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Most EV manufacturers sell their own charging stations.

But there is a growing market for smart home chargers from a variety of after-market providers. Most of the after-market providers seem to be small private companies, or small divisions of larger companies.

Alas, it appears that my $180 price may be too low and out of date with respect to the current market. I apologize if I got people too excited by the low price. But that's what I paid at the time I bought our Tesla Model 3. We purchased our home charging station directly from Tesla as an option at the time of purchase. As far as I know, Tesla makes their own charging stations. Their current price is $500.

https://shop.tesla.com/product/wall-connector

I don't know of any public companies whose business model is strictly focused on the home chargers. Most of the investable EV charging space is focused on building charging networks for people that can't charge at home, or that need to recharge while on long distance travels. BLNK seems to be the leader in that space. NVVE is a recent SPAC conversion that works in that space. I've lost money on that one.

The Ford Mustang Mach-E looks promising. That model wasn't around when we looked for an EV. But several of my friends are currently kicking the tires on that model right now, and I think it will be a serious competitor to Tesla.