According to an article at All Cars Electric, a number of Chevy Volt owners who regularly charge up their cars using standard 120v outlets and the included charging cable have noticed that the ...

“GM stated that was within their specifications and OK.” For some Volt owners, discoloration wasn’t the only thing happening to their charge cable. While some reported temperatures in ...

As a consequence, GM's decision to replace the 11,000 or so 120-volt charging cables already shipped with Volts is a smart one, especially given the Chevrolet Volt’s recent poor press.

Volt spokesman Rob Peterson tells us that GM found owners were plugging ... increased in size in the section of cable running from the plug to the charging unit. Peterson claims the cord ...

With the help of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Transportation Electrification Initiative, the program will result in the installation of 4,400 free charging stations. On ...

The people from General Motors drop off the Chevrolet Volt ... engineers ran a cable out to the vehicle, so I could add some more electricity. Four and a half hours of charging gave me about ...

“Chevrolet used the real-world experiences of today’s Volt owners to make the charging process simpler and more convenient in the next-generation Volt,” said Andrew Farah, chief engineer for ...

DETROIT (Reuters) -- General Motors said on Thursday it will replace the 120-volt charging cords for ... For example, GM increased the cord's cable size to enhance durability, he said.

The Chevrolet Volt that stopped people in their ... When I drove the Volt around town, I left the 120-volt charging cable in the garage because I was too lazy, and too much in a hurry, to coil ...

Dislikes: Not available with fast-charging technology, poor emergency-braking distance. Not only does the Chevrolet Volt have an impressive 53 miles of pure-electric range, its hybrid setup makes ...