EV Charger Installation in North Vancouver
A Level 2 charger on its own circuit, sized to what your panel can actually carry.
- Price
- $800–$1,400 for a straightforward Level 2
- Google rating
- 5.0
- Service in
- English
Level 1, Level 2 and commercial DC fast chargers, for houses, stratas and businesses.
What people worry about, and how the call actually goes
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The look
When nobody picks up
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The number
When a part gets swapped and nothing gets explained
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The permit
When the bill is the first number you hear
What to check, and what to ask
General guidance for homeowners, not specific to your system — worth knowing before you book anyone, including us.
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The install starts at the panel, not at the parking spot
What decides the job is spare capacity in your service and the run from the panel to where the car sits. Two identical chargers in two identical garages are not the same job.
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A full panel does not automatically mean a service upgrade
Load management equipment lets a charger share existing capacity rather than adding to it, and many chargers can also be set to draw less current. Ask whether either was considered before an upgrade is quoted.
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A charger circuit is a dedicated circuit
It gets its own breaker, sized for continuous use, and it does not share with anything else. No extension cords and no power bars, including for the 120V cord that came with the car.
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Permit first, and keep the paperwork
An EV charger circuit is permitted electrical work in BC, done by a licensed contractor. Strata and rebate paperwork both tend to ask for it later, so keep the permit and the invoice together.
Try these first
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1. Read the main breaker rating and photograph the panel
Read the number on the large breaker at the top, with the cover closed, and photograph the label inside the door. Almost every quote starts from those two things.
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2. Count the empty slots, without opening anything
Look at the front of the panel and count the blank positions. Full is not a refusal, but it changes the options, and it is better known before someone drives out.
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3. Measure from the panel to where the car parks
Walk it with a tape and note what the run would cross — a finished wall, a garage ceiling, an outside corner, a driveway. The route is most of the price difference between two quotes.
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4. Find the charger's installation requirements
The manual or the manufacturer's page states the circuit the unit needs, and whether its current can be set lower. Have that page open when you call.
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5. If you are in a strata, ask them before you book
Charger installs in shared parking usually need written approval and sometimes a building-wide plan. Starting there saves booking a visit that cannot proceed.
Before you call
- What does a home EV charger install cost?
- A straightforward one — panel in the garage, a short run to the wall, no capacity problem — is $800 to $1,400 in labour and materials, on top of the charger itself. It climbs when the panel is at the other end of the house, when a detached garage needs a trench, when a subpanel or a load-management device is required, or when the service has to be upgraded first; those land anywhere from $2,000 to $8,000. A site visit and a load calculation is what turns that range into a number.
- Is there still a rebate?
- Yes. BC Hydro's home charger rebate covers 50% of eligible costs up to a maximum of $350 for single-family homes, duplexes and townhouses. It is worth confirming the current program terms when you book, because the amounts and the eligibility windows change; Two Lions' own site says they stay current on the local rebates and walk you through the application, which is the part most people would rather not do.
- Do I need a permit for a charger?
- Yes — a dedicated 240V circuit is permitted work in BC, and on the North Shore the City or District issues it. Two Lions pulls it under their licence. An unpermitted charger circuit is the kind of thing that surfaces at resale or, worse, at a claim.
- Level 1, Level 2, or a fast charger?
- Level 1 is a standard outlet and adds a few kilometres an hour — fine for a plug-in hybrid, frustrating for anything else. Level 2 is the home standard and will fill most batteries overnight. DC fast charging is commercial equipment with a commercial service behind it; Two Lions installs those for businesses and multi-unit properties, but it is not a residential answer.
Tell Two Lions what's going on
604-245-8668Two Lions will call you back on the number you left.
- Address
- 6-801 1st Street West, North Vancouver, BC
- Service Area
- North Vancouver · West Vancouver · Vancouver · Burnaby · New Westminster · Port Moody · Coquitlam
- Hours
- Monday–Saturday, 7:00 am – 7:00 pm. Sunday closed.