Re: GM's inductive EV death wedge

[Neil.G.Miller.98@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG (Neil G. Miller 98)]

--- Bruce EVangel Parmenter wrote:
I was hoping that with the CARB standard, and GM's nil EV
effort, conductive charging would be totally embraced. This
would make more public chargers possible as the installation
cost would be halved (only one AVCON is now needed, not an
AVCON 'and' a inductive).
--- end of quote ---

Are there any dual use units out there (i.e. One charger with AVCON and inductive outputs)? It doesn't seem like an all-in-one would be that much more expensive a charger that does only one. I would think (not knowing much about chargers) that most of the parts would be common between the two.

Are there any issues with that sort of setup? It seems like the ideal solution, one where both groups of EV users are happy and the 'wedge danger' is gone.

-n