isn’t supposed to be super high voltage to work ? or maybe this would be super slow ?
that’s a first-gen chevy volt from 2012-2013. it can’t fast-charge at all, it’s limited to line voltage only. a full charge takes five hours, give or take. thankfully it’s a hybrid.
Most EVs can charge off kf a regular socket using a dedicated cable.
It can take days to charge.Can confirm. Mine will take about 3 days to charge from very low to full on a regular wall outlet. Still worth it sometimes though, like when I’m visiting family or camping or something. If I’m gonna spend the day somewhere (like 6+ hours, let’s say) it might be worth it.
There are 3 charging levels. 1 is basically just “plug your car into a wall outlet”. 2 is more powerful, and usually involves installing a little charging box with a cable, but it’s still AC and fairly slow. 3 is the DC fast charging that operates at crazy high voltages and currents.
This is amazing. Why is the cord wrapped through the wheel tho?
because the chevy volt uses a J1772 charge plug which, unlike the Type 2 used in Europe, doesn’t have a lock in it.
this is a very annoying fact about the chevy volt.
They have a padlock on it
Because they think people keep stealing their charge cables because they need one; and not that they want to want to turn that sweet copper into cash.
a charge cable is like 500 bucks. it’s definitely worth more whole.
For the most part, the people who strip copper wiring for a quick buck would not know or care that selling it intact would make a lot more. They want cash now, not next week.
fair point.
For whatever reason this reminded me of folks that steal mufflers thinking they’re catalytic converters.
Gotcha even better lol.
what’s the point of siphoning gas if you can’t even drink a little bit of it in the process
Not to mention that diesel tastes pretty good
