Autel MaxiCharger Home Smart AI Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger, 50 Amp Level 2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Enabled EVSE, Indoor/Outdoor Car Charging Station, with in-Body Holster and 25-Foot Premium Cable

Absolutely love my new AUTEL 50AMP MAXICHARGER. The design was great, my electrician told me that the setup and install was the best he’s seen yet. His feedback was also that this was the nicest Level 2 charging station he’s ever seen.The unit is solid, and suited for outdoor or indoor mounting as it’s waterproof. This model is designed to be hardwired, it does not come with any plug. You’ll need to consider hiring an electrician to directly plumb it into your breaker box and it’s own dedicated 50 amp breaker switch.The unit it sleek, sexy, and works great. The app that controls it is great, and as digital voltage adjustments do you can dial it up to 50 amps or all the way down to 3. You can also put in your electric pricing so the app can calculate your energy costs. I love that.This model also has a holster built into the unit to hold the plug, which I like. It’s like having my own home gas station haha.I believe AUTEL is a brand on the move and better things are coming from them. Very happy with my purchase!!!

Very nicely designed product, easy to mount if you have the electrical set up and a panel capable of supporting. I hired my electrician to set up a dedicated line for this and hardwired the 50 amp model, which was the cleanest and safest set up.We have it mounted outside on the side of the house, and it stands up to the elements fine (search You Tube for product review videos on this). I bought the model with the charging adapter integrated with the panel so it’s a little cleaner in terms of mounting. There was also an Amazon coupon deal on it which knocked off a nearly 200 bucks from the price. It was half the price of a Chargepoint charger and much less than the popular Juicebox also.Once set up, it’s super simple to use, plugs right into your EV and works like a charm. To customize and configure, it took only a few minutes to connect to the Autel App via Bluetooth, which works without any issues. Connected to my Wifi subsequent to that and that worked fine via the App as well.My 2020 Hyundai Ioniq EV is limited to ~7.2kw charge and I’m getting about ~5.5kw on this charger at 48amps, so about 26-28 driving miles per hour. It takes about 6.5 hours to fully charge my battery, which is great b/c I can charge the entire battery at night during our off peak times.I highly recommend this charging station!

Easy fast install. I plugged it into my dryer outlet in the garage (our garage has a washer & dryer setup). I had to get a $30 adapter to fit that dryer outlet. I also bought a (not cheap) intelligent switch that shares the dryer outlet with an actual dryer, plus the EV charger. It can favor either device but only powers one at a time, with automatic switching. Entire mounting and setup for both devices was <1 hour, no electrician needed. Charged my Jeep GC 4xe in 2:15 instead of 13 hours. Just plugged it in and it worked, no need to configure anything. Here are links to the other two products I mentioned (the adapter and the intelligent switch: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SHXVGBY and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RK66MTQ . Pay attention to the actual outlet in your garage and get the right variant of the adapter. As for the intelligent switch, you only need it if you are actually trying to simultaneously connect a dryer to the same outlet.)UPDATE about 6 weeks in... a couple of times I got a charging error on my Jeep 4xe, one of those times the smart switch also errored out and I had to cycle the circuit breaker. At that point, I actually decided to install the Autel app and go through a configuration process. It appears that my circuit is 30A, so using the 80% rule-of-thumb, I went into the Autel app and set the maximum charge rate to 24A. That seems to have fixed it, I haven't had any issues since. So, still five stars for the Autel charge, just adding a recommendation to configure it to 80% of your circuit rating. Also, in the Autel instructions, it appears that there is a way to open the unit and physically set the max amperage, but I didn't do that, I just used the app. I guess the physical method would be superior in that it would presumably persist after a factory reset, but for my needs using the software limit was sufficient.

This works perfect for my level 2 EV charging at home. I deducted one star since I could not get the app to work with bluetooth or wifi where I can schedule my EV charges but besides that, I have no complaints. The electrician I hired installed it effortlessly. I love the in body holster which keeps the port safe and dust and cobweb free. Luckily my circuit breaker is in the garage so the 25 ft cord is a bit long for my needs but it wraps around the body of the charger and out the way. I do recommend this for home EV charging.