Cheap Cost Of Recharge Volt 
Plugs and Cars
JULY 13, 2011
All plug-in cars these days come with a 120-volt charge cord. This will actually be sufficient for many if not most Volt drivers, and quite a few LEAF drivers. An empty Volt pack will take 10 hours to fully recharge; an empty LEAF about 20 hours. And the cost to the consumer to enable the 120V cordset?
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2009
Infrastructure, recharging and business models. Every [Volt] will come equipped so you have some type of charger. Who is going to install that 240 volt charging system in the garage if that’s what somebody chooses to do? Electricity is a cheap entity—not a commodity, but is its fundamentally very cheap.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The system consists of up to modules holding lithium-ion batteries or ultracapacitors, a gas generator for recharging the batteries while driving and a complex array of software and circuit boards that juggle electrical loads to maximize performance and drive time. Lower maintenance and fuel costs, however, will mean a two-year payback.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Electricity costs are relatively inexpensive. Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap. New investments in battery technology and production are announced daily.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. This attention to costs is one reason that BYD has made money consistently even as it has expanded into new businesses.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle.
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