I'd feel compelled to steal the charger, not out a sense of justice, but irony.
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what’s the point of siphoning gas if you can’t even drink a little bit of it in the process
you can, just take the part you put in the car and put it in your mouth
Not to mention that diesel tastes pretty good
What, are you gonna fight my nine year old daughter? You're probably gonna get hurt.
This is amazing. Why is the cord wrapped through the wheel tho?
My guess would have been strain relief if something tripped over the wire and pulled on it. Instead of putting pressure on the port on the car, it will instead put pressure on the knot by the tire.
But looking at the other answers I guess I was wrong lol.
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.
Many cars with CCS type 1 will lock a J1772 the same way they lock the type 1 port. Sad the Volt doesn't.
it does have a setting for triggering the alarm if you pull the cable out without unlocking the doors. which just feels like such a non-solution.
That's a very "we'll fix it in software!" solution
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.
For whatever reason this reminded me of folks that steal mufflers thinking they're catalytic converters.
fair point.
Gotcha even better lol.
isn't supposed to be super high voltage to work ? or maybe this would be super slow ?
I changed off a 12v 20amp outlet for over a year at my house till the charger was installed. It would take 12 hours to charge from empty to full but never had that happen except going on trips, then I would use the DC charging stations.
The car can take 120/240 V AC input. Internally, there's a AC to DC rectifier that brings the voltage up to the internal battery's voltage. For 120V 15A charging, this is pretty slow in general since EV batteries have a large capacity.
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.
In much of the world the wall plug is the bottom end of level 2.
Is level 2 solely defined by "240V AC"? I wasn't sure, although the portable chargers some brands have in the US with 240V attachments are still level 1 I think.
I believe the two requirements for level 2 are 200 VAC and 2 kW. A 208V 30A oven outlet in a typical American apartment is level 2, but so is a 240V, 15 A plug in a typical European, well, any room.
The 240V, 30A+ portable EVSEs many cars come with are level 2, though they are often also able to do level 1 charging if they work on 120V outlets.
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.
Not stealing much power, but that lock is fucking genius level shit.