Deciding which electric vehicle charging equipment to buy is often one of the first decisions that many first-time electric vehicle owners need to make, once they’ve ordered or taken possession of their EV.
Most electric vehicles come standard with a portable charging unit that can be used for daily charging. However, many owners prefer to leave that charger in their vehicle, just in case they find themselves needing to plug in on the road, and aren’t within driving range of a public charger.
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Buyers of Ford electric vehicles not only get a free charger with the vehicle, but with Ford’s Power Promise, the company will even pay for a standard installation of Ford’s 80-amp Charge Station Pro bi-directional charger.
However, buyers of other brand EVs, as well as those who prefer not to use the included portable charger for daily use, will need to decide what charger to buy, and that’s not an easy task. That’s because there are dozens of different companies selling hundreds of models of EV chargers today.
For most new electric vehicle owners, this will likely be the first EV charger they have ever had to purchase, so they cannot draw upon previous experience. To complicate matters, most EV chargers are made by companies that they have never heard of, because the company doesn’t sell any other consumer products.
Tom Moloughney’s wall of EV chargers
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But fear not. If you’re reading this article, you’ve come to the right place to help you find the best EV chargers available in 2025. I’m Tom Moloughney, a Contributing Editor at InsideEVs and founder of the State of Charge YouTube channel, which is dedicated exclusively to EV charging.
I’ve been using, testing, and reviewing electric vehicle charging equipment for over 15 years now, and have most likely tested more electric vehicle charging equipment than anyone in the U.S.—and likely the world.
I have more than 100 different pieces of electric vehicle charging equipment in my garage, and I spend my days testing them relentlessly, so you don’t have to. The chargers on this list all have an output of 48-amps to 50-amps, as that has become the standard for most electric vehicles to be able to accept, while charging from an AC electric supply.
Here are my recommendations for the best EV chargers of 2025, in no particular order.
Note: The links to purchase the chargers mentioned use affiliate links. We may earn a commission from the sales generated from using the links.
The Best 48/50-amp EV Chargers Of 2025
Grizzl-E Ultimate 48 Key Features
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United Chargers has been selling its 40-amp Grizzl-E line for many years now, and it has always been one of the top-selling EV chargers on the market. However, in mid-2024, the company introduced its next generation of chargers and dubbed the “Ultimate” line.
The Grizzl-E Ultimate 48 is a top choice in 2025 because it offers high-quality, safety-certified EV charging at a reasonable price of $479.00. Its cast aluminum IP67-rated enclosure is one of the strongest available and can withstand being run over by a 9,000lb Hummer EV (I’ve done it) without experiencing any damage other than some scratched paint.
It comes with a 3-year warranty, but for an additional $100 you can extend it for another year, and all United Chargers products are proudly built in Canada, busting the myth that high-quality EV chargers need to be manufactured somewhere in Asia to be competitively priced.
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The Emporia Pro is the second generation of 48-amp chargers from Emporia. The company offers a wide array of energy-saving devices for the home, and the Emporia Pro is designed not only to charge your EV, but also to fit into Emporia’s product ecosystem.
The Emporia Pro comes bundled with Emporia’s Vue home energy monitoring system, which allows the Pro to dynamically load-manage your home’s electricity. This feature is useful for those whose residences don’t have high electrical capacity. Many homes in the U.S. have a 100-amp or 150-amp service, which makes it difficult, or impossible, to install the 60-amp dedicated circuit that a 48-amp EV charger requires without an expensive service upgrade.
Emporia’s Vue energy monitor pairs with the Pro EV charger and intelligently manages the power output in the residence, allowing the vehicle to charge at a high rate when there is enough power to do so, and lowering the power output to the vehicle when the other electrical devices in the residence are using the available capacity. Other EV chargers have intelligent load management, but none of them include the equipment with the charger, or do so for under $600.00.
EVIQO Evipower 48-amp Key Features
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EVIQO Evipower
EVIQO launched its second-generation smart residential charging station called Evipower in 2025. The first-generation was already one of the best EV charger options and was included in our “Best Electric Car Chargers of 2024” article last year.
The second-generation Evipower is available in two versions: a hardwired version with a maximum power output of 11.5 kW and a NEMA-1450 plug-in version with a maximum power output of 9.6 kW. Both can be ordered with either a J1772 (the standard charging port for most EVs) or a NACS (Tesla’s North American Charging Standard) plug connector.
Both the first generation and the new second generation Evipower have been consistent top sellers on Amazon and recently took the crown as the number one selling EV charger on the platform
On the negative side, the EVIQO app could benefit from additional features. Additionally, EVIQO doesn’t offer smart-charging features like dynamic load management or power sharing between multiple units. However, I spoke with the CEO and was told the company is working on those features and will offer them in future iterations of the Evipower.
Tesla Universal Wall Connector Key Features
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Despite increased competition, Tesla still has some of the best electric vehicles available today. But guess what? Tesla also sells two of the best EV chargers that you can buy, with its Wall Connector and Universal Wall Connector.
All of the features of both units are the same, with two exceptions. First, the Universal Wall Connector is needed if you have a Tesla Cybertruck and want to use its vehicle-to-home bidirectional power capability.
Secondly, and most importantly, the “universal” in Universal Wall Connector stands for its industry-first integrated J1772 adapter. The adapter allows the unit to charge an electric vehicle with its native NACS connector, and also any J1772-equipped EV by using the integrated adapter. It’s the perfect choice for a household that has two EVs; one with an NACS connector and one that uses the J1772.
Additionally, both variants can power share and do dynamic load management, like the Emporia Pro can, although additional equipment must be purchased and installed to use the dynamic load management feature.
ChargePoint Home Flex Key Features
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ChargePoint Home EV chargers have been one of, if not the top-selling EV chargers since their debut in 2015 when the company started selling the ChargePoint Home, 32-amp charger. Four years later, in 2019, the company introduced a higher-powered 48-amp option and named it the ChargePoint Home Flex. So for ten years now, ChargePoint’s Home chargers have been recognized by many reviewers, including this one, as a top-rated EV charger. InsideEVs Editor-in-Chief Patrick George also counts one in his garage.
It has the best cold-weather cable and one of the highest-quality J1772 connectors available today, and that is because both were designed to be used on ChargePoint’s public Level 2 chargers, where they need to withstand not only higher use, but a wide temperature range and even abuse from some users.
The ChargePoint Home Flex also comes with the ChargePoint app, which is one of the better EV charger apps available today, and it allows you to combine your public ChargePoint charging with your home use in one app. However, the ChargePoint app does have a fatal flaw for some users.
The app only allows you to pair one charger to it. So if you’re a two-EV family and want to get two ChargePoint Home Flexes, you need to use a second email address and create a new account for the second charger, which is not very user-friendly.
80-Amp High-Powered Chargers
Most electric vehicles today come equipped with 48-amp (or less) onboard chargers. However, there are a few electric vehicles that have 80-amp onboard chargers, which can charge at rates of up to 19.2 kW.
Tesla used to offer an 80-amp onboard charger option for its Model S and X, but discontinued that feature in 2018. When the Ford F-150 Lightning first came out, it also offered an 80-amp onboard charger option for the Extended Range battery pack (I have that in my 2022 Lightning). However, Ford also discontinued the option in 2024.
But General Motors offers an 80-amp onboard charger as an option on all of its current EV models, from the Cadillac Escalade IQ, down to the Chevrolet Equinox EV. Lucid Motors also has an 80-amp onboard charger option on both the Air and the Gravity, as does the Porsche Taycan and the Audi Q8 e-tron.
There aren’t too many 80-amp chargers to choose from, and most have a price tag well north of $1,000, but there is one that stands out because of its high quality and low price.
Grizzl-E Ultimate 80 Key Features
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Like the 48-amp version mentioned above, the Grizzl-E Ultimate 80 is a no-nonsense, high-quality EV charger at a very competitive price. In fact, the Grizzl-E Ultimate 80 is the lowest-priced, safety-certified EV charger available in the U.S. today.
It has all of the great features of the other products in the United Chargers Grizzl-E line, but delivers the highest amount of power allowed by code for AC-powered electric vehicle supply equipment. Choosing the Grizzl-E Ultimate 80 as my best 80-amp charger of 2025 was the easiest decision of them all.
Honorable Mentions
I’d also like to award two honorable mentions: The Grizzl-E Classic and the Emporia Classic are both great chargers and offer exceptional value.
The Grizzl-E Classic is a 40-amp charger equipped with a NEMA 14-50 plug, although it can also be hardwired by removing the plug. It’s a rock-solid, no-nonsense EV charger that doesn’t have any smart charging features, and it doesn’t even pair with an app.
It just charges your EV and does so safely, reliably, and very cost-effectively, because the price is only $349.99. If you’re looking for a safety-certified, high-quality charger, and you don’t need or want an app, and 40-amps is enough for you, then the Grizzl-E Classic is the best deal going.
Finally, the Emporia Classic is a 48-amp Wi-Fi-connected charger that was Emporia’s top offering until the Emporia Pro was introduced last year. It’s also an extremely well-built charger and will connect to the Emporia app and entire ecosystem of energy management devices, just as the Pro does. It will also do intelligent power management, but for that, you need to purchase the Emporia Vue system separately.
The Emporia Classic costs $429.00 and is a great option if you want a solid 48-amp charger that comes with an app for energy monitoring and scheduling, and of course, is safety certified.
What EV chargers do you use and recommend? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Tom Moloughney is a Contributing Editor for InsideEVs and has been covering the electric vehicle scene since 2010. In addition to his many years at InsideEVs, Tom has written for Forbes, Plugincars, GreenCarReports, and BMW Blog. Tom’s a former director at Plug In America where he is a co-creator of the PlugStar electric vehicle dealership training and certification program. Tom has worked with over 300 dealerships in the U.S. to improve staff electric vehicle knowledge and train them on how to sell more EVs. Tom is also the creator and host of the EV charging YouTube channel, State of Charge.
