The full comparison table
30Level 2 chargers, sorted by published output and then by cord length. The circuit column is arithmetic, not a manufacturer claim: a continuous load is sized at 125% of its draw under NEC Article 625, so a 40-amp charger wants a 50-amp breaker and a 48-amp charger wants 60. Where a manufacturer publishes a different requirement — Autel publishes a 70-amp circuit for its 50-amp output — the manufacturer’s figure wins, and we say so in the notes below. The clearest case of that is ChargePoint: the arithmetic puts its 50-amp hardwired unit on a 70-amp circuit, but ChargePoint publishes that the charger “Works with circuits rated from 20 to 80A” and is configured at install — so read that row as the circuit needed for full output, not as a minimum.
| Charger | Amps | kW | Circuit | Cord | Connector | Enclosure | Warranty |
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| Autel MaxiCharger Home | 50 A | 12 kW | 70 A | 25 ft | J1772 | IP65 / NEMA 4X (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Autel MaxiCharger Home NACS (50A) | 50 A | 12 kW | 70 A | 25 ft | NACS (Tesla) | NEMA 4X (outdoor) | 3 years |
| ChargePoint Home Flex NACS (Hardwired) | 50 A | 12 kW | 70 A | 23 ft | NACS (Tesla) | NEMA 3R (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Emporia Level 2 EV Charger | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | 25 ft | J1772 | NEMA 4 (outdoor) | 3 years |
| Wallbox Pulsar Plus | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | 25 ft | J1772 | NEMA 3R (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Emporia Level 2 EV Charger (NACS) | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | 25 ft | NACS (Tesla) | NEMA 4 (outdoor) | 3 years |
| Emporia Pro (48A, hardwired, J1772) | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | 25 ft | J1772 | NEMA 4 (outdoor) | 3 years |
| Emporia Pro (48A, NACS) | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | 25 ft | NACS (Tesla) | NEMA 4 (outdoor) | 3 years |
| Tesla Wall Connector | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | 24 ft | NACS (Tesla) | Indoor/outdoor rated | 4 years (residential) |
| Tesla Universal Wall Connector | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | 24 ft | NACS + J1772 (docked adapter) | Type 3R / IP54 (indoor/outdoor) | 4 years (residential) |
| Lectron Nexus Level 2 (48A, hardwired) | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | 23 ft | J1772 | IP66 (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| EVIQO Level 2 J1772 Charger (48A, Hardwired) | 48 A | 11.5 kW | 60 A | Not published | J1772 | Not published | Not published |
| EVIQO NACS Level 2 Charger (40A, Plug-in) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | NACS (Tesla) | IP66 / NEMA 4 (outdoor) | 3 years |
| ELEGRP Level 2 EV Charger (40A, NEMA 14-50) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | J1772 | Not published | Not published |
| EVPOVO Level 2 Wall Charger (40A, 25 ft) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | J1772 | Not published | Not published |
| Grizzl-E Classic Connect 40A (J1772) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | J1772 | UL Type 4 (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Grizzl-E Classic Connect 40A (NACS) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | NACS (Tesla) | UL Type 4 (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Grizzl-E Duo Connect 40A (two J1772) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | J1772 × 2 | UL Type 4 (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Grizzl-E Duo Connect 40A (J1772 + NACS) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | J1772 + NACS (Tesla) | UL Type 4 (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Grizzl-E Duo Connect 40A (two NACS) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | NACS (Tesla) × 2 | UL Type 4 (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Leviton EV40P 40A (NEMA 14-50 plug, Wi-Fi) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 25 ft | J1772 | NEMA Type 3R (indoor/outdoor) | 2 years (limited) |
| Grizzl-E Classic | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 24 ft | J1772 | NEMA 4 (outdoor) | 3 years |
| ChargePoint Home Flex (NEMA 14-50 plug) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 23 ft | J1772 | NEMA 3R (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| Lectron Nexus Level 2 (40A, plug-in) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | 23 ft | J1772 | IP66 (indoor/outdoor) | 3 years |
| EVIQO Level 2 J1772 Charger (40A, Plug-in) | 40 A | 9.6 kW | 50 A | Not published | J1772 | Not published | Not published |
| Enphase IQ 40 32A (hardwired) | 32 A | 7.7 kW | 40 A | 25 ft | J1772 | NEMA 4 (indoor/outdoor) | 5 years (limited) |
| Battery Tender eCharge 32 (Level 1 + 2) | 32 A | 7.7 kW | 40 A | 25 ft | J1772 | IP66 | 3 years |
| EVPOVO Level 2 32A (NEMA 14-50) | 32 A | 7.7 kW | 40 A | 25 ft | J1772 | Not published | 3 years |
| AIMILER Level 2 32A NACS (Wi-Fi) | 32 A | 7.7 kW | 40 A | 25 ft | NACS (Tesla) | NEMA Type 4 / IP66 (per listing) | 3 years |
| Leviton EV320 32A (hardwired) | 32 A | 7.7 kW | 40 A | 18 ft | J1772 | NEMA Type 3R (indoor/outdoor) | 2 years (limited) |
Prices are deliberately not in that table, and not because we are hiding them. Prices in this category move weekly, so every price on this site comes from a daily check with an “as of” date stamped on it — which you will find on the four product cards above and on every review page linked below. A price typed into a comparison chart is a price that is wrong by the time you read it.
How to read the five columns that matter
Amps and kW are the same fact twice
Multiply amps by 240 volts and you have watts. 32 A is 7.7 kW, 40 A is 9.6 kW, 48 A is 11.5 kW, 50 A is 12 kW. The useful question is not which number is biggest but what your car’s onboard charger will accept, because that is the real ceiling. Buying a 48-amp charger for a car with a 7.2-kW onboard charger achieves nothing at all — the argument we make on why is my EV charging slowly and 40A vs 48A.
The circuit column is where the money is
The jump from a 40-amp charger to a 48-amp one is a jump from a 50-amp circuit to a 60-amp one, and on a full panel that can be the difference between an afternoon of work and a service upgrade. If your service is 100 or 125 amps, read best for a 100-amp panel before you shop on output, and amps and circuits for how to read your own panel.
Cord length is the spec people regret
Almost nobody shops on cable length and a great many people discover after mounting that 18 ft does not reach the charge port on the far side of the car. The market tops out around 25 ft and the table shows who gets there. Full argument on best chargers with a long cable.
Enclosure rating is a weather promise in writing
NEMA Type 3R covers rain, sleet and snow. Type 4 adds windblown dust, splashing and hose-directed water; 4X adds corrosion resistance, which matters where road salt gets tracked around. “Indoor only” means exactly that. A blank cell means the manufacturer publishes nothing, which for an outdoor install should move the charger off your list — see best outdoor chargers.
Warranty is the closest thing to a published lifespan
No manufacturer publishes how long a charger lasts. The warranty is the number they are prepared to stand behind, and the spread in this table runs from two years to five, with several units publishing nothing. We made that the whole argument of how long do EV chargers last.
Three things the table cannot tell you
- Whether the certification claim is real.EPA warns in its own ENERGY STAR material that not all chargers for sale are safety certified and that “many products sold by some major retailers may have false safety certifications displayed”. A listing that says “UL” is not the same as a model number in a certification database. We check what we can: our ENERGY STAR roundup lists only models we found in EPA’s database, and the certification guide explains which marks mean what.
- What the app is like. Wi-Fi in a spec table is a yes or a no. Whether the scheduling works reliably at the edge of your network, and whether the company will still be running the cloud service in six years, is not a published figure. Best smart chargers and best chargers without Wi-Fi argue both sides.
- Operating temperature. It is not a column here because roughly half the category publishes no figure at all, which would make the column mostly empty. It is a column on best chargers for cold weather, where every pick publishes one.
Where to go next
If the table has narrowed it down to two chargers, we have probably written the head-to-head: Grizzl-E vs ChargePoint Home Flex, Emporia Pro vs Wallbox Pulsar Plus, Autel vs ChargePoint Home Flex, Autel vs Emporia, Emporia vs Grizzl-E or Wallbox vs Tesla Wall Connector. If it has narrowed down to a category instead, the home chargers hub is organised by amperage, by vehicle and by situation.
And if the table has made you realise you do not know your car’s onboard charging limit, start there instead. That one figure decides more of this purchase than every other column combined.