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The nearest one I can locate is 315 miles away in Utah! Beat that!

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The rear wheels cannot be installed on the front! They will not clear the brake calipers. Sorry.

I may look for a 2016 lease return in 2018-2019. By then my wife will most likely be in love with my 2014!

Looks like Norton is in Kansas and is well supported with infrastructure. I did not expect that!

I liberated my Spark EV from Arcata California to Nampa Idaho. There it is a rare breed indeed. I know of only 3 in this state. Two 2014, one silver L2 with DCFC and mine white no DCFC, one 2015. I have traveled to California twice since I got it and am on the lookout for others. I don’t need...

I comprehend your frustration. What you have to realize is this is predictable human nature. Free will come to an end and fate will favor the frugal. Imagine the lesson learned the first time the electric bill comes for the first dc charge! No words can burn like a bill!

Clipper Creek unit for $248 with shipping. Will be happy not to have to go back into the garage and reset the charge rate every single time!

If the 2014 electrical installation didn’t know it had lower gearing the result would be increased torque supplied to the wheels. As far as I can tell.

I wonder what would happen if you simply switched planetary gear sets?

I tried using a Clipper Creek charger provided by a non-profit organization down town. Could not get it to start charging even though the unit power indicator was illuminated. Only failed attempt so far. All other chargers seem to work.

I assume by “performance” we are talking about kw per mile.

Everything I have learned of mechanics and electricity tell me that the 2014 should be better at freeway cruising and the 2015/2016 should be better in town, but it is hard to argue with a guy that owns both!

I have a 25 mile freeway commute so I wanted the 2014. Seemed tuned better to constant speed highway driving. I am getting used to variable battery capacity calculations though. A hard hill climb showed 16.5 kw capacity while 60 mph constant showed 19.5. I’ll see what averages out.

Here in Idaho I exist in a sea of diesel pickups, performance cars and commuter wrecks. My boss has been teasing me for some time about my crappy electric car. Today at lunch I drove the Spark and in the middle of his monologue I could consistently get him to stop and laugh every time I stabbed...

Curiously I’m in that same situation. Mine is serial number 153 and sat a lot. Total of 8897 miles earlier this month. I’ll check my date code today and see if I should order a replacement.

Has anyone considered the gearing and torque output are two more variables that make a direct comparison of 2014 to 2015/2016 difficult? With a higher gearing the 2014 will have higher current flow for equal acceleration. I bought a 2014 for freeway commute to work; generally constant speed...

Are the 2014 vehicles beginning to have 12 volt battery failures?

I got a crash course in EV public charging! There was an ecomentalist parked next to the station at the Sierra Club. He walked up to his Ford Ener-G and asked how long I had been there. Three minutes was my answer and the plug wasn't working for me. He was surprised as it seems he uses that...

Took the wife on a drive today up to Bogus Basin ski resort about 5000’ above Boise. Saw some hideous figures on the climb up and regenerated nearly two bars of battery on the way back down. Did some scavenger hunting for charging stations. The Sierra club charger didn’t work but Idaho Power had...