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    Battery degredation

    Well, it's good to know that GOM still displays high range on a high mileage Spark EV, but unfortunately yours and probably the 100k one use A123 batteries, and comparing those to the LG Chem batteries in the newer models is probably like comparing apples to oranges. Things will get even more...
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    Battery degredation

    So, who has put the most mileage on their owned Chevy Spark EV by now? Is there a point where degradation at least starts to plateau off, or will the battery just keep gradually melting away with every mile, down to 14 kWh, 13 kWh, 12 kWh...until you can't even get 40 miles out of the car on a...
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    New member looking to buy, with a few questions

    Well, I thank you for clarifying and helping to assuage some of my worries about potentially owning this vehicle. It seems that the weather can affect the battery's capacity more than gradual wear-and-tear does, though down here in southern Texas I have to worry more about the summers than the...
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    New member looking to buy, with a few questions

    Wait, so was the drop from 18 kWh to 16.5 kWh that 1.5 kWh drop that occurred 6 months before return, implying that there was very little battery degradation prior to that sudden drop, or did it drop an ADDITIONAL 1.5 kWh down to 15 kWh? If it's the latter, that makes me very VERY concerned...
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