In both gas and electric versions, the Spark is something of a pioneer.
With the Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet accounts for more than 50 percent of all plug-in electric vehicle sales in the United States and Spark EV builds on Chevrolet's proven electric motor and battery development programs.
ENGADGET: Chevy details 2014 Spark EV: under $25,000, 0-60 in 8 seconds and a 20-minute fast charge
Spark EV colors include Electric Blue, Black Granite, Summit White, Silver Ice and Titanium.
ENGADGET: Chevy details 2014 Spark EV: under $25,000, 0-60 in 8 seconds and a 20-minute fast charge
When it goes on sale next summer, the Spark EV is expected to have among the best EV battery range in its segment and be the first electric vehicle to offer SAE Combo DC Fast Charging capability, enabling the Spark EV to reach 80-percent battery charge in just 20 minutes.
ENGADGET: Chevy details 2014 Spark EV: under $25,000, 0-60 in 8 seconds and a 20-minute fast charge
Spark EV is powered by an advanced electric motor and battery system.
ENGADGET: Chevy details 2014 Spark EV: under $25,000, 0-60 in 8 seconds and a 20-minute fast charge
Spark EV is the first all-electric vehicle in North America to offer optional SAE Combo DC Fast Charge capability, which can charge the battery to 80 percent of capacity in about 20 minutes.
ENGADGET: Chevy details 2014 Spark EV: under $25,000, 0-60 in 8 seconds and a 20-minute fast charge
Nonetheless, the spark seems to have gone out of the electric car market in the US recently and it has been a troubling time for some of the green technology start-up companies involved in the sector.
General Motors is ready to help electric cars go a little more mainstream with its new Chevrolet Spark EV.
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Though some refer to it as a microcar, the Spark EV seats five, unlike the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, which, as the name suggests, only has room for two people.
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Putting more than half a million road miles on development versions of the Spark EV enabled engineers to make the performance of the electric motor the best it could be by using a bar wound copper stator and unique rotor configuration.
ENGADGET: Chevy Spark EV rated most efficient retail car with 82-mile range, 119 MPGe
Julian drove into town and bought an electric heater, but under the fifteen-foot ceilings the device was like a spark at the North Pole.
It acts like a giant spark plug, busting apart a tiny portion of the diesel fuel with an electric charge so that the molecules rearrange themselves into carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
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