NSXTASY
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as you can see on the screenshot, the websites now advises me to purchase a LEAF... I already leased one. now what ?
NSXTASY said:thank you for sharing your experience. I have yet to receive even an email confirmation.... Is there a number I can call ?
Insureit1 said:Well I was assigned a rep and told I would hear from the "certified EVSE" electrician to schedule and estimate. This was yesterday. I told them I already have a 240v outlet installed in my garage and could the unit just be sent to me and I can plug it into the outlet. I was told "the Federal program REQUIRES" a certified installer install the ESVE. Ok I am fine with that. So today I get an email from the electrician with my estimate. Now keep in mind they did not visit my home. The estimate was $1200 to "install" the EVSE. Less my $400 installation incentive it will only cost me $800 to have the EVSE mounted on my wall and plugged in. No thank you. The free EVSE is going to cost me $800. I have already purchased a different EVSE for almost the same cost that I am happy with. Had this "free" one worked out I was going to install the one I already have at my office. If the goal of this program was to collect data and promote EV they are doing a pretty poor job in my opinion. Overcharging for a plug and play installation is crazy.
Obviously that's ridiculous. But ...Insureit1 said:Well I was assigned a rep and told I would hear from the "certified EVSE" electrician to schedule and estimate. This was yesterday. I told them I already have a 240v outlet installed in my garage and could the unit just be sent to me and I can plug it into the outlet. I was told "the Federal program REQUIRES" a certified installer install the ESVE. Ok I am fine with that. So today I get an email from the electrician with my estimate. Now keep in mind they did not visit my home. The estimate was $1200 to "install" the EVSE. Less my $400 installation incentive it will only cost me $800 to have the EVSE mounted on my wall and plugged in. No thank you. The free EVSE is going to cost me $800. I have already purchased a different EVSE for almost the same cost that I am happy with. Had this "free" one worked out I was going to install the one I already have at my office. If the goal of this program was to collect data and promote EV they are doing a pretty poor job in my opinion. Overcharging for a plug and play installation is crazy.
In some of the areas, the allowance was/is higher. For me (back in the primordial Blink era), it was $1200 and the whole thing was truly free to me. In truth, $400 probably isn't enough to get a $0 install even if everything is on the up and up. The DOE grant requires that the electricians are paid union scale and even a "just plug it in" install may take 2 or more hours, plus permit and inspection. However the numbers I'm seeing here don't match up with what my install came to. In my case, they added the circuit, ran about 25ft. of conduit, and mounted and tested the unit, all within the $1200 allowance (I didn't get to see what the contractor was REALLY paid). Insureit1 was quoted $1200 ($400 allowance plus $800 out of pocket) for a "just plug it in" install. That would seem to be the new floor, and says to me that the bills are being padded.hyperlexis said:... Does the $400 get you anything such as running wires and installing a plug, or is it just for someone to plug the charger unit into an already roughed-in outlet? Or worse, is it just a total scam?
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