On Friday, March 18, a silver Chevrolet Volt visited Grand Valley’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center. It was the first vehicle to be charged by the first electric charging station at Grand Valley.
Arn Boezaart, director of MAREC, took the Volt for a test drive to
Muskegon Community College and back — a 13-mile round trip. “It runs
as quiet as a golf cart,” he said. “At one point I forgot whether the
car was on or not.”
The charging station at Grand Valley can charge two vehicles at
once; 220-volts charges up to 12 miles per half hour, 110-volts
charges five miles per half hour.
The visit was part of a local
tour facilitated by the Muskegon Chronicle.
