What is that abbreviation? Home Power Wall Charger? Just guessing here. In concept, I charge at a friends’ house and I get billed for it? So the amount paid goes back to him somehow?That hasn’t actually been implemented yet. Maybe in two weeks.
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What is that abbreviation? Home Power Wall Charger? Just guessing here. In concept, I charge at a friends’ house and I get billed for it? So the amount paid goes back to him somehow?That hasn’t actually been implemented yet. Maybe in two weeks.
Getting billed for using a normal looking wall connector? is where I got that from. Reading to the newest bitter end of the thread, it seems you are correct.That hasn’t actually been implemented yet. Maybe in two weeks.
What is that abbreviation? Home Power Wall Charger? Just guessing here. In concept, I charge at a friends’ house and I get billed for it? So the amount paid goes back to him somehow?
I doubt they'll ever implement billing/payment to individual residential users. Too much management overhead for one charger that gets only a visitor or two per month.What is that abbreviation? Home Power Wall Charger? Just guessing here. In concept, I charge at a friends’ house and I get billed for it? So the amount paid goes back to him somehow?
Think people will ultimately reassess.End result... nobody is using the charger because nobody wants to pay $0.42 USD/kw and we are stuck with no good solution.
Hey there,
Saw this thread and I’m curious, what do people typically pay in an apartment/condo garage for charging?
My complex took down their Tesla chargers and replaced them with 10 EVBox chargers, using the EVOKE app as their billing platform. They charge $1 just to plug in, then $.50 per kWh. $3 idle fee after 20 mins unless it’s 12a-8a.
I can understand taking down the Tesla only chargers as there are a few other EVs in the holding. There are people in the building complaining about the price, and I agree this is steep (I pay $.22 including delivery from ConEd for the apartment).
Curious what others are paying. Not sure how to approach management, who brag about this price as being “eco-friendly” and “about $20 to “fill up”. Aka, they have no idea what driving and charging and EV means.
Agreed this is what we’re trying to propose. Thanks!That’s actually a really effective rate scheme for this type of multi-tenant property. I agree that the price per kWh is high, but the $1 to plug in encourages charging only when you need it (maybe every third day instead of every day) and keeps things moving with high idle fees. If they dropped it to $0.25 or $0.30 per kWh, I think it would be right on.
As someone that thinks part of having an EV is always leaving with a full pack, I would drop the session fee as AC charging with a 5% or 80% pack has about the same charging speed. I would like to see $0.25/kWh and then a high per min idle fee. This will allow for shorter charge sessions where people will charge and then move. If you only have to charge for 30 minutes you will likely pay more attention.That’s actually a really effective rate scheme for this type of multi-tenant property. I agree that the price per kWh is high, but the $1 to plug in encourages charging only when you need it (maybe every third day instead of every day) and keeps things moving with high idle fees. If they dropped it to $0.25 or $0.30 per kWh, I think it would be right on.
It’s double wrong since the 6-20 is 3.8 kW.I do like the 6-20 version of the Orange Outlet mentioned above. That’s pretty cool! I hadn’t seen that product before. Edit: But, UGH on their web site saying “is an the outlet that delivers 4.8 kWh of power”. That should be kW and a commercial vendor should should have their product specs using valid units! I can partially excuse it for people new to electric vehicles, but not a vendor for EV products!
Looks like they are reading the thread and have updated the site. That said they don't even have the full manuals online. The site looks like it's still in Alpha mode.It’s double wrong since the 6-20 is 3.8 kW.
I've done more research and it seems the current ideal solution is using the Emporia Energy product line for this use case.Hey OP
Any progress with this?
I just took responsibility to set up about 2-3 parking spaces for charging in my small condo building.
The issue is charging the individual units.
Currently 21 units in our building but only two Tesla owners but i think there will be 5 more soon hahaha
Im trying to get started….but I don’t know where to even start! I’ve contacted a couple companies and also a couple local electricians to see what solutions they may have. Btw im in studio city CA.
Thanks!
I've done more research and it seems the current ideal solution is using the Emporia Energy product line for this use case.
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Either the Vue(2) in the breaker panel or just by utilizing their EV chargers.
I will be investigating both in my building. I just bought some of their (sadly 10A continuous limited) outlet adapters on amazon (<$10 each) to check out their ecosystem. It would be nice if they made 15 and 20A receptacle style outlets like connnectsence ( Amazon.com ). Except the connectsence hardware and software are basically unusable (don't waste your time). It looks like emporia has much more investment in their hardware and software solutions. I think between their EV charger dashboard monitoring or the vue with current sensors in the panel, Emporia might be the ticket. I just need to find out if there are any hidden costs with the Emporia solution.