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    Paul and his team were excellent start to finish. We were able to get an assessment pretty quickly and scheduled the installation within a couple weeks. It was a moderately complex job, requiring some creativity in order to get the Wallbox placed in the garage and connected to a subpanel in the basement beneath. The guys exhibited great craftsmanship and high standards, and as a result the aesthetics would turn out very well. Would highly recommend.

    Monique P.

    Prompt, responsive, professional. Very clean installation, tech worked with the unique needs of my property to ensure a mechanically sound and aesthetically pleasing installation was achieved. Would definitely recommend.

    Ben P.

    TLDR: This company is worth every penny! Incredible work from start to finish and looks awesome! Would unequivocally recommend to anyone looking for an EV installer. Their estimate might be higher than other companies but they know exactly what their doing. Long Story: I am so happy to go with Paul's team at EVCharge4U. I sent out three requests for estimates, and not only was Paul the first to respond but he was incredibly consistent in his communication throughout the entire process. And the outcome was terrific (I'll explain more below). I had an expectation (based on limited research) that it would cost between $750-1200 for a home EV charger setup. So when Paul's estimate came back 3x higher than my expectation, and the highest quote from all 3 companies, I was slightly experiencing sticker shock. But, based on his experience and knowledge, he ultimately knew what realistically needed to be done to install the charger. He was the only one of the three companies to initially recommend a DCC-12 box in his estimate because he knew from the pictures I sent and the information on my home that it was going to be the best solution. The other companies didn't include the DCC-12 box in their estimate which made their estimates seem significantly lower. Also, Paul's estimate includes the price of buying the Tesla Wall Connector directly through them as opposed to buying the charger directly through Tesla. The Tesla Wall Connectors periodically goes out of stock on the company's website given the increase in demand for EVs and installing home chargers. So it was nice to know they have them on stock so it wouldn't delay the installation process. Back to the estimate process. When I called the other companies to ask them more about their quotes they discussed the two strategies for my home: 1) run a lot of conduit from the main electrical panel to the garage since the main electrical panel had a lot of extra space and the sub panel in the garage was almost full or 2) add a DCC-12 box to the sub panel in the garage to give the sub panel more space so you don't have to run a lot of conduit along the house. Running conduit along the house can be very expensive (traditionally more expensive than adding a DCC-12 box), but it's hard for a company to know how much conduit they will need to run based on the pictures so they didn't include this cost as an option in the estimate. And since the DCC-12 is not mandatory the other 2 companies didn't include this in the estimate as well. Not including the option for running a lot of conduit or including the DCC-12 kept the estimates from the other two companies much lower. But Paul knew what needed to be done from the pictures and figured strategy 2 was going to be my best option. Because this was the most likely outcome he decided to include the DCC-12 part in my estimate. He could have chosen, like the other companies, to not include this line item which would have resulted in seeing a lower estimate. But he was setting my expectations from day 1 which I strongly value. It took about 5 days from first contacting Paul to getting my installer charged which in my opinion is really fast. In the meantime we talked about possible install locations, and help set my expectations for what installation day would look like. Paul's team, consisting of Chad and Wes, arrived to installation day on time and open to answering all of my questions. We talked about different install locations and were divided between two adjacent walls. Chad was really knowledgeable and recommended the ultimate location for the charger because it wouldn't require drilling an extra hole that would be visible to the outside of the house. Chad listened to our preferences and advised us on the decision that best met our needs. They completed the install in about 3-4 hours and were incredibly professional. The whole process from start to finish was incredibly easy, informative, and stress free. I haven't completed the permitting part yet but their team also takes care of this for you!

    The new charger on the side our our house, next to our driveway.

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    Paul Nijssen of EVCHARGE4U gave me heat service in a mobile charging issue with my 2020 Tesla Model S. I recommend him and his team!

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    Love them. They have installed two different chargers for me. They are super friendly, reasonably priced, and very helpful!

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    My Tesla charging cable snapped off the charger and my neighbor recommended I call Paul to replace it.

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    I do recall charging at this location in the dim past, but I haven't noticed a working unoccupied…read morecharger at this Whole Foods in the last year and a half (any possibly longer). The EVgo App shows an unnamed level 2 charger that has been offline basically forever, plus two 50 kW chargers, one of which (HOLLY) has also been offline basically forever. The charger that does work -- OSCAR -- has a single CCS Combo cable that's typically occupied nonstop as well as a CHAdeMO cable that would be of no help to me (and is usually occupied anyway). More generally, at least half of the chargers at any EVgo location seem to be offline at any given time. For example, consider the current situation at El Cerrito Del Norte Plaza: OKSSANNA has an offline left side cable and currently a working unoccupied right side cable (yay!) FREDDIE and KAMAL are both offline LIZ and MONTY are both online and busy Thus there are five chargers (with ten cables), 2 1/2 of which are offline. Four of the five working cables are busy. If I were traveling somewhere and wanted to plan a stop along I-80, I'd be reluctant to choose any EVgo locations in the East Bay: it's not fun to have to wait for a charge in the middle of a trip.

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