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CHEVY VOLT UPDATE: GM?s Affordable Wall Charger Costs A Lot To Install. ?For the record, the Chevy?

By Glenn Reynolds

CHEVY VOLT UPDATE: GM’s Affordable Wall Charger Costs A Lot To Install. “For the record, the Chevy Volt can plug into any old 120 volt wall socket and be fully charged in ten hours. Those looking for a bit more efficiency might opt for the wall charger, which alone costs just $490. So if you?re a skilled electrician and have the certification, you can install it yourself and you?re ready to go. For the rest of us, installation will cost around $1,475, bringing total costs closer to $2,000. Yikes! And this is for a car that goes just 25 to 50 miles on an electric charge.”

Related: Alan Boyle: Ride Along With The Chevy Volt. “Until recently, Chevrolet said the Volt should be able to stay in all-electric mode for the first 40 miles of travel ? a range that covers most of the trips the typical driver makes in the course of a day. Now those figures have been revised to a 25- to 50-mile all-electric range, depending on driving conditions and driver behavior.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 09, 2010 (boomark / email).