About Renter Volt
A publication about charging an electric car when you do not have a garage — written by somebody who reads the manuals and does the math.
Why this site exists
Every guide to home EV charging is written for somebody with a garage they own and a wall they can drill into. That reader has a wiring problem. A renter has an access problem, and it is a genuinely different problem with genuinely different answers — which is why one of the largest sites in this category runs a headline that says “find the best EV charger for your garage” on a page a renter has no use for.
So Renter Volt is organized around the only question that matters first: what outlet can you actually reach? An ordinary 120V socket in a carport, a shared laundry-room dryer circuit, an RV hookup on the side of the building. Everything else — which charger, which adapter, how long a cable — follows from that answer, and nothing on this site requires an electrician, a permit, or a landlord agreeing to construction.
Who writes it
Scooter M.. An enthusiast who is genuinely into this. I read the manuals, compile the published specs and do the arithmetic. No lab coat, no test bench, no van full of chargers.
That is a weaker claim than the ones the competition makes, and stating it is deliberate. The publishers ranking for these terms lead with named testers, test counts and review boards. Matching that without the lab behind it would be a fabrication, an FTC problem, and the single easiest claim for anybody to falsify. So we compete on a different axis: a published, reproducible method that anybody can check.
What we do instead of testing
- Compile published specifications from the manufacturer’s own documentation, and link each figure to where it came from. Not a retailer listing. Not another blog.
- Cite the standard behind every safety claim — the NEC continuous-load rule, the relevant UL listing, the AWG ampacity behavior — rather than paraphrasing it loosely.
- Do the arithmetic in public. Charging rate, session time and running cost are all printed as formulas so you can re-run them with your own utility rate and your own car.
- Name who should skip every pick. A recommendation with no counterweight is an advert.
The full version of that is on the methodology page, including what the method cannot tell you.
How it is funded
Affiliate commission, and nothing else. Renter Volt participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and earns on qualifying purchases made through links here, at no extra cost to you. We accept no payment for placement, no free products and no sponsored positions in any ranking. The full disclosure spells out what that does and does not mean.
What we get wrong
Some of this will be wrong. Specifications change, products get discontinued and vehicle connector standards are actively shifting under our feet. When something here is wrong, the fix and the record of it are covered by the editorial policy. If you have found one, tell us — corrections from readers are the cheapest quality control there is, and the address is info@rentervolt.com.
Who publishes it
Renter Volt is published by Slate Mill Group. There is no office, no showroom and no service area — it is a national publication, which is why you will not find a phone number or a postal address anywhere on it. Inventing either to fill a form field would be fabricated contact information, and an absent field is better than a false one.