Other options are refurb pack and junkyard pack.

Looks like that one isn’t really serviceable, so you can do the junkyard route. I can get a EV fortwo on copart with some crash damage for a buy it now of $2500…that may be a reasonable way to get a replacement battery.

You have an actual source? Some law, some FTC statement, or something in the federal register?

I just did a search, and found nothing, and honestly, the top result was me doing the search and finding that federal law does NOT require it, and California doesn’t require it either (and california hasn’t changed their statements on either).

From my most recent search, I actually see many sites that claim it’s federal law now, but absolutely none cite any source. I’m sure it wasn’t the case for the 2018 MY (as has been pointed out), did the IRA change it and it’s not a new 2023 warranty? That would make sense, but I can’t find the text.

Hardwired will typically be a little cheaper, since you’re not paying for either end of the plug, and a good plug is expensive. Along those lines, the plug is a major failure point.

Otherwise, the typical benefit of hardwired is you can have a 48A+ charger, where 40A is the max with a plug. That difference probably isn’t enough to matter for anyone though.

The magnetic fields are not going to have health effects, that’s just fear mongering with no basis in fact.

I however wouldn’t install it because of efficiency. From their own website, you lose about 12%, that is you pay 12% more for electricity for the privilege of using it. Doesn’t seem like something I want, it would cost me nearly $15/mo to use it…no thanks

Speaking of shitty EV chargers, I upgraded my EV last week. Today I plug it in and my 5 year old Juicebox made some funny arcing noise and let out the blue smoke.