It’s somewhat shocking to think that a long 14 years lapsed between the termination of GM’s first all-electric vehicle – the EV1, in 1999 – and the launch of the Chevrolet Spark EV. Since the car’s introduction in select markets in 2013, General Motors has been slow to work toward a more broad release for the electric car, with plans to bring it to its first East Coast market later this year.
Nevertheless, Chevrolet is rolling out the advertising, having just published these two ads to the automaker’s official YouTube channel. Not surprisingly, the ads center on the utility (and novelty) of the electric powertrain.
The 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV can travel 82 miles on a full battery charge – not quite a tremendous range, but safely more than the average consumer needs to commute to work or the grocery store. And, it accomplishes that with a mere 21.3 kWh of capacity, which can be charged up to 80 percent in 20 minutes with the fastest available charger. Should you spring for the optional 240 V charger in your own home, charge time is still a very manageable 7 hours (compared to 17 hours with the standard 120 V unit).
Don’t take our word for it; watch the ads below for Chevy’s presentation of the important numbers.
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We need to know if:
A) GM will sell the Spark EV nation wide
B) What are the specs for the 2016 Spark EV
These two will let potential customers decide if to buy a Spark EV now in 2015 or wait until 2016 for the Bolt.
Just got our 2015 Spark EV here in the Bay Area and we love it so far. It’s a blast to drive. Lots to learn — we haven’t tried fast charging yet. We have a Level 2 charger already in our garage to charge our Volt, so the cars will take turns using that. We’re now an EV-only home, helping to reduce air pollution both locally on the streets (for all the cyclists and runners) and in the atmosphere. Next is solar on the roof!