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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2025
Very easy install and set up on the app and car communicated easily with the charger. Had to have electrician install NEMA plug to 50A breaker to my MSP since my electrical panel did not have the space nor capacity. Then ran 50A RV extension cord to charger. This limits your maximum charge to 240V at 40A, 9.6KW...but my Nissan Ariya charges at 7.6KW and it according to the Empria app, that is exactly what it took. Was able to charge from 40% to 100% in less than 6 hours. It was plugged in for about 10 hours, but shut off once the charge reached 100%. I recommend this product.
Jaynee S. Weinstein
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2025
I just replaced my Juice Box EV charger with emporia. It worked like a breeze! It was not a clunky, or stiff corded where it was difficult to plug in. I have found many of the EV chargers are clunky and difficult for an 107 lb woman to manipulate. The cord was also much more maliable for use since it's thinner. Nice flat non imposing design for hanging in my garage. It works nicely!
S. J. Chatwin
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2025
Installed on a garage wall for use with Kia Niro EV.Used a NEMA14-50 socket so that it's easy to transfer. Direct hardwiring gives a bit more charge capability, but I prefer the flexibility of the plu/socket.The cable to the car was suitably long enough to get from the wall to the nose of the car without laying it across the floor.Liked the WiFi connection which was fairly simple to set up once I'd extended my wifi to the garage. Have coupled it to the Weave Grid app which can control the charger to better manage consumption and charging to the grid. Even with this external control, the car is always ready when I need and it's easy to push a button on the phone app to get instant turn-on.
hermank
Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2025
Great product and excellent service. The unit camebwell-packaged, really easy to unpack. No assembly required. Installation made easy by choice of hardwiring or plug-in. I have had a couple of questions and their responses have been both quick and solid. Happy customer here.
MichelleS
Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2025
When purchasing our EV we did fairly extensive reviewing of home level 2 chargers. The Emporia fit the bill for us given the options of connections and installation for either 40 or 48 amp and provides charging speed of 9-9.5 kwh so takes 4-5 hrs to charge approx for us to 80%, the reviews at the time, and reasonably priced for what you get. It has not disappointed and worked well from the first charge and still going strong reliably. The App is not fancy but adequate and gives the settings options that are needed and provides data and info that is practicalNo regrets with our purchase and would recommend to others.
Qc Test
Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2025
Work great and lot of future BUT wire to the car come really hard in canadian winter. In summer no problem with the wire. I still recommend this product.
Blake C.
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2025
I purchased this to charge my new-to-me Chevy Bolt. I already have the Emporia Vue energy monitoring system in my panel, so when I found out that this was one of the 2 or 3 EVSE brands that my local utility supports for its off-peak managed charging rebate scheme (through the ev.energy app), it was a no-brainer for me to choose the Emporia unit.Though I purchased the NEMA 14-50 version, I opted to hardwire it so that I didn't have the added expense of a GFCI breaker and weatherproof NEMA 14-50 receptacle for my outdoor install location. Removing the 14-50 cord was a simple matter of opening the case, unscrewing the wires from the terminal block and removing the connector fitting.I used 1" Liquid-Tite flexible conduit, which fits perfectly into the 1-1/4" hole in the enclosure (don't use 1-1/4" conduit like the hardwire conversion instructions say; 1" is the correct size). I wired it with #6 AWG THWN-2 (with a #10 ground) and a 60A breaker, which unlocks the full 48A max charging capability. Though my current vehicle only has a 32A inverter, I'd rather be future-proofed than have to re-do the wiring later.Once the wire was run, actually mounting and wiring the unit took about 30 minutes altogether. As another reviewer said, using flexible conduit makes re-attaching the face much easier after hardwiring, since the 8 hex screws all face the rear of the unit. I connected the wires, reattached the face, and then finally secured the unit to the mounting bracket.The only thing that differs from the description is instead of receiving the cable hanger that mounts underneath the unit, I received a different standalone hanger that functions as both a cable hanger and a dock for the J1772 connector. I actually prefer this style, so this was more of a pleasant surprise than an issue. But something to be aware of.The app is functional, if a little clunky, but it provides all of the necessary functions like real-time energy monitoring, manual and automatic charging control, and total charge cost based on local utility rates.
Chabs
Reviewed in Canada on March 18, 2024
After reading and watching multiple reviews online I decided to buy the Emporia. I’ve had it for 2 weeks now and it works fine no issues at all. First I like the look of it but most importantly it’s well built, good quality, installation options (NEMA14-50 or Hardwired), easy to install, up to 48A, good price and the app is super easy to use. I had it installed hardwired by my electrician to get the maximum amperage from my charger. The amperage can easily be adjusted using the app from 12A to 48A by 4A increments depending on your circuit breaker. Connecting my Charger to my wifi literally took seconds. Compared to other chargers this charger gives you more charging amps at an excellent price. Also, if you loose power during the night and power comes back this Emporia will restart automatically charging your car which is not the case with some other brands that need to be reprogrammed and restarted. So no surprise in the morning when you’re ready to go to work.I’m so happy with my purchase, delivery was fast. I highly recommend the EV Charger!!
Fabiola Velazquez
Reviewed in Mexico on December 1, 2023
La caja recibe corriente eléctrica, pero no saca la corriente eléctrica, los arquitectos de la obra en donde lo pusimos no lo abrieron inmediatamente, sino cuando terminaron la obra (después de 45 días) y ya no hay opción de devolución, está pésimo ya que es un artículo muy costoso y ya lo revisaron eléctricos y es una falla de fábrica.
John Kenneth Yu
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2022
This Smart EV Charger (EVSE - Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) is one of the best values for the money. It can be hardwired for a continuous 48amps (60amp breaker) or just stay with the plug and play option using the supplied 14-50 plug for 40amps continuous (50amp breaker). The wiring comes with 6ga AWG wires and the cords are thick and somewhat pliable in CA. However, the solid conductors that goes through the CT’s on the PCB only looks like a solid 10ga in diameter. The AC (14-50 Plug) and J1772 wire connectors have crimped ferrules to enhance connectivity. J1772 plug (long button on top) is a little loose when plugging in compared to my Chargepoint, but quality overall looks good!This EVSE (charger is in the EV) integrates with their Emporia Vue Gen1/2 Energy Monitor and Vue Utility Connect devices. Highly recommended! If you have a compatible utility smart meter, the Emporia Utility Connect is a must have. It’s plug and play after configuration/registration, and it will give you utility grade meter measurements when coupled with excellent network 2.4ghz WiFi/Zigbee connectivity. The Emporia EVSE will work as a stand-alone in the app.I opted for the hardwire installation using 6/3 NMB, so I will derate it to 44amps or 10.6kW just in case there are concerns for the 55amp rating.The Emporia Level 2 EV charger has comprehensive smart features such as TOU Scheduling, Demand Management and Excess Solar Generation.Although they are trying to allow all 3 functionalities running simultaneously, it causes issues and quirks with unexpected results sometimes. This is especially critical if you are avoiding On Peak periods (highest costs) due to the complexity of multiple events working simultaneously giving unexpected results. I won’t go to details on this, but just have to trust me that it’s not full proof at this point if you have multiple functions running at the same time especially the Scheduling/Excess Solar or Scheduling/Demand/Excess Solar. Scheduling/Demand might be ok.Time-of-Use (TOU) Scheduling: Allow scheduled times for this EVSE to turn on and turn off. They also integrated it with the NREL’s OpenEi to download various utility rates and TOU to setup your schedules automatically. BTW, the NREL rates are not necessarily updated or correct neither. However, it may be easier doing a manual turn on/off schedule especially if you have multiple times you want to avoid/charge or if your utility rate is not found. This is similar to setting up those mechanical or digital timers for your Christmas lights or other plugged in devices.Demand Management: You are allowed to set a demand threshold where it will throttle your EVSE up and down as it gets close to that limit. It may exceed the limit for some times, but it will check often to adjust your EVSE charge rate (within 240watts or 1amp) to keep it close to the threshold. If it cannot keep it under the demand threshold overall, it will shut down the EV charging completely.Keep in mind there is a minimum that the EVSE can manage ~1500watts. For example, Demand threshold is 5kW, current load without EVSE is 4kW, the EVSE will not turn on. If current load is 3kW, then the EVSE will throttle the EVSE to 1920watts or 8amps to keep it just under the 5kW threshold (3kw+1.92kW = 4.92kW).Demand management is usually good for managing utility demand charges to reduce costs. But for most homes or residential use, this does not apply since almost all residential rates don’t have demand charges. It applies more for commercial utility rates that has demand charges.Excess Solar Function: Will allow your EVSE to follow your solar generation and consume it within 240watts. Caveat is you need at least 1500watts of excess solar generation since the minimum EVSE charge rate is 6amps or 1440watts. If you have less than 1500watts of excess solar, the EVSE will turn off to avoid taking from the grid.Issues to watch out and how to mitigate:On initial setup (onboarding), the smart applications did not work right away. The EVSE is defaulted to ON all the time if you do not access the app initially or for those who do not use the app. When I tested it the 1st day (multiple sessions), the EV charger kept on going past the On-peak period. In my case, it went past the turn off schedule at 4pm even though the app says it was going to turn off. After a few days, the system settled down and schedules eventually worked to turn on/off the charger at the proper times.When you have multiple smart features turned on, Schedules/Excess Solar/Demand, you will encounter issues with the charger turning on during the On-peak hours.For best results to minimize issues, only use 1 of the smart functionality at a time. Then it will be reliable. The most useful function for most homes and small commercial owners is the TOU Scheduling under their “Schedules” application.I do have concerns on wear and tear of the EV and EVSE with having to turn on/off charging the vehicle when using the smart functions too often. The throttling of the EV charging by adjusting the control pilot signals (duty cycles) may be ok as long as there are no physical turn on/off. So if you really don’t need it or it’s for minimal savings, just stick with the simple Schedule to avoid the highest rates. Peace of mind on your car and EVSE reliability will be worth more that the headache if it breaks from too many turn on/off. The other functions are fancy and great, but it comes with great responsibility!Best of all, the Emporia support team has been great to work with. I have given the Emporia team recommendations and feedback on how to improve the Scheduling issues by using time blocks and putting it as priority to other functions to prevent accidental On-peak charging or times you don’t want the EVSE to come on.Additionally, I asked if they can use the same blinking blue LED status when the EVSE time blocks are scheduled not to charge to alert us visually/externally instead of looking at the app.I also requested to have a new hardwire installation capacity category of a 55A (or 60A breaker), 44A continuous for a 10.6kW max charge rate to accommodate the hardwire NMB/Romex 6/2 or 6/3 for those who are concerned.Once this is implemented, this should make their product and applications more robust and definitely one of the smarter EVSE in industry. Of course, it needs to be easy to use and reliable.
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