There is great interest in having a charging station for electric cars at home. But the prices for installation in apartment buildings vary greatly. What you need to pay attention to.
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Costs depend on the situation in the underground car park
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Price differences of several thousand euros are possible
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Installation of individual wallboxes not recommended
Even if there is no longer an environmental bonus, many people are still interested in an electric car. Apartment owners and tenants even have a legal right to charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Because around two thirds of charging processes take place at home. Against this background, the last year Installation costs private wallboxes in an apartment building were determined. He also gives Tipswhat needs to be taken into account.
One model home, two scenarios
Around 3.3 million multi-family homes exists in Germany. If tenants or owners of apartments want to have wall boxes installed there, the condominium community does not have to contribute to the costs. If it decides to split the costs of the installation among itself, individual members can vote against it. You do not have to cover the expenses, but you are not allowed to use the charging station either.
For the investigation a Model apartment building “constructed” that from the year 1999 comes from, 13 apartments and just as many parking spaces in one underground car park includes. In the first scenario, a wallbox should be installed. In the second, the entire underground car park was to be made ready for charging electric vehicles and three wallboxes were initially to be installed. The further details of the two variants can be found in the graphic if you click on the i dots:
Wallbox: Prices for installation
Many of the energy suppliers, electrical installers and charging infrastructure providers contacted by the were unable to take part in the study. They bid then no solutions for multi-family homes yet at. Others refused to participate, citing rapid price increases. Because there were ultimately only a few participants, a valid price comparison was not possible – more on this in the methodology section.
The following prices are: approximate guidelines. Exact offers are usually only possible after an expert has assessed the situation on site. Nevertheless, there are clear ones tendencies recognize. All prices are exclusive of VAT and wallboxes.
Installation of a single wallbox
The received twelve offers for the installation of a single wallbox. The prices were between 1045 and 5200 euros. The span so fraud over 4000 euros. Of the service providers who took part, there were seven Charging infrastructure provider with a mean of 1326 the cheapest, three installation companies are the most expensive at 2702 euros. In between there were two energy suppliers with an average of 2,400 euros.
Also the ones for individual items The prices demanded varied greatly: for adapting the power box they ranged from 0 to 899, for electrical work from 65 to 883 and for laying 15 meters of cable from 196 to 821 euros.
Installation of three wallboxes
In the second scenario, the entire underground car park should be prepared for charging stations. Three of the 13 parking spaces received a wall box. Here the offer prices that the received varied even more: the cheapest provider charged 7,500 euros, and the most expensive one charged over 42,300 euros. That is a Difference of almost 35,000 euros.
There were six with an average of 15,289 euros Charging infrastructure provider the cheapest, three installation companies are the most expensive at 30,609 euros. The four energy suppliers were in between with an average of 20,525 euros.
Tips and information on installing wall boxes
Anyone interested in having their own wallbox in an apartment building should note the following:
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Talk to other residents and owners in advance to find out complete underground car park to get ready for electromobility
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Get Offers from multiple companies and make sure that all necessary items are listed therein
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Ask at different provider categories to: energy suppliers, charging infrastructure providers and electrical installation companies
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An offer only becomes reliable after it has been evaluated conditions on site and the installation effort by a specialist
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Pioneer with the installation of a single charging point remain probably sit on the costsif other parties want to install wallboxes later
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It is questionable whether such a “pioneer wallbox” will later become necessary Load management can be integrated for several
The offers a guide for tenants and owners in apartment buildings on how to get their own wallbox in six steps. members with electric cars who have a certified one Specialist company You will also receive a free initial consultation on installing a charging station.
This is how the investigated
As part of the price comparison, the asked around 70 charging infrastructure providers, installation companies and regional and national energy suppliers in autumn 2022. For one precisely defined by the Apartment buildingconstructed from statistical averages, was about offers for the Installation of one or three wallboxes. In the second scenario, the entire underground car park should also be made ready for charging electric vehicles.
Due to the small sample size of only 12 or 13 price mentions, a nationwide price comparison was not possible. Nevertheless, we left it Trends as well as useful hints for owners and tenants of apartments who are interested in installing a wallbox. The implementing institute was the puls Marktforschung GmbH.
