#Juicebox car charger full#

Its box is compact and stylish, and its connector locks into its holster or a charge port with a smooth, authoritative click. Home Flex has nearly everything you'll find in our Best Overall JuiceBox 40, with even a bit more to like.

The Home Flex represents its expansion into residential, Level 2 chargers. It can be started with voice commands through Amazon Alexa or Google Home, and you can use the app to set reminders, program charge hours and monitor energy consumption (and cost) precisely.ĬhargePoint started in the EV business building public charge stations. JuiceBox 40 has a built-in cable rack and security lock and, according to experts, one of the best control apps going. Even its plug-in cord is longer than most, and that adds flexibility when mounting the box in relation to the necessary 240-volt plug. It's easy to install, and it's 25-foot connector cable allows maximum flexibility in use. Perhaps most important, it hits the magic charge-rate threshold of 40 amps, which means it will replenish any substantially drained EV (current or forthcoming) in an 8- to 10-hour time frame for years to come.īeyond its foundational features, the JuiceBox 40 is finished with some polished and useful details. It will charge any electric car, pick-up or SUV available in North America, including Tesla with the brand's standard J1772 adaptor, and it comes with the industry standard three-year warranty. It's UL listed, built to exceed NEMA 4 standards and great for outdoor use. The Enel-X JuiceBox 40 received an excellent score of 89 points on our ChargerRater scoring system which equals 4.45 stars and finished up with a combined rating of 4.6 stars when averaged with our personal 5-star rating.The JuiceBox 40 delivers everything you need and most of what you'll want in a Level 2 home charge station, at a reasonable price. We then offer our own opinion of the equipment, also on a 5-star scale, and average the two scores.

The total is then converted into a 5-Star score. Points are then added or subtracted for features and performance. The ChargerRater five categories and in each category the EVSE starts out with 15 points. We'll be reviewing all of the popular EV home chargers so we've created a point-based system called the ChargerRater. If your home charger has the ability to schedule charging, you don't need to fumble with in-car scheduling, and possibly forget to set it back later. We should mention that most EVs today already have that feature built into the car, but you then have to disable it when you're using a public charger and can forget to reset the TOU schedule once you get home. You can also schedule the JuiceBox to charge your EV at a set time to coincide with time-of-use utility rates, which can save a lot of money. This makes charging two EVs at home more convenient and the chargers less expensive to install. The JuiceBoxes will communicate with each other and ensure that they won't overload the circuit. This allows the user to share more than one JuiceBox on a single circuit. The JuiceBox also has a feature that few other chargers do, and that's the ability to power share between more than one JuiceBox. It also is Amazon Alexa and Google Home compatible and can participate in utility demand response programs.

#Juicebox car charger full#

The JuiceBox's app lets you adjust the power the charger delivers, so you can use it on a circuit that is less than the 50-amp circuit required to deliver the full 40-amps the unit can supply to the vehicle. It has more of these features than any other charger available today. The smart charging features of the JuiceBox is really where the unit excels. We think it would be a good idea for Enel-X to offer a cold weather cable as an option in the future. For that reason, we can't recommend the JuiceBox for outdoor installations in areas where the temperatures frequently drop below freezing. The JuiceBox's cable actually performed the worst of all of the cables we've tested so far in the deep freeze test. Enel-x Juicebox undergoes our cable deep freeze test