Siphon rule

what’s the point of siphoning gas if you can’t even drink a little bit of it in the process

This is amazing. Why is the cord wrapped through the wheel tho?

They have a padlock on it
- Because they think people keep stealing their charge cables because they need one; and not that they want to want to turn that sweet copper into cash.
- Gotcha even better lol.
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.
My guess would have been strain relief if something tripped over the wire and pulled on it. Instead of putting pressure on the port on the car, it will instead put pressure on the knot by the tire.
But looking at the other answers I guess I was wrong lol.

isn't supposed to be super high voltage to work ? or maybe this would be super slow ?

Most EVs can charge off kf a regular socket using a dedicated cable.
It can take days to charge.
- Can confirm. Mine will take about 3 days to charge from very low to full on a regular wall outlet. Still worth it sometimes though, like when I'm visiting family or camping or something. If I'm gonna spend the day somewhere (like 6+ hours, let's say) it might be worth it.
that's a first-gen chevy volt from 2012-2013. it can't fast-charge at all, it's limited to line voltage only. a full charge takes five hours, give or take. thankfully it's a hybrid.
There are 3 charging levels. 1 is basically just "plug your car into a wall outlet". 2 is more powerful, and usually involves installing a little charging box with a cable, but it's still AC and fairly slow. 3 is the DC fast charging that operates at crazy high voltages and currents.
- In much of the world the wall plug is the bottom end of level 2.
The car can take 120/240 V AC input. Internally, there's a AC to DC rectifier that brings the voltage up to the internal battery's voltage. For 120V 15A charging, this is pretty slow in general since EV batteries have a large capacity.
I changed off a 12v 20amp outlet for over a year at my house till the charger was installed. It would take 12 hours to charge from empty to full but never had that happen except going on trips, then I would use the DC charging stations.
- You have a 12V outlet? Why not use 120V or 220V that everyone has?

we're about to see the age of electrical outlets needing quarters to work

If you paint the chord in camo you can leave it there and no one would know.