Chevrolet Spark EV

Ad-Supported Car Sharing Gives 2 Electric-Car Hours Free In LA
Stephen Edelstein January 26, 2016

WaiveCar lets users rent a Chevrolet Spark EV for two hours free, and pays for it with ads.
Why We Call Out Compliance Cars Among All Electric Vehicles
Often reader comments raise issues that are worth covering for a broader audience. So when our reader Brian Lakatos wrote to ask us about the tone of recent coverage of electric cars, we responded at some length--and then decided to turn the response into an article. (Plus, we hate wasting copy...
John Voelcker May 4, 2015
Google Gets Chevy Spark EV Electric Cars For Ride-Sharing Test
GM will test a ride-sharing program on the Google campus using Chevrolet Spark EV electric cars.
Stephen Edelstein May 21, 2014

2015 Chevrolet Spark EV Switches Battery Cells; 82-Mile Range Remains
The Chevrolet Spark EV has been on the market for only a year, but already it's being updated. And in this case, the update is major: The 2015 Chevy Spark EV will have an entirely new battery pack. General Motors announced yesterday that it will bring assembly of the electric Spark's battery...
John Voelcker May 15, 2014
GM Is Serious About Electric Cars, Despite Grumbling By Advocates
Sometimes memories are short. Electric-car advocates often forget that it took seven years from the first Toyota Prius hybrid, launched in Japan in 1997, until sales of the second-generation Prius started to grow in global markets. Now, General Motors appears to be the subject of suspicion and...
John Voelcker April 10, 2014
Electric-Car Sales Surge In South Korea, Supported By Subsidies
Sales of plug-in electric cars are very regional right now, globally as well as within the United States. Norway, for instance, has seen electric-car sales soar because it offers financial incentives and other benefits that aren't available to drivers of vehicles with combustion engines. Now we can...
John Voelcker April 3, 2014
Compliance Car Update: Which Electric Cars Are Loss Leaders?
Bengt Halvorson March 25, 2014

The Fiat 500e is perhaps the most critically lauded new all-electric vehicle that arrived in 2013. It's received rave reviews from unlikely sources, like buff-book magazines—even from Consumer Reports. There's reportedly been a long waiting list for these cars, with a $199/month lease deal and, yes, even some reports of markups. Yet Fiat has sold only a few hundred of these sought-after machines. Why? Because the automaker doesn't want to sell one more car than it has to. The Fiat 500e is a vehicle that Fiat Chrysler didn't really want to make, one on which the automaker will likely...
'Quietest, Slowest' Comparison Ever: 6 Electric Cars Tested By Car And Driver
Oh, to have the resources available to Car and Driver, which published in its March issue a lengthy comparison test among six battery-electric cars. They are the Chevrolet Spark EV, Fiat 500e, Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV, Nissan Leaf, and Smart Electric Drive Cabrio. MORE: Electric Cars'...
John Voelcker March 10, 2014

Buying An Electric 'Compliance Car'? Think Hard About Servicing First
There are now more than a dozen plug-in electric cars for sale in the U.S., but not all electric cars are created equal. And a pair of recent articles about service challenges experienced by owners of the Toyota RAV4 EV underscores that buyers should be fully aware of the context in which their...
John Voelcker February 26, 2014