Chevy Spark EV Forum

There’s been some back and forth, so take this news with a chance it could be changed in the future. Chevrolet Canada has announced the Chevy Spark EV will be available for public sale, not just fleet sales, starting with the 2015 model year. Robert Pagé, Communications Manager at GM Canada, has confirmed, and re-confirmed […] Continue reading ->

The Chevrolet Spark EV has been selling right around 100 vehicles each month, and although that isn’t very many, GM says that people are very excited about the car. GM says it is still ramping up distribution of the Spark EV “so some of that (low inventory/sales) is due to getting the product to the […] Continue reading ->

Starting on June 19th with the first Chevrolet Spark electric vehicle sold, the automaker managed 27 sales before the end of the month. GM shipped about 75 units to dealers before the end of the month, so 27 sales is quite high. Compared to the Smart Electric Drive, which sold 60 in its debut month […] Continue reading ->

Recently, Edmunds took the Fiat 500e for a test drive, and they liked it. Starting with the bad, their main concern was the cargo and passenger space the battery pack took up. They were also disappointed that Fiat will only be selling the 500e in California, initially at least. Edmunds wasimpressed with the wide array […] Continue reading ->

Back in March, Chevy reps said the Spark EV would be on sale by July if everything went according to plan. Here we are, 2 weeks to July, and Chevy has shipped 2014 Spark EVs to at least 2 dealerships in California. That means shipments are on there way to other dealerships, and likely to […] Continue reading ->

Chevrolet announced pricing for the Chevy Spark EV today. The new 2013 Spark EV 1lt has an MSRP of $27,495 before tax incentives. After the full $7500 federal tax credit, the total price is $19,995 which includes the $810 destination freight charge. The pricing announcement puts the Chevy Spark EV almost $1000 cheaper than the […] Continue reading ->

In our article discussing some of the confusing information surrounding the upcoming 2014 Chevy Spark EV, we discussed how the 400lb-ft of torque isn’t the motor rating, but the final torque after gear multiplication is factored in. InsideEVs had a lively discussion going and it attracted the attention of GM’s General Director for Electric Drives […] Continue reading ->