So... this really annoyed me...
My sister bought a new 2017 volt (AWESOME)... so as a thank you I hooked her up with a NEMA 14-50 outlet and bought a L2 16A connector for ~$300 to upgrade from the POS L1 connector that comes with the car. Then I see this online today. It's a L2 board!! Rated to 250v!! WHY?! This is absurd! Why on earth would GM equip their cars with a L2 mobile connector then downgrade it to L1? Not sure what makes me angrier... that I wasted $300 when I could have just spliced a 240v plug on the end and it would have worked fine or that GM seems obsessed with ensuring their EVs are as unappealing as possible....
Here's a link to the Volt OEM connector... no indication at all that it's L2 compatible...
My sister bought a new 2017 volt (AWESOME)... so as a thank you I hooked her up with a NEMA 14-50 outlet and bought a L2 16A connector for ~$300 to upgrade from the POS L1 connector that comes with the car. Then I see this online today. It's a L2 board!! Rated to 250v!! WHY?! This is absurd! Why on earth would GM equip their cars with a L2 mobile connector then downgrade it to L1? Not sure what makes me angrier... that I wasted $300 when I could have just spliced a 240v plug on the end and it would have worked fine or that GM seems obsessed with ensuring their EVs are as unappealing as possible....
Here's a link to the Volt OEM connector... no indication at all that it's L2 compatible...