Finally installed my 240v outlet in my garage

First I wanted to say thank you to all the members of this forum. I have received some PHENOMENAL advice that ultimately saved me hundreds of dollars!
Quick recap......
I live in a townhome with 3 stories and a 100 amp panel. When asking around I was told everything from "You don't have room on your panel" to "I can do it for 1400 dollars."
I eventually went with a local licensed electrician who charged me 600 dollars including materials.
My panel originally looked like this.....



And now it looks like this....



The appliance breaker now sits where the "spare" was and the "spare" (that wasn't really a spare) was put on the Tandem that also includes my garage outlet.

We had to drill from the panel on the second floor into the garage which...thankfully...is directly below the panel.

All told it took about 6 hours but mostly because the electrician was working solo and I asked if he wouldn't mind walking me through the process and allowing me to help (because I like learning stuff.) He was very patient.
He came in 100 dollars under "quote" and didn't try to upsell me or justify that extra 100. He even called the next morning to make sure all was well.
I went with the Duosida 240 v 16a charger and can get from zero to hero in a little over 4 hours.
The final product looks like this....


One final note....when you look at my panel you see two breakers for "bedrooms." One of those actually isn't energizing....anything. If I had wanted to I could have gone with the standard 32a 240v outlet by removing that breaker. Since our Clarity's charge fully in a shade over 4 hours and since it only makes sense financially to charge in the middle of the night and since we get 6 hours of 9 cents kw/h charge time and since I had already purchased the evse....I stayed with the 16 amps.

Thanks again to everyone who was helpful and patient with me. This forum truly is fabulous!!!

 

100% this.
It took a little longer but you can literally save hundreds if not near a thousand dollars by being patient, doing research, and shopping around.
I realize for the EV crowd this is a no brainer but it is amazing how many people just make purchases without doing due diligence. In the internet age....there is no excuse.

 

Excellent advice! Thank you!

 

These are good points. I opted for the 16 instead of the 32 because my panel is only a 100 amp panel and I was uncomfortable with using up 1/3 the load on an evse. I had visions of a Wed. afternoon with the Clarity charging, refrigerator going, the freezer going, the washer and dryer going, the water heater going, both of my kids on their gaming PC's, and the microwave going. I was with the electrician every step of the way and with all the heavy lifting done (measuring, drilling, etc.) if I want to make that switch I could just do it myself. My electrician was originally going to use metal conduit and then he told me it was 200$ for every ten feet. That's when I was like "ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm no." I can come back later and do that myself as well.