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You might be hearing the pedestrian alert system that engages when the vehicle is traveling 18 mph or slower. It's a white noise that sorta sounds like a turbine from a long distance away, that emanates from a speaker at the front of the car. I find it rather annoying when I have the windows...

Download the Plugshare app. It shows a map overlay with charging stations (type sortable via settings). If you select a charge station it provides detailed info about the stations location, type, operational status and precise directions, location and pictures of the chargers. Keith T.

My Spark has 59,800 miles and Torque pro says the battery is at 15.1kwh!! :o Think it's doing very well for a 2014 baby. :lol:

Never have had a RFID card from Greenlots, always use the phone app and never had a problem.

I stand by my post. I have run the AC with the AUTO feature disabled and never seen the car try to heat the vehicle. I watch the power consumption meter like a hawk and would immediately notice a 6-8kw drain. Have never seen this, except when I am asking the car to heat the vehicle. How ever I...

As long as you DON'T have the climate control set to AUTO it will not try to heat the car. So in short, turn off auto feature on the climate control and it will only cool the vehicle. Turn on the AUTO feature and it tries to maintain the set temp by both heating and cooling the car...

Great info!! I lost about 2kwh in capacity last fall. My GOM suddenly dropped 10miles in range in about a 1/2 mile (from a fully charged battery). I did have about 43,000 miles on the clock when that happened. Was rather distressing to see the range drop 10 miles like someone was siphoning off...

I see the same 3.4 volt max on the cells in my 2014 Spark. I know the literature I have seen says 96 cells, but I think the A123 units must have more in parallel to get the 19kwh capacity of the battery, otherwise the cell voltage would be higher. I knew something was up when I divided the...

MrDrMorgan, Your welcome!! I thought others would find this "hack" useful, so shared it with the community.

Bought my 2014 Spark 15 months ago with 35,000 miles on it. Now has 48,000 range runs 83-95 miles (depending on how efficiently you drive. I'm an old hyper miler so get 6-7 miles/kw in town, 5 miles/kw freeway). Battery capacity is 15.8 KW, I fast charge about 6-10 times a month as I frequently...

My OBDII device should be delivered to me tomorrow and I am looking forward to start testing. It seems this would be an excellent way to test the HV battery and other things in a used Spark EV before buying it. My thoughts exactly!! You can see the battery capacity and individual cell...

There's a long list of PIDS you"ll have to scroll threw and select the ones you want. Good thing is they are active and reporting in the list ( as long as your paired to the OBDII unit and it's plugged into the port ), so it makes the decision of whether you want to watch it easier. There are...

Yes, it is a hidden file. You have to go into settings, then "explore" and that will open internal storage where you will see all your files. One should be labeled"torque". You'll have to copy the PID file from the download folder and add it to the "Torque" folder. Then open torque pro and...

On TorquePro's website they say it will run on any android platform and show it running on a Nexus S. Beyond that I have no idea. Always been an android guy, not a Mac person. My phone is a Galaxy 7 Edge. If your Nexus won't run it you can always get an Android tablet to run it on.

Hi MrDr.Morgan, You need to get an OBDII, reader to plug into your Spark diagnostic port (located under the dash on the drivers side). The one I have is a wireless bluetooth model (https://www.ebay.com/p/OBDLink-MX-Bluetooth-Obd-II-Scan-Tool-Interface/626198486?iid=183238785408&chn=ps). Then...

Hi All, Just wanted to share some info. Those of you using torque pro to monitor your Spark, there are Bolt PIDS available now, instead of using VOLT PIDS. Here is a link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sY5n8WFu52U6a4_mg3MdcGcmDk3scAP8_muSy-BlXPc/edit#gid=1125667062 I installed the...

Well, just shy of 50K here (47,000) with no real issues to report, no maintenance (while I have owned it), just lots of fun driving!!

Actually I haven't notice any real change in ride. However the road noise increased markedly!! Also I use cruise control and drive in D on the freeway. At 55 I see 10-11kw consumption on the display on level ground with no headwind, though my Spark is a 2014 with the taller gearing.

Try increasing your tire pressure. I went to 45 psi and am able to get 5 miles/kw @ 55mph on the freeway. Best before was 4 miles/kw at the same speed. More tire pressure = less rolling resistance. You could also try drafting semi's if your feeling adventurous/lucky.

Nearest L3 charger is 5 miles (Greenlots 50KW), with 5 more scattered around the city, 8+ Evgo chargers too, however I try not to use them unless absolutely needed as Greenlots is $.23/KW with no time limit, vs Evgo's charges/limits.