The Charge Sheet, at home Preview
Your garage is about to become a small power company.
Charging at home, batteries, and cars that can run the house. What it costs, what it needs from your panel, and what the brochure left out. Free tools, no sales pitch, and nobody will call you.
Four things to read.
In order, or not. Each one ends with a tool that runs the numbers for your house.
- 01Charging at homeLevel 1 or Level 2, plug in or hardwire, a cord or a wall box, and why the car gets a vote.8 min
- 02What it costsYour rate, time of use, EV plans, and the 4pm trap your utility set for you.7 min
- 03Home batteriesWhat a battery does, what it doesn't, and why kilowatts and kilowatt-hours are not the same thing.8 min
- 04Your car as a batteryV2L, V2H and V2G, which cars can actually do it today, and the catch nobody mentions.7 min
Four tools, and a shelf of gear.
Built for homeowners, with a pro mode for the electrician who has to make it pass inspection.
Charging cost and schedule
Your car, your rate, your plug-in time. Finds the cheapest hours and what it costs a year.
Open the calculatorInstall estimator
Panel size, free spaces, distance and route. Checks the load math and prices the fixes.
Estimate an installBackup sizer
Pick what has to stay on. Get the power, the surge and the kilowatt-hours, then the batteries that fit.
Size a batteryV2H vs a home battery
Pick a bidirectional car, keep enough to drive, and see how it stacks up against a Powerwall.
Compare themThe gear
Home chargers, home batteries and every US car that can send power back, with honest notes on which ones actually can today.
Browse the shelves