After a few months of ownership, I finally have my level 2 home charger installed. Amazingly convenient to come home every night and plug in. Never have to stop for gas. Never have to stop and charge anywhere. The reason it took a while is that we were moving soon. Just closed on our hew home last week and had the charger installed a few days before closing. I think I got a heck of a good deal. I had the electrician run 50 amp service, and he had to run it the maximum length possible due to the location of the breaker panel and garage on opposite ends of the house. Despite the long run and the higher cost of 50 amp material, the bill was, IMO, a VERY reasonable $350.
For anyone that might be interested, I went with a Grizzle (dumb)charger. In part because I feel really good about the quality of the unit, superbly high quality engineering(by visual appearance), very heavy duty charging cable, and adjustable charging from 16-40 amps. The lack of smart capability will hopefully result in a simpler, longer lasting product. I set the unit to 40 amps, which should charge at just under 10Kw, but my car is limited to 7.2Kw. I'm getting 7.5-7.6 so that's fine by me. If I end up with another EV, I figured the 50 amp service with faster charging was negligibly higher cost while offering the fastest possible level 2 charging. Some chargers are capable of 50 amp if the vehicle will support it but this would have added even more to the cost and not many cars can charge faster than 10Kw.
Next step is to check on my electric rate, which I *think* is 0.13/kWh, then get estimates for solar.