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How long did it take to get the replacement cordset?

This weekI brought home a new eGolf, manufactured 1/19. It came with the same charger as noted above. My charger works ok with no xmas tree effect.

Thank for the wise (and nice!) words. The discussion on this string was very helpful to me in preparing for my bid process. I didn't suggest a price. I asked for best price proposals from several dealers. There were three clusters of proposals. One way high cluster, one in the middle, and one...

I purchased a new 2019 e-Golf SEL Premium on 7/30/19 from Heritage VW in Baltimore. Financed with VW Credit at 5.9% to get this price. I used a two-step bid process to discover this price. Discount of $11,250 from MSRP. MSRP including destination: $40,190 Selling price...

industry observation on VW dealers in DC suburbs (VA). https://www.reddit.com/r/askcarsales/comments/c8cem6/moving_to_virginia_hows_car_sales/

Good question. I didn't think to ask my dealer. They aren't on the map as having a charger.

This is almost identical to my 2019 experience when my OEM EVSE failed under warranty. Service didn't have a spare for testing, wouldn't loan one from a car on the lot, warehouse didn't have one in stock. Took two weeks to deliver the replacement. But my car is a Chevy Volt. I'm lurking here...

Re MD excise tax credit: My experience 3 years ago when I leased a Volt was that the money was used up for that fiscal year. MVA wouldn't put new requests into a waiting list for payment when the funding was replenished. If you applied when the money was available, great. If not, too bad, end...

Thanks for sharing. I'm in the DC area and leasing an e-Golf soon. Questions: 1) What did they tell you about the status/outlook for the MD excise tax credit for EVs? 2) How much did the dealer discount the car? (Not counting the $1150 all channel cash from VW or the $7500 from the feds.) 3)...

Thank you for that link. The Volt EVSE hack does not require rewiring the EVSE. You create or buy a converter cord. For example, start with an oven cord from Home Depot. At one end of this converter cord you add a heavy duty 3 hole 120v socket. Black hot goes to the left hole. White hot...

This post covers the topic. https://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?218442-2016-Volt-120v-EVSE-is-L1-L2-Conversion-Capable The post also has links to pictures of the Clipper Creek circuit board inside the Volt EVSE box. The white wire can take hot in addition to the hot already coming in via...

if the TE is used in Europe, won't it have to support 240?

The cordset that came standard with my USA market Chevy Volt is built to accept 240v. The internals are made by Clipper Creek. They were built to support both 120 and 240 markets. Many people have built converter plugs to supply 110v/120v on both legs, using a dryer or welding circuit. This...