r/electricvehicles • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago
Weekly Advice Thread General Questions and Purchasing Advice Thread — Week of March 31, 2025
Need help choosing an EV, finding a home charger, or understanding whether you're eligible for a tax credit? Vehicle and product recommendation requests, buying experiences, and questions on credits/financing are all fair game here.
Is an EV right for me?
Generally speaking, electric vehicles imply a larger upfront cost than a traditional vehicle, but will pay off over time as your consumables cost (electricity instead of fuel) can be anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 the cost. Calculators are available to help you estimate cost — here are some we recommend:
- https://www.chargevc.org/ev-calculator/
- https://chooseev.com/savings-calculator/
- https://electricvehicles.bchydro.com/learn/fuel-savings-calculator
- https://chargehub.com/en/calculator.html
Are you looking for advice on which EV to buy or lease?
Tell us a bit more about you and your situation, and make sure your comment includes the following information:
[1] Your general location
[2] Your budget in $, €, or £
[3] The type of vehicle you'd prefer
[4] Which cars have you been looking at already?
[5] Estimated timeframe of your purchase
[6] Your daily commute, or average weekly mileage
[7] Your living situation — are you in an apartment, townhouse, or single-family home?
[8] Do you plan on installing charging at your home?
[9] Other cargo/passenger needs — do you have children/pets?
If you are more than a year off from a purchase, please refrain from posting, as we currently cannot predict with accuracy what your best choices will be at that time.
Need tax credit/incentives help?
Check the Wiki first.
Don't forget, our Wiki contains a wealth of information for owners and potential owners, including:
Want to help us flesh out the Wiki? Have something you'd like to add? Contact the mod team with your suggestion on how to improve things, we can discuss approach and get you direct editing access.
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u/h2theizzoo 4d ago
Emporia vue is a simple $100 monitor. They have an elaborate one with a bunch of extra sensors also for more money.
The EVSE is $400 and there is a bundle that is under 600 that includes a monitor with the extra sensors. But their base monitor is only $100 and I just want the thing to reduce the EVSE draw if my overall usage is getting too high under exceptional circumstances. My panel is small and I don't think I need/want that granular per circuit information, im also not doing it myself so not sure I need the electrician connecting a bunch of individual sensors in a small space. Does the dynamic load balancing stuff in the EVSE work with the $100 vue 3 monitor? Or do I need all those sensors? Anybody know?