On 06/25/2013 06:39 AM, brucedp5 wrote: > http://www.pr.com/press-release/499186 > Emw Kickstarter Fundraising Campaign Goes Live on June 24, 2013 [...] > The pricing is set to start from $99 plus shipping for the 7.2kW 30A > charging station kit. This makes EMW JuiceBox charging solution 8 times > cheaper than the lowest-cost currently available charging stations (EVSE).
This is somewhat disingenuous because that price doesn't include cables. I don't believe it's proper to say you're selling an EVSE "kit" unless it includes all the parts. A 30amp J-1772 cable is going to run almost $200. You'll need to spend at least $20 more for the cable going to your house. $300 plus assembly is definitely not 8 times cheaper than a $593 Bosch 30 amp EVSE (I note the kickstarter page says 4 times cheaper). I'm not saying anything against their device. The premium one ($200 + cables) looks like it has some nice features. But I disagree with them understating final cost by 30-50%. I just built an OpenEVSE (http://code.google.com/p/open-evse/wiki/EVSE_by_rbeebe) for $540. I could have built it closer to $300 but I opted to have the board built for me and went with a somewhat premium enclosure. But I don't think it would be fair for me to be telling you all what a great deal it is because "the OpenEVSE kit is only $135! Much cheaper than the lowest cost EVSE you can buy!" --Rick _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
