Independence
No brand pays for placement, inclusion, or ranking position on this site. There are no sponsored posts, no paid reviews, no guest posts, and no arrangement under which a manufacturer can influence what appears or in what order.
Products are selected before any commercial consideration. The affiliate link is added after the editorial decision, not before it. Our methodology sets out the inclusion criteria and the ranking basis, and the clearest evidence that commission does not drive rankings is that a vehicle page recommends a smaller, cheaper charger whenever the car cannot use more — the two 80 A trucks on this site are both told to buy a 48 A unit.
We do accept affiliate commission on purchases made through links here — that is how the site is funded. Full detail in our affiliate disclosure.
Sourcing standards
Technical figures on this site come from primary sources, cited at the point of use rather than collected in a bibliography nobody reads.
| Tier | Source | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | A manufacturer's own datasheet, installation manual or specification page | Every charger spec; every vehicle onboard AC rate |
| Primary | The National Electrical Code, cited by article number | Every breaker, conductor, continuous-load and GFCI requirement |
| Primary | US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center | Charging-level definitions, code and permit guidance, federal incentive status |
| Primary | US DOE / EPA fueleconomy.gov | Range, efficiency and published 240 V charge times, per trim |
| Primary | State agency and utility tariff pages | Rebates, time-of-use rates, electricity prices |
| Secondary | Established independent publishers | Context only, always attributed, never the sole source for a number |
| Labeled | Owner reports and model-specific forums | Reliability and real-world annoyance signals ONLY, always labeled as owner reports |
| Never | Competitor affiliate pages, AI output, memory, aggregator search-volume sites | Nothing |
Three rules follow from that table and they are not negotiable:
- Every technical number carries its source at the point of use. A breaker-size row cites the NEC article; a vehicle's onboard rate cites the manufacturer page.
- No number without a source. If a figure cannot be sourced, the page says the manufacturer does not publish it. It does not estimate.
- Owner-report material is always labeled. “Owners consistently report GFCI nuisance tripping on this unit” is acceptable and useful. Presenting the same thing as a tested finding is not.
What we do not claim
Corrections
If something here is factually wrong, tell us: contact@evandcharger.com. A link to the primary source is the single most useful thing you can include.
Our commitment:
- We correct factual errors promptly once we can verify the correction against a primary source.
- We show a visible correction note with a date rather than editing silently. A page that changed matters, and so does when.
- We do not quietly delete a page that turned out to be wrong when correcting it is possible.
- Spec disputes are welcome. Being correct is the entire product here, so a reader who finds an error is doing us a favor rather than an inconvenience.
Update policy
Every page displays its own Last verified date, which is when we actually re-checked its figures. The dateModified value in our structured data moves only when the content actually changes.
Refreshing a date without changing content is a trust violation and we do not do it. It is a common tactic — a date in the current month signals freshness to a reader and to a search engine — and it is lying about work that was not done. Our methodology publishes the re-verification cadence so the dates can be checked against a stated schedule.
How this content is produced
Research, drafting and maintenance are done by Mike M., the hands-on owner behind Iron Mako Media, who is the named author on every page and the person responsible for every figure. Modern research and drafting tools are part of that process, as they are at most publishers now.
What matters more than the tooling is the verification standard applied on top of it, and that standard is specific: no technical figure reaches a page without a primary source checked on a stated date. A named human is accountable for every page, and there is one address to reach that person.
Advertising and commercial relationships
- Affiliate links, disclosed per page and in full on our affiliate disclosure page. This is the site's only revenue.
- No display advertising.
- No sponsored content, in any form, including partnership articles.
- No paid links, inbound or outbound.
- No link exchanges, private networks, or paid guest posting.
Safety-sensitive content
Home EV charging involves 240-volt circuits, and some of what readers search for is genuinely unsafe. Two editorial rules follow:
- Every installation page carries a licensed-electrician and permit position. We publish numbers so a reader can brief an electrician properly; we are never a substitute for one. The US DOE's guidance that installations must comply with local and state codes and that permits may be required is the standard we hold to.
- Pages that attract people about to do something unsafe lead with the caveats, not the products. Using a dryer outlet and EV charger splitters both open with what to verify before buying anything. A roundup that led with a buy button on either of those topics would be indefensible.