Best Home EV Chargers in New Zealand: Compare 7kW, Solar and Three-Phase Chargers

For most NZ homes, a 7.4kW (32A) smart wall charger is the best choice. It fully charges almost any EV overnight, adds around 50km of range per hour, and the smart features (scheduled charging for night rates, solar diversion and load balancing) save money every week. Our tethered version with a 6m cable is $780 and the socketed version is $680 — both rated 4.9★ or higher by verified NZ owners.

7.4kW is enough for the vast majority of drivers — even a 100kWh battery charges in about 12 hours, and most people top up far less than that overnight. 11kW or 22kW only helps if your property has a three-phase supply and your car’s onboard AC charger supports it. If you have both, the Tron 22kW ($979) charges up to 3x faster.

Any registered electrician can install our chargers — a printed SDoC is included in every box, and because DC leakage protection is built in there’s no need for an expensive Type B RCD. A straightforward install near the switchboard is typically $500-$700; longer cable runs cost more. Our $88 external switch and RCBO combo gives your electrician everything else they need. We can recommend an installer in your area — just ask.

An attached (tethered) cable is the most convenient for daily use — plug in and go. A Type 2 socket suits homes sharing one cable between home and public charging, households with two different cars, and Japanese imports that need a Type 2 to Type 1 cable. Feature-wise our tethered and socketed smart chargers are otherwise identical.

A smart charger lets you schedule charging for cheap night rates or free-power hours, divert excess solar into the car, cap your house load, track kWh for work reimbursement, and lock the charger with RFID cards. If your car’s own app already handles scheduling and you don’t have solar, the basic Pico at $590 does the job for less.

Yes. Our smart chargers include solar diversion: a CT clamp watches your grid connection, and when you export excess solar the charger starts automatically and ramps its output up and down to soak up exactly what you’d otherwise export. See our full solar EV charging guide for setup details, including homes with batteries.

On a 7.4kW wall charger, a typical 60kWh EV charges from 20% to full in about 7 hours — comfortably overnight. The same charge on an 8A portable charger takes around 29 hours, which is why a wall charger is the single best upgrade for any EV owner. Use the calculator above or our full charge time calculator for your exact battery size.

At the NZ average rate of about $0.30/kWh, a 60kWh charge from 20% to full costs roughly $16 — and often much less on night rates or free-power plans, which is exactly what scheduled charging on a smart charger is for. Try our charge cost calculator for your own power price.

Yes — all four chargers work with every EV and PHEV sold in New Zealand. Socketed models take a Type 2 cable for NZ-new cars or a Type 2 to Type 1 cable for Japanese imports. For model-specific recommendations, charge times and cable advice, see our charging guides by car.

Yes. All four are IP54 weather-proof and are regularly installed outdoors on NZ homes. The input cable can enter from the bottom or through the back of the wall to keep the install tidy.