With the recent announcement of an all-electric Chevrolet Spark bound for the U.S. market in 2013, engineers have begun work on validating early versions of the electric motor that will power the vehicle in a test facility in Wixom, Michigan — just outside of Detroit.
The motor must go through this process before it begins full assembly in its designated plant in White Marsh, Md. It is a permanent magnet electric motor and will generate 85 kW, or 114 hp.
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Any idea of range and price of Spark EV?
Nobody is talking yet.
I thought I read 80 miles; maybe that is the India version.
You read correctly, but the electric Spark one-off displayed in India had a smaller motor, and therefore we can’t base much off it.
Ok, thx… Look forward to hearing more GMA…
Is 114hp the same from an electric as it is from a gas engine, how does torque play into an electric.