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Yeah. I don't get that they're either taking a substantial hit to profits on that, nor are they getting a big contribution from GM. It's just manipulating the lease math to push down the monthly payment at a higher down payment. They may also be making a play for a volume bonus from GM...

I'm up in Santa Barbara with a Spark EV, if you want to try some weekend.

Yeah, probably. I haven't seen any signs that any of the above cars are anything but compliance cars in the US. Who knows if Chevy will even sell the Spark EV for the 2015-2017 CARB cycle. They could roll out a completely different ZEV.

Nearly all BEV conversions are based on a platform late in its lifecycle. The Fit, Spark, 500e and RAV4 all are nearing the end of the lifecycle of their current platforms. If there is a Spark EV2, it probably won't be out until the 2015 Spark is at least 2-3 years old.

The Tesla superchargers show up on this map, and may mislead. For example, there are zero ChaDeMo chargers in Central california. The three chargers that show up on the above map are all Tesla SCs. From what I can tell, nearly every ChaDeMo charger in California is installed at a Nissan...

Thanks for the review, Elroy. My sense of that while the spark does have 400 Foot-Pounds coming off of the engine, they run it through a smaller 3:1 gear. Most of the other manufacturers (Nissan, Tesla, etc.) use a ~9:1 gearing. That means that at wheel torque is roughly equivalent, if a...