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I returned a 2014 Spark EV with Kumho tires with no problems.

I would get the 2015. The suspension is better tuned so the ride is nicer. It's noticeable to me.

I would get the 2015. The suspension is better tuned so the ride is nicer. It's noticeable to me.

I have both cars - a 2014 with 26k miles and a 2015 with 1k miles. I agree with your comments. The highway efficiency is less with the 2015, although overall effiency (mixed city and hwy) is better. The 2015 has better acceleration at the low end. The suspension on the 2015 also feels more...

I also live in Half Moon Bay (hi ezyryder!). my commute to SF is 68 miles round trip with about 5000 ft of climbing. 50/50 city and hwy, no charging at work. I have 26k miles on my black Spark EV. I usually have 20 miles or so left on the battery when I get home. I get about 5 mi/kWh on this...

Add me to the list of owners with this problem.

Nearly 21K miles and I have 140 mpge so far. I have hills that I cross every day. Still very happy with the efficiency.

I commute 70 miles r/t so range is important. But traction and safety are even more so. That's why I made the trade off. I think you may feel the same when you get more miles on your car. The original tires are very slippery.

My front tires wore out at 16K miles. I didn't like the lack of traction with the OEM's, and with rainy season coming up, I replaced them with non-LRR tires from Kumho. I have driven the new tires for about 1000 miles. Based on the miles/kwh efficiency on regular driving routes, I estimate...

Just went over 16K miles. Leased one year ago. I'm screwed on the 12K annual lease miles. At this rate, I will have to return it in 2.3 years. I will buy the next one for sure. Never imagined I would enjoy driving an electric car so much. Goes so well with my solar panels :mrgreen:

I think the Volt is suffering from customer anticipation of the next model year announcements.

Here's the latest EV sales numbers: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094705_plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-sept-leaf-up-again-volt-down/page-2 Spark EV just sold 51 units in September. It appears to be plummeting. I'm sorry to see this well designed car lose momentum in the marketplace...

Yeah, it was total BS. I called the dealer and another tire chain. Both said plenty of drivers mix and match. I reported this incident on their Yelp page. I don't know how those kind of people can sleep at night.

At 16K miles, my front tires are wearing thin. I was thinking of replacing them with non low rolling resistance tires for better traction. The rears still look great. The tire shop I went to insists it's not safe to mix them, and is trying to get me to buy 4 new tires. Anybody know if...

No point continuing this thread. You're clearly not interested in a discussion. You're just spewing knee-jerk, wise-ass comments. I admire your passion for EV's and the energy you put into promoting the technology. But you would serve the movement so much better if you acted as an...

No, hydrogen would not be for me. I love my EV and solar panels on the roof. My point is the more choice the better. Different users will decide on what's best for them.

Why is the debate about hydrogen vs electric cars? Why can't both co-exist? It seems to me that the market is big enough to support both. The logical, initial niche for hydrogen is for fleets - like delivery trucks and buses, etc. The logical niche for EVs is commuters with defined ranges...

I thought it was a wonderful article. Captures exactly why I got my Spark EV and why I just love driving it around. I have >14K miles on the odometer in 9 months to prove it :) I sure hope GM continues the line after my lease runs out (or more precisely - when I run out of miles on the...

I experience the same skidding issues and agree with the above answer - except the "Nothing to worry about..." part. I do appreciate the extra m/kwh, but I remain very aware that my tires are not as grippy as normal. I'm careful going around turns and on wet roads. Fortunately, I'm in...

I have the same problem. No matter how I set the timed charging, it always starts charging right away. I've not bothered to take it into the dealer as I'm sure they would not know how to deal with it. I just set an alarm for 9pm to plug the car in. There was a Chevy engineer on this forum...