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...Vehicle Technical Center, a facility advanced enough to have automakers knocking. Ford's plug-in hybrid Escape SUVs have been tested there, and others, such as Mitsubishi's iMiEV subcompact and Daimler's plug-in hybrid van, are under review. General Motors' much anticipated plug-in hybrid, the Chevy Volt, has been put through its paces in Pomona...
While EV owners can charge the cars by plugging them into a regular 110-volt outlet, the "slow charge" can take up to eight hours and may jack up an electric bill the equivalent of 2 kilowatts per month. Most e-car owners will eventually want to plug in their faster, highway-approved EVs into new rapid-charging, 220-volt garage chargers. But that requires another step: finding a certified electrician and several thousand more dollars to install the add-on feature to the home or garage...
...complicate matters more, an influx of 220-volt chargers on one block, even just two or three per a typical circuit (10 to 12 homes), could overwhelm the system, according to Craver. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...free time, Kaufmann spreads the EV word at Environmental Motors in nearby Glendale, one of a handful of EV dealers in the region. He doesn't worry about the cost of charging up at home either. The Zenn has an on-board charger and plugs into his standard 110-volt socket, which Kaufmann compares to plugging in a cell phone. Others claim it draws more like a dehumidifier. Still, says Kaufman, "I don't even notice it on my electric bill...
...also promising to deliver a new range of subcompact and compact cars starting next year, along with the battery-powered Chevrolet Volt. GM has five new small cars on the drawing board, including two versions of the Cruise that will replace the Chevrolet Cobalt next spring. In addition, Henderson has confirmed that GM is working on a new family of small cars that, following the intervention of the United Auto Workers, will be built in Michigan rather than China, where GM originally planned to make them. Henderson says the new small cars will be affordable and profitable...