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Cheers, I really appreciate that, the feeling is mutual! Honestly I tried removing the same panel with my own Spark and couldn't do it without risking eating up the plastic with more force or buying a better spudger tool. I'd be shocked if they glued it in place, but I'd like to imagine the...

Hi Porche, Did you end up working on this? I don't have an active sub with a service manual atm, but speaking generally for GM and Chevy's, if you removed that first screw, the next logical step is to take the interior door cover off. The second screw for that is hidden in the little...

LOL thanks, and yeah, it is! It's honestly astounding how much utility this thing has with the seats down. Also on the way to the plot I got her stuck in the mud in the Spring when the ground was just really wet and mushy. Turns out the Spark is really good at rocking itself out of getting...

Hey Porche, been wanting to make time to get into this post for a while and collect some initial data for the discussion. I have a Kill-a-Watt which is severely miscalibrated, so did the next best thing and grabbed a wifi switch (claimed to be UL listed on Amazon) that measures power stats. The...

I frequently transport 450 lbs of water in the Spark. It's not a whole lot of weight by comparison to a whole other vehicle, but my trips have averaged 12.7 kWh / 100km with about 48.5% freeway driving and the rest highway (with traffic lights, speed limit 60-80 kph or 43-56 mph) . Rear wheel...

Agreed, just having fast charging options is such an essential thing to have. Requires less careful and meticulous planning in A Better Route Planner when you use nearly all the range, and you don't need to sit at a level 2 charger sipping 3kW (after losses) / 20km per hour when your're short...

Oh man that really sucks. You'd have to take a road trip to a state with freezing temperatures right now, find a hill, wait for the pack to freeze, and then regen down it to degrade the pack in time, while also booking an appointment to check capacity on the last day... Definitely not impossible...

There are ways you can accelerate or reverse your HV lithium pack's capacity. However, and this is my 2 cents on battery replacement, there isn't a chance the Spark will see out-of-warranty replacement packs bought by owners at a price even 1:1 with the blue book value of the car. OEM is around...

https://youtu.be/4SwZuHSrLno EV Resource clarifies the communication problems between departments claiming parts are discontinued and gets a direct answer from GM.

Great news everyone, The My Chevrolet and My GMC apps have now both been fixed in the newest 5.10 release. I received a call this morning from OnStar informing me of the news and wanted to forward the message to everyone. Below you can see the charge status in the new UI: They moved away...

Yeah, it's bad, especially for a vehicle with a small battery pack, using heat is super punishing, and they don't really explain to users how to master the HVAC settings, they just recommend turning it all off and using heated seats, which is not a workable solution sometimes. It's still a bit...

12.2V is around 40% SoC for an AGM, starting to get low. Fully discharged AGMs will read under 11.8V and they'll start getting damaged much further beyond that. I'd recommend charging it up so it reads above 12.6V while the vehicle and all loads are off. Once you know your battery is at a high...

Current situation: Onstar has followed up with me after I recently refreshed my case # and reconnected with the representative handling my case. She (Cheryl) let me know that the case for this particular issue affecting all Spark EV owners is in "Defect" status with no current end date or fix...

You're absolutely right, I checked and there is a humidity sensor at the top middle of the front windshield for defogging. Service manual further supports compressor use with auto defog: Quite a lot of info ... So it seems like you're right about compressor function if you have automatic...

Thanks for testing this, fantastic! Haha, yeah, you'd think that 7kW would heat the cabin fully by 16 minutes. There's a good chance it could be throttling early as the cabin temp sensor gets closer to the setpoint, so in that case, you could crank it a few degrees higher to keep it at peak...

Q1: Assuming your charge settings are set to "Immediate", then the answer is both. Pre-conditioning will take power from the EVSE until the battery needs to supplement additional power. Also, keep in mind that a L2 EVSE is just a relay that closes 240V to the on-board charger. There's no power...

I'd like to add that the car should allow some regen at 100% SOC if you use 100% heater / HVAC power + rear defrost. To my understanding, the power management scheme limits net regen at 100% SOC, so by increasing power consumption in the vehicle, the regen power will be diverted to those ~7kW...

It's actually quite the contrary. The graphs demonstrate a fully charged battery at 4.2 V and fully discharged at a safe 2.8V. With a 1st order approximation, you'd say the voltage varied by 1.4V using only 1 sig fig. 0th order approximation would be 1V, so based on this data, we can't consider...

I also have access to a service manual through an online subscription with ALLDATAdiy.com. I've been looking through the many technical service bulletins tonight and wasn't finding anything precisely named that would lead me to complete testing procedures, but I decided to comb harder through...

Sounds like a runaround and severe miscommunication between staff without any accountability!? Or they have the capability but failed to use the equipment properly? Ghosted by a dealership... It's extremely concerning how challenging it has been for you to investigate a warranty claim. Lots...