Recent content by TomK

After doing a bit of reading regarding fast charging and how the vehicle monitors battery state of charge, i think the main issue is that for some reason the car is reporting 80% SoC when i use the DCFC even when it is at much less. Very likely due to losses that happen after measuring how...

I"m posting this as an update to a previous thread regarding the effects of fast charging on the perceived efficiency of the vehicle (e.g. miles/kWh). https://www.mychevysparkev.com/threads/effects-of-fast-charging-and-efficiency-miles-kwh.9553/post-29923 I have had a similar experience...

I can confirm that the 12V battery is critical. I left my car unplugged for a week in temps between 0-10F. The 12V battery is still original and did not do so well. Got the "Unable to charge" message on the dash (even without plugging in). I put a battery charger on the 12V battery and was...

Blink DC Fast Chargers around Minneapolis Metro area seem to not work with my 2015 Spark. I took my spark to MSP airport on Nov 1st with temps in the 30s in the early morning. It was a 45 mile trip so i figured i might have to charge on the way since that would have been close to max range...

That sucks. Real bummer. Did you notice any indication of the battery performance decreasing over the last few weeks leading up to this? I keep an eye on my min/max cell voltages but not sure if that is enough. This was the one hesitation that i had of purchasing mine about two months...

Well, not sure how to tell you this, but she's right, I'm sorry. The trunk is pretty small. So if you have to shuttle kids around in it, it might be tough to make it work. Otherwise, the rear seats fold down and give you plenty of space for most daily activity. I typically buy 4-6 50lbs...

Must be nice. But to me $20k is prohibitively expensive as price of entry. My last 4 cars combined didn't cost that much. $5500 for a commuter vehicle these days is pretty good in itself but no other vehicle will offset the purchase price like this one. It's a bit of a gamble with the...

I figured it was that one just wanted to leave expletive's out of this thread. New hires in my group will get the FNG plaque passed to them in a ceremonial fashion. Gotta keep it interesting.

FNG? Fun New Guy? Or something else? I agree with your statement but i still think as for miles/kWh driven, these cars have to be close to the top of the field even by todays standards. The spark was the most economical vehicle i could find that would actually do the 52 mile round trip for...

You need to push both bottons in as you pull up on the head rest. You also won't have enough clearance to get it out, so yo need to unlock the seat back and fold it forward.

I finally got the LELink adapter and downloaded EngineLink for Iphones. Seems to work pretty good and i found a csv of the chevy bolt PIDs by Sean Graham. I messed around with different objects but i am having some trouble with some of them not updating properly. Max and Min Cell V -- i...

I have been experimenting with this and it seems to be very difficult to hit 80%. I'm typically between 75-85%, but most of the time i end up on the high end still. On L2, i set departure time to 1 1/2 hrs past and seems to work out OK. This morning i got out there with 50 minutes left and i...

Thanks, that's encouraging. There is a couple free L2 charging stations at a Goodwill just a few miles from my work, so i can always stop there and pre-heat the car a little further. Some of my co-workers/friends are already laughing at my "range anxiety" but i wouldn't even call it that...

Ok, so i think it probably has to do with the battery management system drawing some power after fast charging. I had another adventure over the weekend that took me on a 105 miles round trip, spread out over 6 hours, so lot’s of stops and running around stores in between. I used the fast...

I'm still pretty new to this EV thing. Just got my 2015 Spark 3 weeks ago here in Minnesota (MPLS/ST Paul area) with 57k miles on it. Battery appears to have 15kWh left on it. The car was brought to MN in 2020 from CA. I live in rural MN and commute every day to the city, about 26 miles...