Posted on 04/25/2022 9:55:42 AM PDT by dynachrome
After debuting the Chevrolet Spark EV in 2012, the tiny electric tyke most known for a snazzy Lime color option went on sale four just three years, from 2013 to 2016. In that time, GM sold roughly 7,400 units, mostly in states with zero emissions vehicle mandates like California, Oregon, and Maryland. The grudging, compliance car aspect, old battery chemistry, tiny sales total explain why EV-Resource reports that GM has discontinued Spark EV battery packs. According to some Chevrolet parts departments the outlet contacted, the order system showed the hatchback's battery pack as unavailable as of April 7. An automaker district rep "who wished to remain anonymous" told EV-Resource, "We are no longer going to supply that battery."
The Spark EV started life with a battery pack provided by China's A123 Systems. Buyers suffered a spate of issues, so GM tied up with LG Chem to bring pack manufacture in-house from 2014 to 2016. GM provided an eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty on the battery, but that doesn't matter anymore if there are no packs to replace broken units with. And there's no third-party support for a comparatively inexpensive but complex model that sold in such tiny numbers. A Chevy dealer tech commented at the Spark EV Owner's Facebook page, "I’m not gonna miss working on these. They were the most labor intensive to work on compared to Volts, Bolts, Hybrid Tahoes and Malibu batteries."
(Excerpt) Read more at autos.yahoo.com ...
Just buy another electric car
Ah yes. GM doing what GM has done throughout its history. Hey, maybe they can resurrect the Chevy Vega, or any other one of their models that used to rust while sitting in your garage.
...at least the owners helped ‘save the Erf’...
Suckers all. I’d abandon the vehicle in front of one of Obama’s homes or his up and coming presidential library. A fitting sculpture to the biggest conman president in our history.
oh noes!
Also means the Dealer won’t service them.
more proof the reason manufacturers are doing evs so hard, they want an apple level purchase cycle.
Some other freeper swears its all other reasons but this.
a car less then a decade old will be inoperable, unless some 3rd party makes a replacement. good luck finding a mechanic willing to do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t.
I wonder the difference between the gasoline cost and the electric cost.
I wouldn’t buy a car named “spark”.
Ping.
And, of course, the cost when the battery craps out and has to be replaced.
I have a 2017 Chevy Spark______Gasoline powered...
The Spark EV started life with a battery pack provided by China’s A123 Systems
A123? What could possibly go wrong?
After debuting the Chevrolet Spark EV in 2012, the tiny electric tyke most known for a snazzy Lime color option went on sale four just three years, from 2013 to 2016. In that time, GM sold roughly 7,400 units, mostly in states with zero emissions vehicle mandates like California.
We have 3 families with several drivers in 3 different N. California locations.
For a while we had a family award for anyone who took a pic of a Spark EV being driven in their area.
We gave up after a couple of years with zero sightings!
SUCKERS!.................................
Car Gurus has listings this morning for a bunch used Sparks with about 50,000 miles, for about $15,000.
Let the buyer beware!
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-Chevrolet-Spark-EV-Dallas-d2205_L33702
Cash only. No checks, please.
“Suckers all. I’d abandon the vehicle in front of one of Obama’s homes or his up and coming presidential library.”
From the article which you did not read:
One owner related that “In a discussion with Criswell Chevrolet (of MD), they said, ‘if the battery had failed we wouldn’t replace it. There are none available so we would buy the car back.’” Others have been getting quotes from places like Carvana, the superheated market delivering tidy potential profits, with purchase figures ranging from $10,000 to $16,000. The used car sales site is asking close to $16,000 or more for Spark EVs from the final two model years.
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