The Best Home EV Chargers for 2026

Price: from £999 with standard installation (Ohme, checked September 2026). Warranty: 36 months from installation (Ohme UK terms). Output: 7.4kW. Cable: Tethered, 5m (8m optional).

The Ohme Home Pro is the smart charger of choice for buyers on time-of-use tariffs. Its killer feature is intelligent scheduling — it automatically charges when electricity is cheapest (brilliant with Octopus Go or similar time-of-use tariffs). The app is excellent, and the design is clean and compact.

Best for: New build buyers on smart energy tariffs who want to minimise charging costs.

Price: from £988 with installation (Wallbox UK store listing, checked September 2026). Warranty: 3 years from purchase (Wallbox). Output: 7.4kW. Cable: Tethered, 5m or 7m.

The Pulsar Plus is compact, beautifully designed, and packed with features. It supports load balancing (important if your new build has solar panels), has an intuitive app, and comes in multiple colours to match your exterior. It's one of the most popular chargers in Europe for good reason.

Best for: Design-conscious buyers who want a premium feel without paying premium prices.

Price: from £999 installed for the untethered Solo 3S (Pod, checked September 2026). Warranty: 36 months from installation, or 60 months on a Pod Drive subscription (Pod's current warranty statement, which covers the Solo 3S). Output: 7.4kW. Cable: Tethered or untethered.

Pod Point is a British brand you'll recognise from Tesco car parks. The Solo 3 is their home charger — simple, reliable, and well-supported. The app is clean, the unit is sturdy, and Pod Point's customer service is consistently rated highly. Available as tethered (cable attached) or untethered (bring your own cable).

Best for: Buyers who value reliability and simplicity over cutting-edge features.

Price: £918 with standard installation (Smart Home Charge, as listed by ChargeQuote, June 2026). Warranty: 3 years (Easee). Output: 1.4–7.4kW, single-phase (UK model). Cable: Type 2 socket that can permanently lock a cable in place, so it works untethered or effectively tethered.

The Easee is the Scandi-designed premium option. It's compact — 256mm high, 193mm wide and 106mm deep, according to Easee's UK product sheet — and adjusts its charging speed automatically based on available current. It has integrated open PEN conductor protection, which Easee says means no earth rod is needed, and it is arguably the best-looking charger on the market.

Best for: Buyers who want a compact, design-led charger and the option to use it tethered or untethered.

Price: from £1,199 for the unit or from £1,634 installed (Andersen, checked September 2026). Warranty: 7 years for units bought on or after 14 May 2024, if you activate it within 7 days of installation or 30 days of purchase (Andersen). Output: 7kW (22kW version also available). Cable: Tethered, 5.5m or 8.5m.

The Andersen A2 is the luxury choice. Hand-finished in the UK with customisable front panels (wood, metal, or colour), it looks more like a piece of furniture than a charger. The cable retracts into the unit when not in use, keeping your driveway tidy. Premium price, premium everything.

Best for: Buyers for whom aesthetics are as important as function. Statement piece for a premium new build.

• kW output: 7.4kW is standard for UK homes (single-phase supply). At 3.5 miles per kWh — the same efficiency assumption used in the running-cost calculation on our EV charging hub — that adds about 26 miles of range per hour of charging, plenty for overnight charging.
• Smart features: All five chargers above have app control, scheduling, and energy monitoring. Ohme and Easee are strongest on smart tariff integration.
• Cable length: 5m is fine if the charger is near your parking spot. Choose 7m+ if the charger is on a garage wall and the car parks on the driveway.
• Tethered vs untethered: Tethered means the cable is permanently attached; untethered means you plug in your own cable. A chargepoint fitted to meet Part S in England should normally be untethered — see tethered vs untethered.
• Design: It's on the outside of your house — you'll see it every day. The Easee and Andersen win on aesthetics. On installed price, the Easee One is lowest at £918, then the Wallbox Pulsar Plus from £988, the Ohme Home Pro and Pod Point Solo 3S from £999, and the Andersen A2 from £1,634.

All five work perfectly in a new build. The installation is typically straightforward — a cable run from your consumer unit to the garage or front of the house. Whether your consumer unit, supply and earthing suit a charger depends on how your home was wired, so the installer checks this at survey. If your home was built in England under Part S from 15 June 2022, it may already have a chargepoint or cable route — check what you have before buying.

If you have a garage, mount the charger inside for weather protection and a tidier look. If you park on the driveway, check the rating for outdoor use: the Ohme Home Pro is rated IP55, and the Wallbox Pulsar Plus, Pod Point Solo 3S and Easee One IP54, according to their manufacturers. Andersen doesn't list an IP rating on its A2 product page.

Our recommendation for most new build buyers: The Easee One if you want the lowest installed price of the five, at £918; or the Ohme Home Pro, from £999, if smart tariff integration matters most — its intelligent scheduling charges when electricity is cheapest. Budget for the full price: most new build owners with a driveway can't claim the government chargepoint grant.