Hello :)
I'm about to purchase a new EV, and I've been told by my dealership that the unit is $2000, which is a bit steep as that doesn't include install.
Basically looking for a type 2 charger at 7 or 11kW to install.
Anyone know which ones are good?
In case anyone is wondering, my workplace provides free charging, so most of my charging will be done once or twice a week at work- the home charger is more for when I'm on AL.
Do you even need one? What's your typical day/week driving look like when on leave?
pretty much <30 kms a day
Then the granny charger will be perfect. No need for any permanent charger. Waste of money
Thanks mate
Yeah, depends on your daily driving but. check you need one first, had ev almost a year, charge it off normal PowerPoint, never once had to use a public charger except once when I wanted to test how it all worked.
Of course, if you need to charge quickly over a weekend off solar during the day or something to save cash, or take advantage of time of day electricity pricing, you would need to consider that as well.
Do you have a 16A socket in your garage? That should give you 3.5kw with a cheap ebay charger. That's what we use and we get approx 10% charge in 2 hours which is plenty.
Plenty of chargers way cheaper than $2k, Tesla charger is usually around $700. I paid a bit more so I could get one that only sends excess solar energy to the car, but it was about $1200. It has paid for itself over 2 years, because I never pay to charge the car as either I drive a lot or WFH (so charge when I WFH or on weekends).
That said, with battery rebates and V2X probably not too far in the future I'm seriously weighing up one of these as a single solution to battery/charging. V2X is a funny one though, most cars can do it, but it's not clear whether they'll be certified to do it.
Thank you everyone for your comments. You've convinced me to same my shekels and just use a normal household power point.
"charger" is a fancy word for something that is little more than a cable. "Wall connector" is the proper term.
Who is charging $2K?!
I've had this one put in recently:
https://wallbox.com/en_fi/pulsar-max-ev-charger-socket
Max 22kw AC (noting my car will only charge at 11kw) but into the future I am sure EV's will amp up their internal inverters.
We installed standard 15amp outlets for staff at work, many of the euro ev's seem to come supplied with 1700w or 2000w chargers (odd), the Tesla standard mobile charger is up to 15amp 3000w - so if you are charging at work from a standard GPO check to see if they have 10amp or 15amp points for EV users available, it makes a huge difference.
Hey mate, do you need a compatible inverter for the wallbox or it can work on any?
I would just use the slow AC "granny" charger (assuming it comes with one) to see if you even need to install a faster type 2 charger first. Have had my EV for 6 months, driven to work (10% battery drain per day) and charged off the granny charger at 2.2kw/hour before bed. Anytime we really need a topup, we charge it overnight - or if its for a long trip and overnight is too slow, I'd take it to a local DC charger. Weekends/days off it can catch up on charge during the day as well.
Considering you're covered for charging at work, will you be taking long trips where you'd need a big top-up in a short amount of time when on AL? Even so, consider the cost of charging at a public charger @ 70ish cents per kw vs installing a type 2 at home.