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Norton asked: I'm assuming they just topped the coolant off although the work, all under warranty, was not detailed suggesting the top off. I've not had an issue with charging since.

I've got a 2014 LT1 that I bought two years ago with 10,000 on the clock. I replaced the original front tires at roughly 20,000 and then the next year with about 38,000, I replaced all four after I apparently destroyed one of the rear tires with something on the road. Made a trip last weekend...

Thanks for the correction on the full capacity. It like a lot of things regarding this point in EVs evolution, are based on inadvertent errors and it is always good to clarify the few concrete facts. But as you point out, the best anyone can muster is KWh range. This is not a criticism of...

I was feeling pretty good about the degradation on my early (Feb 2013 first registration by GM in Michigan) 2014 Spark EV (serial # ends in 000067) last summer. The division method of estimating capacity was showing 15.2 kw capacity as late as last October. I had just turned 20000 miles - I...

Well, if I have to go first, I suppose I could. I was rather notorious for such silliness about 50 years ago, having set the record for driving around the local drive-in cafe in reverse back in the day. I just assumed that some of the hot rodders would be intrigued enough to actually 'do it...

Seriously, what software limits are built into the Spark EV in reverse mode? We know the spark ev finds 'reverse' by changing the way electricity is routed to the electric motor - it reverses polarity and the whole motor just spins backwards. But were all the software limits that exist, such...

sTeeve: Really like the invite but I've got issues with FB ... Visceral issues ... I run a hyperlocal community social network and was doing quite well during the 2000's but FB came on the scene and with everyone from the local TV anchors, small town chamber folks, county coroners and the...

Bought my spark LT1 EV from another fellow in the Atlanta metro area. I mentioned its history in my introductory post - it was originally registered in Michigan in February 2013 as a Factory fleet car. It had just over 10,000 mi. on the odometer and from what I can figure it has just a little...

SparkE check copart.com ... this is one of a couple likely places your vehicle will go if it is deemed a total loss by the insurance company. They tend to be very hard about a person keeping their car when they pay for a total loss. Right now there is one 2016 spark EVs waiting for its day on...

I'm astounded that no one brought up, not the cost of fueling an ICE vehicle, but the necessity of the effort of fueling an ICE. The vast majority of people with EV's charge only at home, at work or both and so never have to even visit a service station. I don't know the gentleman's distance...

There is actually a reasonable explanation and I'd say you were about half-way there when you guessed cost. The other half of the equation is that only a very small portion of humanity is double-jointed meaning the driver - who is most often the only person in the car - can reach the pocket in...

I'm surrounded by two lane roads and paved pig trails. Being from the region in the east where the Appalachian's begin just west and north of Atlanta, most roads meander through the countryside. The only really straight roads are state highways where the combination of traffic and hills keeps...

Actually, it does present on the screen. The maps are not a per-item cost and the app does display on the screen and presumably also provides some additional EV-centric data including mapping range on screen. If you have a capable phone - basically something with 16 gigs of internal memory -...

Being just outside Atlanta, the winter is relatively mild. It has been in the low 60s the last couple of days and, in my first battery capacity test, I drove somewhat gingerly. It gave me a range of 73 miles this morning (it conditioned itself yesterday before the 'test.') One of the key...

Nope, not a Canadian. Born and bred in Dixie. Grew up callin hogs and now in a state where they call the dogs. I would ask if you are German, though. neomaxcom