Leading microinverter and home energy storage provider Enphase announced the launch of its IQ EV charger for charging electric vehicles at home.
Enphase said the chargers offer between 31 miles and 61 miles of range charging per hour on its fast chargers.
The EV charger can be paired with an Enphase solar and energy storage system. It is Wi-Fi enabled and includes smart control and monitoring capabilities.
The devices can be coordinated to help solar and battery owners maximize electricity cost savings by charging directly from solar production. With a home battery, the Enphase system enables vehicle charging even when there is a grid power outage.
IQ EV chargers come in 32 A, 48 A, and 64 A configurations, which offer 7.7 kW, 9.6 kW, and 15.4 kW max power respectively.
Each charger has NEMA 6-50P, and 14-50P rated input cables, which are hardwired. It has a ruggedized J1772 connector for universal compatibility and a 25-foot charge cable. The device is rated for both indoor and outdoor use. Each charger measures 19.7 inches x 8.9 inches x 5.3 inches and weighs 14.5 lbs.
The charger comes with a 5-year warranty from Enphase and is backed with a 24/7 customer support line from Enhpase.
“As a solar contractor that has installed Enphase microinverters for my customers since 2009, I’m glad to see the IQ EV Chargers join Enphase’s product ecosystem,” said Louis Woofenden, owner and engineering director, Net Zero Solar. “I was excited to try out this improved smart charger on the Enphase platform with ClipperCreek heritage. It’s so helpful to be able to easily schedule charge times, manually start and stop charging my EV, and monitor my EV energy use – all from the Enphase App on my phone.”
The 32 A device starts retail at $732 while the 64 A device retails at $1,176 on the Enphase site.
Enphase is positioning its charger, microinverter and home battery as a “one-stop-shop” for home energy solutions.
“Installing an EV charger with a solar and battery system simply makes sense and can reduce overall installation costs,” said Jayant Somani, president and general manager, digital business, Enphase Energy.
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This is a nothing-burger. They are bringing nothing new to the game, here, other than “you can now buy all your equipment from us!” In contrast, months ago they announced a bidirectional charger — now that would be interesting! But there have been no follow-on updates on the progress of that product.
Agreed. The real issue is rapid expansion of publicly accessible Vehicle-2-Grid charging infrastructure at large, ridiculously under-utilized parking lots at apartments, condos, neighborhood shopping centers, business parks & public facilities, right where most typical energy consumers live & work. Lack of public charging infrastructure & affordable utilitarian commuter vehicles is stalling BEV adoption.
Large parking lot heat islands can be rapidly shaded with solar canopies +on-site stationary storage batteries +Vehicle-2-Grid chargers, without any new utility transmission, site acquisition, or other site improvement spending.
This is, without a doubt, the most rapidly exploitable strategy to create both widely distributed electric vehicle charging infrastructure & NetZero commercial properties, while simultaneously constructing a matrix of reliable neighborhood micro grids. And it can be accomplished by typical leased commercial property investors using IRA investment incentives, with just ordinary local building permits & little, if any, neighborhood opposition.