EV Charger Installation Cost Calculator

A standard 7kW smart charger, unit and installation included, typically costs between £700 and £1,200 in the UK. The exact price depends on the brand, how far the cable has to run from your consumer unit to your parking space, and whether any extra electrical work — such as a consumer unit upgrade or a new earth rod — is needed. Get 2-3 quotes from OZEV-approved installers for an accurate price for your property.

It depends on your circumstances. The original grant for homeowners installing a chargepoint at a house with their own driveway closed to new applicants in March 2022. Grants are still available if you own a flat with off-street parking, rent a property with off-street parking, only have on-street parking, or are a landlord or a business installing chargepoints — each has a slightly different scheme, but the rate is the same: 75% of the cost, up to £500 per socket.

The government withdrew the original Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme for outright homeowners in March 2022, judging that the home charging market had matured enough not to need a subsidy for that group specifically. Support was redirected towards renters, flat owners, on-street parking, landlords and workplaces — groups the government judged still faced bigger practical or financial barriers to installing a chargepoint.

It's a scheme covering up to £500 towards installing a cross-pavement charging solution — commonly a charging gully set into the pavement — for households that only have on-street parking and no private driveway. It's separate from the flat/renter grant and the landlord grant, and was introduced to extend support to people who can't install a conventional driveway chargepoint at all.

Landlords can claim 75% of the cost of buying and installing a chargepoint, up to £500 per socket, for up to 200 sockets a year across all their properties. This covers registered social housing providers, private landlords, and property management companies acting on a landlord's behalf.

It's a grant for businesses, charities and public sector organisations installing EV chargepoints at their premises, covering 75% of the cost up to £500 per socket, for up to 40 sockets across all their sites. State-funded schools and other education institutions can claim a higher rate of up to £2,000 per socket under a separate version of the scheme.

The £700-£1,200 typical range covers a standard install: a straightforward cable run and no extra electrical work. Costs rise if you need a longer cable run than around 10 metres, a consumer unit or fuse box upgrade (common in older properties without spare circuit capacity), or a new earth rod because your property's electrical supply (PME earthing) isn't suitable for a chargepoint's earthing needs without one. In rarer cases, if your local electricity network can't support the extra load at all, your installer may need a bespoke quote involving your Distribution Network Operator (DNO), which this calculator doesn't estimate.

Yes, at the standard rate of 20%. Unlike some other energy-saving home improvements — solar panels, heat pumps, and insulation, for example — EV chargepoints aren't on HMRC's list of energy-saving materials that qualify for a reduced or zero rate of VAT, so a normal installer quote is VAT-inclusive at 20% like most home electrical work.

7kW is the standard rating for a home charger on a single-phase electricity supply (the type almost all UK homes have) and is what this calculator estimates. It typically adds somewhere around 20-30 miles of range per hour of charging, depending on the vehicle, which is enough to fully charge most EVs overnight. Faster 22kW chargers need a three-phase electricity supply, which most homes don't have and would need a separate, bespoke assessment from your Distribution Network Operator to install — this calculator doesn't cover that scenario.

No. To claim any OZEV chargepoint grant, the installation must be carried out by an OZEV-authorised installer using a chargepoint model on OZEV's approved list. Ask your installer to confirm both before booking, since using an unapproved installer or charger model means you won't be able to claim, however eligible your circumstances otherwise are.

Yes. Since June 2022, UK regulations require almost all new home and workplace chargepoints to be "smart" — able to receive and respond to signals to adjust charging times, mainly to shift charging away from peak electricity demand periods. This calculator's cost estimate already assumes a compliant smart charger, since that's what installers are required to fit.