The Four Best High Powered Home EV Chargers Of 2023
I offer my top recommendations for the four best high-powered home EV chargers of 2023. These are all 48-amp chargers, making them some of the most powerful EV chargers available for home use.
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Links to buy the best chargers of 2023:
Emporia 48A EVSE: https://amzn.to/40eCNx9
ChargePoint Home Flex: https://amzn.to/3njUa0M
WallBox Pulsar Plus 48A: https://amzn.to/3z5TMWb
Tesla Wall Connector: https://shop.tesla.com/product/wall-connector
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:34 What is a high-powered charger?
04:42 #4: The WallBox Pulsar Plus 48
11:47 #3: The ChargePoint Home Flex
17:00 #1: Tie – Tesla Wall connector and Emporia 48A EVSE
20:11 #1 Best charger for non-Teslas: Emporia 48a EVSE
22:56 #1 Best charger for Tesla vehicles
27:30 Three honorable mentions
29:21 Upcoming 48a charger reviews
30:11 Outro
Links to buy Lectron Adapters:
Lectron Tesla CCS1 adapter: https://amzn.to/3lFUgiO
Lectron J1172 to Tesla adapter: https://amzn.to/3HYgVhf
Lectron Tesla to J1772 40-amp cable adapter: https://amzn.to/3OA7FSa
Hey there Tom, Have you attempted to charge a Rivian with the ford Charge station pro at 80W? Does the R1 rate limit at 48Amp or can you take advantage of the extra amps the Ford CSP puts out?? thanks in advance!
Hi! Did you ever get around to doing the best 40 amps of 2023? This video was super helpful but was really hoping to hear about 40 amps too 🙂
NACS happenes. So Nr1 is getting higher with time 😀
What about Autel ?
Correction: 122F to -22F is 50C to -30C .. you forgot the – on the 30C. Great video.
EDIT: Nevermind. The graph is wrong but you said it properly.
I use Clipper Creek and am really happy with it. It’s quiet (I’ve had others that have loud contactors or that make loud buzzing noises), it has a cord long enough to reach across a standard garage front to back, it’s worked well so far, and I really appreciated the wide variety of options they were offering in terms of amp ratings and plug types. I was able to get a 40 amp unit (I had available a 50 amp circuit) that plugs into a NEMA 6-50 outlet, which is far less common than 14-50. At the time, most other manufactures only had 16 and 32 amp units, but Clipper Creek had a wide variety, almost every 8 amp increment. I don’t know the state of things today between manufacturers, but I wanted to give Clipper Creek a shout out for some good offerings.
With the ChargePoint currently at $548 on Amazon where would that put it against the Emporia? I am currently in the market and ready to buy.
good job
24:32 Famous last words here, looking back – "It’s NOT the North American Charging Standard…they can call it whatever they want.." 🙂
I know you were concerned about the cost of the Charge Point Home Flex unit, but FYI I just purchased this unit (November 2023) directly from Charge Point and paid $599. plus tax.
Is it true that ev chargers have to be installed no more than 48” above the ground ? Do ChargePoint ones have to be lower?
Does using an adapter affect the level 2 efficiency?
Do you have an end of 2023 most recommended level 2 charger? I am running a 50 amp circuit.
Most people have 2 cars. When only electric vehicles are available, how is that handled?
chargeport is only like 550 now 🙂
Our team is designing and manufacturing a new level 2 EV charger, can you give us some good suggestions? The development of electric vehicle charging station is inseparable from your support.
Where is the Grizle. Made in 🇨🇦
I personally find charge point to be the best. It’s definitely one of the most reliable ones we had to work with!
*P.S we are a EV charger installation company that will give you 4 years of personal insurance after you install with us. Comment and we’ll get in touch!*
I’ll admit up front that I haven’t read all 450+ comments prior to asking this:
How do the EVSEs interact with the vehicle’s onboard charging apps? Do you have to set up charging preferences for the EVSE independently and then adjust settings in the vehicle?
I have a BMW i4 eDrive40 and using the portable charge that came with the vehicle. Do I need a dedicated charger?
Love the video. You mentioned doing a best of ’40A’ chargers as well, did you end up making that video as well, or not yet?
Great video. As of today, 3/23/24, which charger is the best value for an Ioniq 5. Don’t know much about this since I just got this car, obviously want something that will charge my car the fastest. THANK YOU!
Note that this video is 9 month old and the J-1772 was considered the standard at that time, that is not true as of today it’s the Tesla NACS SAE J-3400 and many new chargers are being released to support that standard. The vast majority of the EV manufactures have already announced support for this new standard. Based on the EV manufacture’s press releases, they will all (except Salantis) have their new production converted to J-3400 by the 2025 model year. Some have already indicated that will convert in 4Qtr 2024. The charger manufactures have already started showing the new J-3400 based chargers and will start shipping in 1qtr 2024. There is already a report on "State of Charge" reports on the first new chargers.
In the upcoming charger review section you mention the Maxpeedingrods unit but can’t find a video you put out about it. I assume it was not good? I almost pulled the trigger on getting one but I didn’t see any information about it being UL listed so I’m still using my portable evse for now.
We are now 4 months into 2024. Will we ever get a 2024 version of this video, as you mentioned?
Nine months later most vehicle manufactures to North America, have switched over to the North American Charging Standard N.A.C.S. aka Tesla connector charger. Who would have predicted that? I thought we in N.A. would have switched to the The IEC 62196 Type 2 connector (often referred to as Mennekes for the company that designed it) but that didn’t happen.
Where do you review the Ford Charger Pro that is always in the background in your videos?
What is the best home ev charger that can also do vehicle to home for backup in a blackout.
Any idea when you are doing your next round of “Best of”.
In the market for a charger and hoping to get a follow up from your 2023.
Thx
If you are going to charge your car inside your garage, which is a very bad idea, then at least have a smoke alarm over your car that is interconnected to the other smoke alarms in your house. Here in Australia, the Insurance Council is strongly recommending that.
Question. I have a hard wired Homeflex. It only slows me to program it for 40 amp charge. There is no option for 48 amp. Why ??
Can u review 80 amp chargers please?
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Would love to hear your thoughts on the 48amp Dewalt.
It’s a shame that the ultium home level 2 charger made by weibo has been out for a long time and it does 48 amp and you haven’t had a chance to review it yet
ChargePoint seems to be best.
I bought an open box ChargePoint Home Flex Level 2 charger for $339.00 on eBay recently. I thought it was a good deal.
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hi just noticed this in at 16:10 you talk about how the chargers operating temperatures are between 122f to -22f (50c to 30c) i think a small typo happen shouldnt it be -30c
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I don’t know why you have the Tesla charger as number1. My electrical company has done around 500-550 chargers in the last 8 years and by far the worst one in the Tesla charger. Reason why is they tend to need replacements. 1 out of every 7 Tesla chargers have gone bad. So much so that I tell my clients that not to buy them. Not only this, trying to get Tesla to fix or replace and honor their own warranty is crazy. They have done everything to the customer to not honor their own warranty. They are so bad that for every Tesla installation we do, I have to tell the client that we have to charge them to come out and replace them when they go bad. I have also had to tell Tesla this as well. They don’t care at all, but it’s by for the least reliable charger out there. Their self diagnosis system fails constantly. It’s a terrible unit. They have had 4 generations of chargers. The first one was very good. The 2nd and 3rd have been terrible. The new one we have not had any issues yet but only have done about 10 of them. But if something goes wrong, you then have to deal with Tesla and they are the worst company to deal with. The 2 we like best is the Juice box and charge point. Charge point is local to us and out of around 100 that we have installed, only 1 was bad. And we took it to Campbell ca and went to the shop and they gave me a brand new one and gave them the old one and it took less than 15 min to replace. They were very good to work with. Tesla, terrible to work with.
Great review as always, Tom! I picked up an Emporia earlier this year and it has been great! I have it hard-wired to a 60-amp circuit and I like how I can choose different levels to charge. I recommend it to anyone who wants a non-Tesla charger.
What are your thoughts on the Rivian wall charger? Is it worth buying it along with a Rivian vehicle, or should we go with the 48A Emporia model?
the chargepoint homeflex is at $549 these days
Emporia or Charge Point? I can’t decide between the two?? Price aside, which do you think is the best? I plan on using my phone to change settings, and use Alexa for the charger. Which charger do you think I should get?
Do you not have 3 phase 400V in your homes in America, in homes in Europe we always have 3 phase power
Don’t buy Wallbox. Mine has had software problems from the first time I plugged it into my car.
AUTOBOT DOESN’T HONOR ITS WARRANTY!
My unit failed 9 months after I purchased it on Amazon. I contacted the company and proceeded to send photos and proof of the installation. Additionally, I hired an electrician to check the breakers, and took my car in for service to eliminate every possible problem before asking for a replacement. The electrician confirmed, that the unit had failed and a needed replacement. On July 3, 2024, the company agreed to send me a new unit and thanked me for providing the evidence of the failure. Unfortunately, after multiple promises and apologies, they refuse to send the unit. They claim to have a hassle free 1-2 year warranty and I went the extra mile and provided them with the documentation they asked for. This company has ZERO integrity, and shouldn’t be trusted, you have so many options out there and can do much better than this company
If you have a 50amp breaker thingy u should only use 80% of that or 40amps juiuuust fyi 🙂
Do you still recommend Emporia? I am getting ready to install 48 amp EVSE
"Smart" just means "will betray you someday when the manufacturer sells out or goes bankrupt"
PLEASE consider always-offline use. How many of these chargers even allow it?
*Note: In the video, I mention that the GMC Hummer EV is one of the few electric vehicles with an 80-amp onboard charger. Currently, the Hummer EV only comes with a 48-amp onboard charger, but later this year it will be upgraded to accept 80-amps, which is why I added it to the short list of EVs with 80-amp onboard chargers.