The best home EV chargers in the UK, 2026

Score 7.4. Intelligent Octopus Go is controlled in the Ohme app, the built-in 4G SIM means no Wi-Fi is needed on the driveway, and the CT clamp for solar and load balancing is in the box. The catch: if it is offline at plug-in on Octopus's tariff, it starts a peak-rate Max charge.

• Intelligent Octopus Go
• 4G (no Wi-Fi needed)
• screen on charger
• value installed

Score 7.2. The Home Pro's software, 4G and solar modes in a 1.48kg untethered box with no screen. Ohme sells the Type 2 cable separately, so check the full cost before you compare it with the tethered Home Pro.

• Intelligent Octopus Go
• untethered
• compact
• budget

Score 7.2. First in What Car?'s 2025 owner survey and in Auto Express's Driver Power 2024, with an IP66 and IK10 case, cables up to 10m and the fullest solar modes. It needs good Wi-Fi or Ethernet and an external Type A RCD, and costs more fitted than the Ohme.

• exposed locations (IP66/IK10)
• solar + home battery
• OVO Charge Anytime
• owner satisfaction

Score 7.1. Tethered (5m or 7m) or socketed, in 7.4, 11 and 22kW versions, with OCPP and a five-year warranty. Solar and load balancing need an extra Wallbox power meter. Check your unit against a September 2026 safety notice, and note that a new generation was announced on 8 October 2026.

• 5-year warranty
• compact
• tethered 5/7m or socketed
• three-phase option (11/22kW)

Score 7.0. Eco+ charges from surplus only and the CT clamp is in the box. Also untethered, in a 22kW three-phase version and compatible with OVO Charge Anytime. myenergi publishes no fitted price: OVO lists it from £949 and independent installers from about £950 to £1,190. Owners report more faults than for Hypervolt or Ohme (20% in What Car?'s survey).

• solar
• Intelligent Octopus Go
• OVO Charge Anytime
• UK-made

Score 6.7. Feature-packed and well protected, with generally available Intelligent Octopus Go support and a competitive fitted price. Owners report connectivity and scheduling niggles, and the warranty is three years.

• Intelligent Octopus Go
• British Gas customers (Power+)
• long 7.5m tethered cable
• built-in PEN protection with IP65 and IK10

Score 6.5. The lowest fitted price we found, with solid protection, OCPP, a three-phase option and OVO Charge Anytime support. Reports of unreliable scheduling and support, and Intelligent Octopus Go support is not generally available.

• lowest fitted price
• pay-monthly finance
• OVO Charge Anytime
• OCPP and a three-phase option

Score 6.5. Compact, untethered by default and from £899 fitted, with built-in 4G backup, OCPP and a circuit that up to three units can share. Octopus lists Intelligent Octopus Go support as testing, solar needs the £129.99 Equalizer, and 37% of reported problems were still unresolved in What Car?'s survey.

• compact
• untethered with lockable cable
• two-EV homes (Easee Link)
• budget installed

Score 6.3. A hidden cable, 13 standard colours and a seven-year warranty, with Intelligent Octopus Go generally available. It is also the dearest here: £995 for the unit plus installation from £435. 28% of owners in What Car?'s survey reported a fault, though repairs scored top marks.

• looks
• hidden cable
• 7-year warranty
• Intelligent Octopus Go

Score 6.3. Cheap, well protected and open (OCPP), with surplus-solar modes and a five-year warranty on paper. App problems and a weak owner repair record hold it back; no generally available Intelligent Octopus Go support.

• low charger-only price
• OCPP and third-party apps
• surplus-solar ECO+ mode
• 22kW three-phase option

Score 6.2. A tidy single-supplier package for Intelligent Octopus Go with a published fitted price and good safety specs, but tied to Octopus and with no independent owner evidence yet.

• Intelligent Octopus Go and Drive Pack customers
• one company for charger, installation and tariff
• 4G with Wi-Fi fallback
• published all-in price

Score 5.9. Cheap, with Intelligent Octopus Go, OVO, EDF and E.ON Next integrations and a surplus-solar mode. But 65% of Indra owners reported a problem in What Car?'s survey, the worst of 11 brands, and the company's accounts disclose Generation 1 charger failures. Hard to recommend until that record improves.

• budget IOG-integrated charger
• untethered
• OVO / EDF / E.ON smart-tariff integrations
• solar surplus mode (starts at 1.4kW export)

Score 5.8. Installation is included, the warranty runs up to five years and Pod Drive spreads the cost at £34 a month for 36 months. There is no charger-level Intelligent Octopus Go support, so it suits EDF customers on Pod's own tariff better than Octopus customers.

• no upfront cost (Pod Drive subscription)
• EDF customers (Pod Power tariff)
• Which?-endorsed installation
• basic solar

Score 5.6. A 22kW unit with automatic single- and three-phase switching, a MID meter, built-in 4G and a five-year guarantee. Octopus lists Intelligent Octopus Go support as testing, Zaptec does not list open-PEN protection for the UK model, and no fitted price is published.

• three-phase 22kW with automatic 1/3-phase switching
• MID meter and display
• V2G-ready hardware
• untethered

Score 4.2. Cheap and simple, with a 7.3m cable and a four-year warranty. But it has no built-in PEN fault protection, so most UK homes need an external device, and no solar mode. A Tesla car can still use Intelligent Octopus Go through the car.

• Tesla owners
• long cable (7.3m)
• low charger-only price (£475 direct from Tesla or Amazon)
• three-phase 22kW from one unit