What has historically gone on sale in this category
We went looking for dated, checkable records of what EV chargers actually sold for on past Black Fridays, Cyber Mondays and Prime Days — retailer announcements, brand blog posts and community deal posts with a date on them. This is what those records show. Where a figure is missing, it is because we could not find a dated source for it, not because we did not look.
Hardwired smart chargers: the deepest recorded cuts
The clearest pattern in the record is that the big-brand hardwired 48-amp units are where the largest discounts have landed. On Black Friday 2025, Electrek’s deals hub listed the Leviton 48A smart hardwired charger at $479 against a $749 regular price and the Autel MaxiCharger AC Lite at $398 against $569. Two years earlier, EV Pulse’s Black Friday 2023 roundup had an Autel Level 2 unit at $398.30, described as 23% off, and the Enel X JuiceBox 40 at $449, described as 20% off. That is the same tier of product — premium smart hardwired — discounting by roughly a fifth to a third, in two different years, from two different sources.
The ChargePoint Home Flex, our overall pick, has a dated record from Prime Day rather than Black Friday: in July 2024 the hardwired J1772 and NACS versions were posted at $467.65, which the post itself described as $81.35 off a $549 price, and the plug-in versions at $509, or $90 off $599. We do not have a dated Black Friday figure for the Home Flex, and we are not going to invent one; what the Prime Day record shows is that the unit does go on sale, in the mid-teens percentage range, at Amazon’s major events.
Grizzl-E: a sitewide cut direct from the brand
The record for Grizzl-E is a brand-store event rather than an Amazon one. A deal post dated November 29, 2024 recorded 20% off Grizzl-E chargers at grizzl-e.com for Black Friday, with no code and no stated end date. That matters for how you shop it: a brand-direct sale does not necessarily show up on the Amazon listing our buttons point to, so if you are set on a Grizzl-E in late November it is worth checking both.
Emporia: shallow on the holiday, deeper off-season
Emporia is the interesting case, because it is our value pick and it is the one whose holiday record is leastexciting. Over Thanksgiving weekend 2022, Emporia’s own store sold the Level 2 charger at its $399.99 list with a 5% coupon — about $20 off. EV Pulse’s Black Friday 2023 roundup again had it at its $399 MSRP with a 5% link discount. The deepest dated Emporia price we found that season was $299.99 on Woot in the second week of December 2023 — after Black Friday and Cyber Monday had both passed. The lesson is not that Emporia never discounts; it is that its Black Friday discounts have been small, and its real cuts have landed elsewhere in the calendar.
Lectron: portable chargers and adapters, modestly
Lectron’s own Black Friday post, originally from November 2022, listed its NEMA 14-50 Level 2 portable at $249.99 as the “lowest price in 30 days”, its Tesla-to-J1772 adapter at $129.99 and its Tesla CCS adapter at $299.99. It also said, usefully, that its deals “appear well ahead of Thanksgiving”. What stands out four years on is that today’s live prices for the equivalent Lectron products (see the table above and our adapters roundup) are already at or below those 2022 sale figures — the category has drifted down, and a “sale” price from a past year is not a target worth waiting for.
Wallbox and Tesla: a campaign exists, the depth varies
Wallbox published a Black Friday 2025 promotion page for the Pulsar Plus, our compact smart pick. As we fetched it, that page names no percentage, price or dates — it confirms Wallbox runs a Black Friday campaign on the model, not how deep it goes, so we record the campaign and not a number. Tesla’s own Universal Wall Connector, which we do not review, was listed on Black Friday 2025 at $600 against $650 — a $50 cut, and a useful reminder that a brand running a sale is not the same as a brand running a big one.
Level 1 chargers: small numbers, real percentages
The Black Friday 2025 record also had a Schumacher 12A Level 1 portable at $110 against $160. Level 1 chargers are inexpensive to begin with, so the dollar saving is small even when the percentage looks good. If the recipient needs one, a verified price today is a reasonable buy.
The “sale” that started in July
One more pattern worth naming. Electrek’s early-November 2025 coverage listed an EcoFlow 40A charger at $699 against $899 and noted the price had already been dropping to $699 for the preceding four months. A number that has been available since summer is not a Black Friday deal, however it is labeled in November. Our buttons show Amazon’s reported list price when there is one, but the honest check is the one you can do yourself: was this price available last month?
What this means: buy now or wait, by product class
None of the above is a forecast. It is a record, and records do not repeat on demand. But it does support some plain guidance by type of charger.
Premium hardwired smart chargers (ChargePoint, Wallbox, Autel, Leviton class).This is the class with the deepest recorded November cuts, so it is the one where waiting has historically had the best odds — with one large caveat. A hardwired charger needs an electrician, and electricians book up in December. A unit bought on Black Friday and installed in January has saved you money but not time, and if a utility rebate program requires the install to be completed by a date, check that date before you wait. Our installation guide covers what the install involves.
Value 48-amp chargers (Emporia, EVIQO, WOLFBOX class).The recorded holiday discounts here have been shallow — a few percent direct, or a sale on a listing that was already priced like a sale. If the live price today is inside what you expected to pay, buying now is not a mistake; the record does not show a November price that a value charger reliably drops to. Our Level 2 roundup ranks this tier.
Plug-in 40-amp portables (Lectron, ELEGRP, Grizzl-E class). Grizzl-E has a dated 20% direct-store cut on record; Lectron’s recorded sale prices are ones the category has since drifted below. If you need the charger now — a new car, a road trip, a rental with a 14-50 outlet already in the wall — buy now; the saving from waiting is small in dollars. If you do not, check the Grizzl-E store in late November as well as the Amazon listing. Our 14-50 plug-in roundup covers the field.
Native NACS chargers for Tesla.The record is thin — these are newer products, and the dated posts we found were for the J1772 versions of the same hardware. Treat them like their J1772 siblings: the premium ChargePoint NACS behaves like the Home Flex, the Lectron and EVIQO units like the value tier. Our NACS roundup ranks them.
Adapters and Level 1 chargers. Buy when you need them. The absolute saving from a holiday discount is small, the prices have drifted down over the years anyway, and a verified price today beats a guessed one in November. Our under-$200 gift list filters this tier on today’s live prices.
Two things that changed for 2026
The federal tax credit is gone.The 30C credit, which returned up to 30% of a home charger install (capped at $1,000) for property placed in service in a qualifying census tract, is recorded by the DOE’s Alternative Fuels Data Center as expired on June 30, 2026. A Black Friday purchase this year cannot claim it. Utility rebates are a separate matter and many are still running; some require an ENERGY STAR-certified charger, which is a reason to prefer a certified unit even at a slightly higher sale price. Our rebates guide explains how to check your own utility.
The sale season starts in October.Amazon ran its Prime-member October event on October 7–8 in 2025, roughly seven weeks before Black Friday, and Lectron’s own post says its deals appear “well ahead of Thanksgiving”. If you are watching for a price on a specific charger, the watching should start in early October, not late November. We will note October event pricing here if it is worth noting.
How to tell a real deal from a dressed-up one
Check whether the price was available last month.A discount against a list price nobody was paying is not a discount. Our buttons show the list price and percentage Amazon reports; a price tracker’s history, or your own memory of the listing, is the better test.
Confirm it is the same SKU.Chargers come in plug-in and hardwired versions, J1772 and NACS versions, and different cable lengths, at different prices. The ChargePoint Prime Day record above had two prices for exactly this reason. A “deal” on a variant you do not want is not a deal.
Check the seller.Some of the deepest listed prices on Amazon come from third-party sellers rather than the brand or Amazon itself — the ChargePoint Prime Day post noted the units shipped from a third-party seller. That is not necessarily a problem, but it affects returns and warranty handling, and it is worth knowing before you click.
Look for the safety listing, sale or no sale.The cheapest “Black Friday” chargers on any marketplace are often unlisted units from brands we cannot find a spec sheet for. Every pick above publishes a UL or ETL listing. Our cheap chargers guide explains what to look for.
How this page will be updated
When Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals go live in November, they will be posted in the status block at the top of this page, each with the verified price on the live listing and the date we checked it. The buy buttons across the site already carry the daily-checked price and, where Amazon reports one, the struck-through list price and percentage off — so a deal that lands on one of our picks will show up on every page that lists it, not just this one. What will not appear here is a projected discount, a coupon-site “up to 50% off” claim, or a price we did not see ourselves. If a deal ends, it comes off. The key dates for 2026 are Thanksgiving on November 26, Black Friday on November 27 and Cyber Monday on November 30.
