Been a while since I've been on here, still happily driving my 2015 Spark EV purchased back in September 2017. Thanks to a recent $600 stimulus check, I thought I would spend it on a generator for emergency preparedness. Power outages in the Dallas Fort Worth Texas area are uncommon, and I cannot th...

Why not place something inflatable in the back seat and/or cargo area (if the idea is to reduce the amount of cubic feet of space to heat)? Heat will eventually transfer to the inside of the inflatable, depends on how well insulated the inflatable is, but for shorter trips it may at least be somewha...

I am quite pleased with EVgo fast charging in Texas, which is good since they are currently the only provider. I am on an infrastructure island in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. If you have not checked out their current plan offerings, take a look. I am on a $10/month plan and only pay more than $10 if...

Up to 37,991 miles and just finished another charge to 100% with a range of exactly 82 miles!

I guess I have a thing for it being exactly 82, which to my knowledge is the EPA rated range when brand new.

While tossing around crazy ideas, how about listing the Spark EV on a peer-to-peer rental site (i.e. turo.com)? If that generates enough revenue, it might even pay for some kind of garage space, even if just a storage space with 120v electricity, near the airport where it would be a short cab/uber/l...

and NOBODY is stealing that EVSE - the car is parked on top of it. The white hat hacker in me can't help but chime in here. I would think anyone with a jack in their car (most people, but amazingly not most Spark EV drivers) could easily jack up the car and take off with the EVSE and 2x4. It's been...

xylhim wrote:A while ago I remember a poster here showing their custom license plate for their Spark EV as "gto tsla" or something of the like.

Hey now! Last month thanks to significant annual fuel savings, I felt compelled to splurge on a custom license plate to raise local awareness! Texas "SPARK EV" FTW!

Saw the 100k post and it inspired me to chime in since when I pulled into my driveway moments ago, the ODO read exactly 36,000. So I guess whatever 3 year 36k mile warranty I might have enjoyed as a secondhand owner may have just expired. Not a big concern. Buying this car was a huge leap of faith i...

Good advice. I should take it to the Modifications & Accessories section if I want to go full ninja.

I'm pretty sure there is a law that you need working brake lights. :roll: In fact I think the Feds have now made some sort of law for us EV Geeks about decelerating above a certain G rate requires a brake light. Nope. Can't understand why you feel strongly about this subject,, especially with your ...