I think people overthink how complicated EV chargers are (specifically slow chargers). At they’re core, they’re just a normal 3-pin plug with a fancy computer c

I think people overthink how complicated EV chargers are (specifically slow chargers). At they’re core, they’re just a normal 3-pin plug with a fancy computer controlled switch. All of the heavy lifting is done by the car, it has the inverter, the battery controller, and all the monitoring equipment. All the charger does is tell the car how much power it’s allowed to use, authenticates the car, and flicks the switch on at the command of the car. The charger also has a cheap-as-chips current transformer so it can make sure the car doesn’t consumer more power than it allowed, and will flick the switch off if the car misbehaves. The car is responsible for everything else. So at the end of the day, and on street slower charger is a metal post with a plug on the outside, and a Raspberry Pi and relay inside. They can, and will eventually be, dirt cheap to manufacture. As for power cables, well, and can just slice into the cable already powering houses and lampposts.