Resources
Plain-language guides, calculators and regulation summaries to help you plan before you buy.
Most questions about EV charging in South Africa come back to the same themes: what your supply can handle, what the installation will cost, what the rules say in a sectional title scheme and how charging fits around load shedding. Our resources answer these in plain language. Use the tools to estimate running costs and charger size, read the guides for step-by-step detail, and check the regulations hub for the compliance points that apply to you. Each page is dated and reviewed.
Step-by-step explainers on supply, sizing, approval and installation.
Estimate your charging costs and find the charger size that suits your car and supply.
CoC requirements, body corporate approval, tariffs and what incentives do and do not apply.
News and practical tips from our team.
Guides
Body corporates and complexes
A practical, step-by-step guide for sectional title owners and trustees on approving EV chargers, covering resolutions, conduct rules, load assessments, metering and a fair-use charging policy.
Choosing a charger
How single-phase and three-phase supplies affect home EV charging in South Africa, what your car's onboard charger allows, and when upgrading your supply or DB board is worth the cost.
Blog
Energy & load shedding
What load shedding means for home EV charging, why a typical backup system can't run a wallbox at full power, and practical ways to plan around outages with scheduling, solar and batteries.
Home charging
A plain-language breakdown of what drives the cost of a home EV charger installation in South Africa, with published price ranges and the questions that get you an accurate quote.
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