{"id":55975,"date":"2021-11-15T05:12:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T18:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=55975"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:22:32","slug":"ev-charger-recommendation-mb2233","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ev-charger-recommendation-mb2233\/","title":{"rendered":"EV Charger Recommendations From A Solar Installer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"EV Chargers - An Australian Solar Installer&#039;s Picks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UuV-4jll83I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This seasoned Australian solar installer has branched out into EV chargers. Find out what he&#8217;s installing, the cost involved and other electric car charging recommendations for solar owners.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Transcript begins &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><b>Finn:<\/b> Now to our installer of the month, Sasha Stella, a solar installer who has jumped into EVs in a big way, setting up a dedicated EV charging business in preparation for the EV future.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sasha:<\/b> Thanks Finn for having me today. My name is Sasha from <a href=\"https:\/\/evchargeaustralia.com.au\/\"> EV Charge Australia<\/a>. We&#8217;ve just started up, earlier this year, specialising in electric vehicle charging points.<\/p>\n<p>So today we&#8217;ve just installed the MyEnergy Zappi, which is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/solar\/\">solar smart charger<\/a>. We started up about 15 years ago in the solar industry. It&#8217;s about finding ways to utilize your solar energy. And one of the ways is to charge your electric vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>With that, we&#8217;ve come across a few different products that utilize the solar. And this is why we&#8217;ve got into the electric vehicle charging. It&#8217;s perfect for soaking up that residual solar. In the commercial market we&#8217;re offering the Evnex, which allows charger management. So, for apartment buildings, fleet management, it allows us to manage who&#8217;s charging what vehicle at what time.<\/p>\n<p>There is a big issue with solar sponging in Australia. We&#8217;ve got so much renewable energy that we need to use during the day. And EVs are going to be the answer for sure.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got 25 kilowatts onsite here. We export a lot of energy, which at the current feed in tariff is barely worthwhile. So, when you look at the feasibility against running a combustion engine against an EV, it definitely works out in our favor.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t believe that my children will drive a combustion engine. They&#8217;re five years away and, we&#8217;ll push them towards the electric vehicle; whether it be a small runabout or a Tesla.<\/p>\n<h2>EV Charging Considerations<\/h2>\n<p>Regarding costs for charging your electric vehicle, education is the best key. And a lot of people are going to get their electricity bill after three months and probably fall over because they haven&#8217;t been spending that $60 a week in fuel, but instead it&#8217;s gone towards their electricity accounts.<\/p>\n<p>So education at the start is very important.<\/p>\n<p>Solar offsetting your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/\">EV home charging<\/a> is definitely going to help with your electricity costs of running the vehicle. Looking at the capacity of your solar system is going to be the next thing. A majority of the systems out there will be slightly undersized.<\/p>\n<p>So, the cost for installing a smart charger, you&#8217;re typically looking at around $2,000 to $3,000. If you&#8217;ve got a three-phase supply its going to be slightly higher due to the hardware that&#8217;s required.<\/p>\n<p>Again, you want to look at what your onboard charger is on the vehicle, because some situations where you&#8217;ve got a 22 kilowatts system available, if your charger can&#8217;t handle it, then there&#8217;s no point in putting a 22 kilowatt charger in.<\/p>\n<p>We love everything about this industry. We believe that electric vehicles are going to be the next big thing.<\/p>\n<p><b>Added note:<\/b> The MyEnergy Zappi charging solution has attracted a lot of positive attention. For further details on the device, read this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/zappi-ev-charger-review\/\">MyZappi EV charger review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can discover everything you should know about EVs in Episode 10 of SolarQuotes TV: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electric-cars-sqtv10-mb2217\/\">The Ultimate Guide To Electric Vehicles<\/a>. 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