ChargePoint now presents set up with the acquisition of its Degree 2 dwelling 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 dwelling EV charger set up program
Prospects who purchase a ChargePoint House Flex Degree 2 dwelling charger, which prices within the mid- to excessive $500s earlier than tax credit and rebates, will be capable of embrace a “easy, inexpensive, and easy” dwelling set up with their buy.
The ChargePoint House Flex Degree 2 charger may be put in indoors or outdoor and encompasses a 23-foot charging cable. It has a ChargePoint cell app to schedule charging occasions, modify charging pace, and get reminders to plug in. House Flex may 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 associate. The “one-stop-shop” program is simply accessible on ChargePoint’s web site.
Prospects 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 call data, 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 automotive, or once I’m getting the automotive.
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 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 needed it on an inside wall of my indifferent storage, which has current 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 ft (30) between the charger and the sub-panel.
It requested the place my primary electrical panel is (inside my home), and I informed the positioning 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 performed. I mentioned wifi power is sweet. 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 pictures of my panels, and the place the EV charger was going to go. As soon as I submitted the pictures, 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 under consideration, that set up would have value me $977 right now.
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 you must do all of the preliminary on-line work, which took me round half-hour, and it could most likely take even longer for somebody that was new to EVs and wasn’t accustomed to their electrical system.
Procuring round for multiple quote earlier than selecting somebody to put in your property EV charger would most likely be essentially the most budget-savvy factor to do.
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