evboy said:
interesting read. i thought all the ev's had access to the same electric motor. looks like gm spent some real money on their R and D. well, when they say electric cars are going to keep getting better every year. this is proof. 2011 leaf compared to the 2014 spark ev is not even close in technology and quality.
Ummm, yawn, ya, that Spark EV is just too far advanced (it looks like the marketing money was well spent!!!).
It's a teeny tiny car compared to the LEAF, and does accelerate quicker. The range is equivalent, with both cars in the 80 mile range with 100% charge on the EPA five cycle test.
The LEAF holds 5 people, Spark 4. The LEAF can hold a huge amount more cargo. LEAF has quick charge capability with almost 3000 worldwide charging stations; Spark EV currently has no quick charge capability nor are there deployed public chargers.
LEAF is the best selling street legal EV in the world with almost 70,000 sold. Spark EV plans to meet California compliance with 2500-ish to be sold here for 2012-2014 model years, plus whatever scraps they can find elsewhere (like Oregon).