GM has been selling the Spark EV model through the Chevrolet brand for a few years now. It’s obviously a compliance car for the Californian market, offered in somewhat limited quantities, but it was also a stepping stone to the Chevy Bolt. With the launch of the Bolt fast approaching, it seems that it may be an interesting exercise here to take a closer look at how the battery packs of the Spark EV and the Bolt stack up against one another.
Push EVs stimulated the idea and did the legwork, so we’re sharing that excellent comparison a bit more widely, with a bit of my own thoughts.
The most obvious, and one of the most important, distinctions between the two models’ battery packs is the shape and installation location — the Chevy Bolt utilizes a so-called “skateboard” design, whereby the battery pack is located under the floor, whereas the Spark EV is clearly more of a jerry-rigged solution.
Full article: https://cleantechnica.com/2016/09/03/chevy-bolt-chevy-spark-ev-battery-packs-compare-one-another/
Push EVs stimulated the idea and did the legwork, so we’re sharing that excellent comparison a bit more widely, with a bit of my own thoughts.
The most obvious, and one of the most important, distinctions between the two models’ battery packs is the shape and installation location — the Chevy Bolt utilizes a so-called “skateboard” design, whereby the battery pack is located under the floor, whereas the Spark EV is clearly more of a jerry-rigged solution.
Full article: https://cleantechnica.com/2016/09/03/chevy-bolt-chevy-spark-ev-battery-packs-compare-one-another/