Rush sez: >the CSS Inlet and HV charging set up costs about $500 and ALSO the Level 1 charger costs another $500<
I agree that the L3 (css) port should be standard on EVs. Especially on a 200+mi EV. The first (75mi) Leaf EVs were offered as cheap as possible, offering the L3 port as optional. IMO, this was a big mistake as used 1st-gen Leaf EVs without the L3 port have a lower resale value. It would have been better to make the L3 port standard, and make its power capability upgradeable: 25kW standard, or (like a Tesla option scheme) pay extra for a software upgrade would make it 50+kW capable. *But I do not agree with not making a portable EVSE as standard with a Bolt EV purchase. Times have changed. GM knows that Bolt buyers will be much more EV savvy. Only those EV-ignorant buyers would pay $500 for a L1 EVSE. EV savvy buyers know that there are now so many options the 1st-gen production EVs did not have: -dual voltage (240/120, L2-3kW/L1) portable EVSE available from several different vendors (here are few of them) : https://store.openevse.com/products/openevse-30a-charge-station-combo OpenEVSE Kit - Level1 & Level2 50A Deluxe $269.00 Level 1 (120v) and Level 2 (208 - 240v) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Duosida-EVSE-Electric-Car-Charger-EV-PHEV-Level-2-16-Amps-240V-3-8kW-2-in-1-/122022738374?hash=item1c691f39c6:g:Q0oAAOSwOdpX1Z21&vxp=mtr Duosida EVSE Electric Car Charger EV PHEV Level 2- 16 Amps@240V (3.8kW) 2-in-1* $289 100-250V AC Input on a 6-20P plug http://www.ebay.com/itm/AeroVironment-TurboCord-Dual-Plug-in-EV-Charger-120-240-Volt-16-Amp/391608513777 AeroVironment TurboCord Dual Plug-in EV Charger, 120 & 240 Volt 16-Amp $475 ($450+shipping) http://hybridautocenter.com/HAC4/index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=show&cid=90&name=upgrade-service-for-nissan-leaf-level-1-evse-charger-j1772&Itemid=605 UPGRADE SERVICE for Nissan Leaf Level 1 EVSE Charger J1772 $289 No, I like the idea of not having to be stuck with an L1-only EVSE I do not want, and like being able to buy a dual voltage EVSE on my own at a lower that $500 price. For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Bolt-EV-s-In-Production-tp4684295p4684299.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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
