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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·17 hours agobecause the chevy volt uses a J1772 charge plug which, unlike the Type 2 used in Europe, doesn’t have a lock in it. this is a very annoying fact about the chevy volt.
minus-squarelengaulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoMany cars with CCS type 1 will lock a J1772 the same way they lock the type 1 port. Sad the Volt doesn’t.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoit does have a setting for triggering the alarm if you pull the cable out without unlocking the doors. which just feels like such a non-solution.
minus-squarelengaulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoThat’s a very “we’ll fix it in software!” solution
because the chevy volt uses a J1772 charge plug which, unlike the Type 2 used in Europe, doesn’t have a lock in it.
this is a very annoying fact about the chevy volt.
Many cars with CCS type 1 will lock a J1772 the same way they lock the type 1 port. Sad the Volt doesn’t.
it does have a setting for triggering the alarm if you pull the cable out without unlocking the doors. which just feels like such a non-solution.
That’s a very “we’ll fix it in software!” solution