№ 25 · Best for Enphase-solar homes · 2026 review
Enphase
IQ EV Charger 2
Review verdict
Enphase IQ EV Charger 2 decision summary
- Unit only
- £1,050
- VAT included
- Installed estimate
- £1,950–£2,350
- derived market estimate
- Warranty
- 5 years
- Grant position
- Not approved
- Customer and property eligibility is separate
What stands out
Main limitation
The installed range is an estimate. The source date above is separate from the editorial review date.
Enphase's first proper home charger for Britain, at £1,050 — and the only charger here that assumes you already own the solar it was built to talk to. The single-phase 7.4kW model launched across fourteen European markets in March 2025, and a price cut that same month set the RRP at £779. That figure is not the price. No UK retailer sells the charger at it; £1,050 is what the unit costs on the shelf, and it is a great deal of money for what is, in isolation, a 7.4kW tethered unit with a long cable and no intelligent-tariff API.
The point is that it isn't in isolation. If your roof already carries Enphase IQ microinverters and an IQ Battery, the charger becomes a fourth node on the same Enphase App: panels, battery, grid import, car, one screen, one set of rules. AI-led source selection decides whether the car should be drinking from the sun, the battery or a cheap grid slot, and it will ramp the car up from as little as 1.38 kW of surplus PV in 1A steps — a genuinely fine-grained solar chase. Without the rest of the Enphase stack, you are paying for an ecosystem you haven't joined.
Best for: Households already running an Enphase solar and battery system.
Installation
Fitting the Enphase IQ EV Charger 2.
A 370 × 250 × 118 mm unit, 11 kg with the 7.5-metre Type 2 cable — one of the longer cables on this list, matched only by the Tesla Wall Connector. IP55 enclosure, IK10 impact rating, operating range -40°C to +55°C. Integrated PEN fault protection and a built-in ±6 mA RDC-DD, which means the installer adds only a Type A RCBO at the consumer unit rather than the more expensive Type B sometimes asked for by DNOs. No mounting bracket required; rear or bottom cable entry. Dual wired-and-wireless connectivity (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, RS-485, CAN). For full ecosystem behaviour you need an Enphase IQ Gateway on the property — homes already running Enphase solar will have one. Standalone installations skip that step but also skip the reason to buy this charger. See our home charger installation guide.
Specification
- Power Output
- 7.4kW (single-phase, 32A, 230V)
- Cable
- 7.5m tethered Type 2
- Dimensions
- 370 × 250 × 118 mm
- Weight
- 11 kg (including cable)
- Enclosure
- IP55 / IK10
- Operating Temperature
- -40°C to +55°C
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.3, Ethernet, RS-485, CAN
- Protection
- PEN fault detection, ±6 mA RDC-DD, overvoltage (253V), relay weld detection
- Metering
- MID Class-B, ±1% accuracy
- Protocols
- OCPP 2.0.1, open APIs, ISO 15118 communication support
- Access Control
- RFID/NFC via Enphase App
- Certification
- CE, UKCA, TÜV Rheinland, MID (NMI), EV Ready 2.0, UK Smart Charging
- Model Number
- IQ-EVSE-UK-1032-0105-1300
- Warranty
- 5 years
- OZEV Approved
- Not confirmed on current list — verify before publishing
Tariff compatibility
What it costs to run.
Manual scheduling in the Enphase App, which works cleanly on fixed two-rate tariffs — Octopus Go, OVO Charge Anytime, British Gas Electric Drivers. As of April 2026 there is no direct API handshake with Intelligent Octopus Go or Octopus Agile: Enphase's January 2025 Octopus partnership integrates IQ solar and battery with Intelligent Octopus Flux, but that agreement doesn't extend to the EV charger. For half-hourly tariff chasing, the Ohme Home Pro still leads. Where Enphase earns its keep is solar-surplus routing inside a whole-home energy plan — read the tariff guide and the solar EV charger comparison together before deciding.
Best pairing
EDF GoElectric
- Off-peak rate
- 6.99p
- Saving / year
- £546
Estimated at 10,000 miles a year against the 26.11p/kWh standard rate.
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What you actually pay.
The unit is currently £1,050. £900–£1,300 is the working installation range, putting a typical installed total at £1,950–£2,350. The final figure depends on the cable route, consumer unit and any groundwork.
Five-year total
£3,149
Charger, installation, and five years of electricity on EDF GoElectric, at 10,000 miles a year.
Against the field
How it compares.
Against the Zappi GLO, which is this site's solar-integration benchmark: Zappi wins on price, on the breadth of solar and battery brands it will talk to, and on its three-mode solar diversion (ECO, ECO+, FAST) that works without any proprietary house ecosystem. Enphase only catches up — and then overtakes — if you already own Enphase panels and battery, at which point the single-app experience and tighter battery-to-car co-ordination become the real argument. The EcoFlow PowerPulse 2 plays a similar ecosystem card for EcoFlow solar owners. Against the Ohme Home Pro, Enphase loses on intelligent-tariff automation and costs more; it wins if solar, battery and car need to co-operate under one roof. A DC IQ Bidirectional Charger, a separate product due for volume production in Q4 2026, is where Enphase's V2H and V2G story actually lives — this AC unit is hardware-ready for future bidirectional AC but is not that product.
Cross-shopped with
What we loved
- PlusSeven-and-a-half-metre tethered Type 2 cable — among the longest on the UK market
- PlusSolar chase from as little as 1.38 kW surplus, adjusting in 1A increments
- PlusTight integration with Enphase IQ microinverters and IQ Battery via a single app
- PlusBuilt-in ±6 mA RDC-DD, MID-certified metering and PEN fault protection
- PlusFive-year warranty, IP55 / IK10, wide -40°C to +55°C operating range
- PlusOCPP 2.0.1, open APIs and ISO 15118 hardware readiness
What we didn't
- Minus£1,050 at UK retailers — the £779 RRP Enphase set in March 2025 is not a price anyone here will sell you
- MinusExpensive as a standalone charger without the rest of an Enphase system
- MinusNo direct API integration with Intelligent Octopus Go, Octopus Agile or other half-hourly UK tariffs
- MinusUK market gets single-phase 7.4kW only; no 22kW three-phase option here
- MinusRequires an Enphase IQ Gateway on site for full ecosystem behaviour
- MinusOZEV approval for this exact model not yet confirmed — the £500 grant isn't guaranteed
After the evidence
Ask installers to price this exact charger.
The installation brief carries Enphase IQ EV Charger 2 as your preference, together with the property and parking details needed for a useful response.
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