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Use your actual parking, charging access, and daily driving pattern. This free tool shows whether EV charging should feel straightforward, workable with planning, or likely to create routine friction.
Answer this as honestly as possible. This tool is most useful when the parking and install assumptions are realistic.
This setup should feel straightforward for daily ownership if the numbers reflect your real parking and charging situation.
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How to read this tool
The score is built from six inputs: parking type, install access, charger type, available overnight hours, daily distance, and public-charging backup. Parking control and install access carry the most weight because without them the rest of the setup cannot function reliably. Daily distance versus overnight recovery capacity is checked as a practical sanity test on top of the setup score.
A score of 78 or above returns "Strong home-charging fit," meaning the setup should feel straightforward for most daily patterns. Scores between 52 and 77 return "Workable with planning," meaning EV ownership can still work but requires disciplined habits or better backup. Scores below 52 return "Friction likely," meaning the current setup has a real chance of creating routine inconvenience unless something changes.
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The score estimates how reliably your current parking and charging setup will cover your daily driving needs without routine friction. It weighs parking control, install access, charger type, overnight charging time, daily distance, and public-charging backup strength. A higher score means the setup should feel easy. A lower score flags where inconvenience is likely to come from.
A standard household socket (2.3 kW) can work for shorter daily distances and longer overnight windows. For a typical 40–60 km daily commute, a socket overnight can recover enough range if you have 9 or more hours available. A wallbox (7.4 kW) is significantly more comfortable: it covers the same distance in roughly a third of the time and gives headroom for heavier driving days.
A 7.4 kW wallbox adds around 60–65 km of range per hour for a typical mid-size EV. A standard socket adds around 18–20 km per hour. The tool calculates this specifically for the vehicle and daily distance you enter, so you can see whether your overnight window is sufficient before committing to a setup.
Without dedicated parking, installing a charger is either difficult or impossible, and the fit score reflects that. Street parking scores lowest because you have no control over the space and no practical install path. The tool shows friction points and next steps, including whether strong public-charging backup can compensate for the setup gap.
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