Hub · Install Cost Guide
The charger is the price on the box. The install is the price on the invoice — and it’s the one nobody quotes online. This guide collects what a 240V charging circuit actually costs: electrician quotes surveyed across 30+ metro areas, split the way the invoice splits — breaker, wire run, receptacle or hardwire, permit, and the panel work that turns a simple job into a project.
The eleven line items every quote should show
- Load calculation for your panel, in writing
- Breaker size and type (including GFCI where required)
- Wire gauge and total run length, panel to charger
- Conduit type where the run is exposed
- NEMA 14-50 receptacle grade (industrial vs. builder grade) or hardwire labor
- Permit fee, listed separately
- Panel work, if any — breaker shuffle, subpanel, or service upgrade, each priced on its own line
- Load-management device, if proposed, with model name
- Charger mounting and cable management
- Inspection scheduling — who books it, who attends
- Warranty on the labor, in months
Quote smell test: a single lump-sum number with none of these lines is not a quote, it’s a guess with your name on it. Get two itemized quotes and compare them line by line — the padded one usually shows itself in the wire run.
What decides which lines you even need is your panel — start with the Readiness Checker, then the Electrical Setup hub for the work itself.