Free charging for electric cars will be available for customers at some Tesco stores from next year.
Tesco, in partnership with Volkswagen, plans to install almost 2,500 charging bays at up to 600 stores by 2020.
A standard 7 kW charger will be available for free, but drivers will have to pay for a faster service.
Customers will be able to leave their cars to charge while doing their shopping, which should give time for a "substantial" free charge, VW said.
Adding chargers to the supermarket parking lots will offer convenience for EV driving shoppers, and normalize EV use for others by increasing their visibility.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday December 01 2018, @03:08AM (3 children)
That's a shame -- the Volt is the only Chevy I'd consider (having grown up in the 80s, it's hard for me to shake the reputation GM made for itself with its craptastic products). 56 miles of EV is fine for most daily commuting and having the ability to drive as far as you want to gas it up seems to me a major selling point. I just wish it wasn't a Chevy.
(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Saturday December 01 2018, @08:39AM (2 children)
As far as I can tell, the Bolt is just an all-electric version of the Volt, with a slightly newer design for some cabin components. I know my father has fallen in love with the formerly-leased Bolt he bought earlier this year.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday December 01 2018, @05:39PM
The Volt looks nicer than the Bolt which from the outside at least, looks very much like an econobox hatchback.
(Score: 2) by NewNic on Monday December 03 2018, @06:36PM
Are you striving for the least informative post in this thread?
The Bolt is built on a unique platform. It was designed in S. Korea.
The Volt is built on GM's compact vehicle platform called the Delta II. The cars are visually very dissimilar.
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