Well, Im gonna have to eat my other posts because the 2015 Spark EV is a winner.
Rented for 1 week and 2 days, I put this thing through the ringer and did every possible test and scenario to figure out its battery range
Now, granted it was a nice average 80 degree and sometimes in the 90's
What is interesting is that the range got better on the freeway throughout my using it..
At first I drove it to work with a total of 73 miles round trip and I was thinking " No way, this sucks" as my average miles per kwh was about 4.7 and this was straight freeway 36.5 miles each way at about 60-65 mph and trying to regen as much as I could.
So I started doing the usual tests and noticed that around town the average miles/kwh was an astounding 6.8 easily without doing anything intentional. I drove it just like I would a regular car.
I actually got 101.2 miles on a charge with 14 miles left. The next day after a full charge, the average miles read 109!!
So I thought OK, time to take it on a trip to Pleasanton and see what it would do with two people and straight freeway with some serious hills... I was amazed. It averaged 6.1 miles per kw/h and I did the trip with an estimated total amount of miles on this charge to be at 100...
The car IS quicker thats for sure.. it also feels smoother and more composed. The 2014 was like a squirrel on meth..
I am sold. I tried like mad and I still couldnt find enough things to do to use up 100 miles on a charge.
The radio is terrible for sure but I can take care of that...
Seats are excellent and comfortable
Cupholders are terrible and I will figure a solution to that because my rt calf will leave me over it if I dont...
Now, the only thing I would worry about is how much of the battery is being used and if the miles arent coming at the expense of battery longevity...
Rented for 1 week and 2 days, I put this thing through the ringer and did every possible test and scenario to figure out its battery range
Now, granted it was a nice average 80 degree and sometimes in the 90's
What is interesting is that the range got better on the freeway throughout my using it..
At first I drove it to work with a total of 73 miles round trip and I was thinking " No way, this sucks" as my average miles per kwh was about 4.7 and this was straight freeway 36.5 miles each way at about 60-65 mph and trying to regen as much as I could.
So I started doing the usual tests and noticed that around town the average miles/kwh was an astounding 6.8 easily without doing anything intentional. I drove it just like I would a regular car.
I actually got 101.2 miles on a charge with 14 miles left. The next day after a full charge, the average miles read 109!!
So I thought OK, time to take it on a trip to Pleasanton and see what it would do with two people and straight freeway with some serious hills... I was amazed. It averaged 6.1 miles per kw/h and I did the trip with an estimated total amount of miles on this charge to be at 100...
The car IS quicker thats for sure.. it also feels smoother and more composed. The 2014 was like a squirrel on meth..
I am sold. I tried like mad and I still couldnt find enough things to do to use up 100 miles on a charge.
The radio is terrible for sure but I can take care of that...
Seats are excellent and comfortable
Cupholders are terrible and I will figure a solution to that because my rt calf will leave me over it if I dont...
Now, the only thing I would worry about is how much of the battery is being used and if the miles arent coming at the expense of battery longevity...