Chevy Spark Ev Battery Pack

The 2015 chevy spark ev will have an entirely new battery pack.

Chevy spark ev battery pack.

According to general motors only one of those bolts needed its battery pack. We install higher capacity cells from newer volts 2013 2015 into the older shells 2011 2012 giving you larger capacity battery in the same package. The spark ev made its first appearance at the 2012 los angeles motor show as a 2014 model year car produced until 2016. Nearly 43 000 chevy bolt electric cars have been sold in the united states.

The battery volume is 285 l and the mass is 435 kg this means an energy density of 208 wh l and 136 wh kg at the battery level not cell. A 2015 spark ev battery goes out of warranty if the battery degrades more than 35 probably determined by a static discharge test within 8 years or 100k miles. In 2014 the chevy spark ev weighed 2 967 pounds with the 21 kw hr battery pack. Customers have reported an increase in ev range of up to 15 from 38 miles to 44 miles.

While technically the spark ev gets 2 less miles according to chevrolet the nissan leaf gets 84 miles from a bigger 24kw battery pack with 3 additional kilowatt hours of battery power. Individual range may vary. In the place of the normal spark s 85 horsepower 1 2 liter inline four sits. This chevy volt battery has been built using newer modules.

Than means the battery fails the warranty limit if the capacity drops below 12 kwh given a starting capacity of 18 4 kwh. And in this case the update is major. General motors says that i m special. Of course both vehicles are wildly different but the spark ev does have a lower capacity battery pack 21 3 kwh vs.