EV charger set up program
Clients who purchase a ChargePoint Dwelling Flex Degree 2 dwelling 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” dwelling set up with their buy.
The ChargePoint Dwelling Flex Degree 2 charger may be put in indoors or outside and contains a 23-foot charging cable. It has a ChargePoint cellular app to schedule charging instances, regulate charging pace, and get reminders to plug in. Dwelling 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 barely out there on ChargePoint’s web site.
Clients who select dwelling EV charger set up reply questions they usually’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 dwelling 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 tackle and speak to data, and it confirmed whether or not or not it might 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 automotive, or once 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 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 informed it I needed it on an inside wall of my indifferent storage, which has current energy and {an electrical} sub-panel. I informed it I need 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 foremost 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 accomplished. I stated wifi energy is nice. It needed the sq. footage of my dwelling, then requested a collection 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 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 the moment.
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 it’s a must 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 property EV charger would in all probability be probably the most budget-savvy factor to do.
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