I was out and walker-about yesterday getting my routine mild exercise to keep my CHF heart condition in check, when I finally got to talk to the Volt plug-in-hybrid (pih) owner in my neighborhood.
They had bought their 2011 Volt used about a year ago, and had been charging it off level-1 charging (L1 EVSE, see similar) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Voltec-EVSE-Chevy-Volt-charge-controller-charger-/231504798768?pt=Electric_Vehicle_Parts&hash=item35e6c2e430&vxp=mtr I let them know of the recent recall that was out on their Volt pih. The drivers (husband and wife) were surprised to learn that the pih would charge twice as fast off L2 (the Volt only has a half-powered L2 3kW on-board charger). Obviously, whomever they bought the pih from did not inform them much about it nor that there were free Volt forums for them to explore to get answers to many of their questions https://www.google.com/#q=chevy+volt+forum Since this was our first chat, I did not want to saturate nor overload them with information. Though I had a lot to share that would definitely help them, I could see they were quite new to this whole plugin world. So, I had to hold my reins back and hope that they would get connected with the Volt forum to know that they could easily tap into the 240VAC they had and get the 3kW charge they wanted by using an EVSE that was both level-2&1 able (see similar) http://evseupgrade.com/?main_page=index&cPath=4 That idea of a faster charge had peaked their interest as they expressed that they found they enjoyed seeing how much they could drive their pih in Electric-only mode. I told them they were not alone as the whole plugin community enjoys that same 'fun' they do to drive most of their miles from electrical-power sources. Clearly, by them not knowing of nor using the Volt forums they were missing out on the bigger-picture where they could network and be a part of the plugin community. I had mentioned that there was free (no-cost to use) public EVSE nearby. Sadly, they too did not know of plugshare.com as a free tool to know where all EVSE is located. The wife was an app person so, I let her know plugshare offers apps (both Android and Apple, just click on the Mobile link at the bottom of the page). I could see I was at the point where any more tidbits of information would saturate them, so I moved our conversation to an end by letting them know of the Silicon Valley Rally in September held at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA (see some nice pics of last year's EVent) http://brucedp14.altervista.org/eaasvr14/ Its still six months away, but with this weird/odd July-ish warm temperatures and no rain in March, people will be out and wanting to do something outside. My energy level and ability to get out to talk to the public about EVs might be waning as I get older, but behind the eyes, I still have the same strong EVangel desire :-) For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=subject%3Aevln+NOT+subject%3Are&days=0&sort=date {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVangel-about-Noob-used-Volt-pih-owner-surprised-at-the-free-info-tp4674283.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
