well, its been a while- perhaps an update.
half way through my second winter in my 2014 chevy spark ev. Still love my spark, especially the torque up 7% highway mountain grades! Could use a better windshield defroster, as the windshield won't completely clear in wet snowy commutes (better...
-10F this morning in Colorado foothills- GOM at 60 miles full car outside in the snow. My full service onstar subscription that came with the car expired a few days ago, so don't have all the other info. The precondition still works in the app, so i still do that. But on a L1 trickle- still...
well, only got down to -9F this morning...no real difference than 20F in range or comfort (for me or my battery heater). Its always a good thing when you can be impressed by good engineering.
made it in to work today - about 2°F this morning. takes a little while for the heater to warm up during preheat- and the electric power steering was a bit stiff - but hot coffee felt much better! -10 to -15 tonight - but if it snows a bunch, will work from home...
good to hear another colorado import plan got in under the old tax rules! Have another month until these tax rules change everyone. next year starts the (up to) $5k off at the dealership for a Bolt, so not all that bad - just no more used imports...
I watched a lot of the on-line reviews in deciding to make my jump into Spark EV love. i think this one was my favorite and most useful. What was yours?
https://youtu.be/YAG8QpbEAS4
60 miles range in snow sounds right. have to run that front defrost pretty high to keep snow from building up. i was expecting this - so my 25 mile commute to work to plug in is within my acceptable range anxiety. A minus -20F morning - not sure about that...I was most impressed with the...
well, this morning was my first experience with my new (to me) 2014 spark ev in winter driving conditions. 11F this morning, 6" snow last night at 9000 ft here in the colorado foothills. I was plugged into 120v with a full charge over night in the driveway, and took the kids to school this...
After a few weeks daily driving this go-cart to and from work 50 miles a day, i am impressed. After spending years researching and understanding EVs, i have to say we all made a good choice. such a joy to drive twice a day - the EV grin is real and repeatable. If the Bolt really has sub-7...
Thanks all. Base onstar/mylink functionality setup and tested. Nice. After colorado tax credits- about $13.5 kilobucks with 18k miles. 2lt and no fast charger. Wont use sport mode- just push go more. Are only the tires different sizes, or the wheels too? Should fit a low-profile chains...
after a few years in the making, i am the owner of a gently used 2014 spark ev. Love this car so far - it climbs my 25 mile, 3000 ft daily commute home like a champ, and i get most of it back on the way down the hill. GreenEyed Motors in boulder has lots of different used imported EVs/Plug...
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101705_first-drive-chevy-bolt-ev-200-mile-electric-car-development-vehicle?fbfanpage
when i saw this today, i first thought it looked like a next gen Spark! is it just a bit bigger, with 2x the range, and faster acceleration?