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"With The General&amp;#039;s love for electric-car puns - this is the company that brought you the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera - it should come as no surprise that the Chevrolet Spark was designed with both gasoline and electric power in mind. We got our first look at the production version of the battery-powered Spark EV at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.        2014 Chevrolet Spark EV    Electric Outruns Gas   While the spark-ignited Spark is powered by a modest 1.25 liter engine, the electric Spark gets a 130 hp (110 kW) electric motor that puts out 400 lb.-ft. of torque - that&amp;#039;s five times as much torque as a gas-powered Spark and 0.94 times as much as a base-model Corvette. GM says the Spark EV will get to 60 mph in under 8 seconds, although they are keeping quiet on top speed.   Feeding the electric motor is a temperature-controlled lithium-ion battery pack with a capacity of &amp;quot;more than 20&amp;quot; killowatt hours, its 336 prismatic cells packaged into a 133 liter box mounted under the Spark&amp;#039;s rear seats and trunk floor. Weighing in at 560 lbs - and taking into account the loss of the gasoline motor - the battery pack should do wonders for the Spark&amp;#039;s weight distribution, if not its curb weight.        2014 Chevrolet Spark EV    Range Anxiety   GM is staying mum on range, saying only that the Spark EV will have &amp;quot;among the best EV range performance in its segment.&amp;quot; Our interpretation is that the Spark EV&amp;#039;s range will be somewhere between the Ford Focus Electric (76 miles) and the Honda Fit EV (82 miles), but will fall short of the Toyota RAV4 EV (113 miles). The Spark&amp;#039;s charge port is compatible with the new SAE-standard dual-charging plugs, allowing 480 volt DC fast charging as well as 240 and 120 volt AC charging. The 480 volt fast-charge system can bring the battery to 80% capacity in about 20 minutes, but a full charge at 240 volts will take seven hours - about twice as long as the Fit EV and Focus Electric.        2014 Chevrolet Spark EV    Better Aerodynamics, Digital Dash   Outside, the Spark EV gets an aerodynamic clean-up, including a closed-off upper grille and active shutters for the lower grille, resulting in a 2.5 mile increase in range. The interior is accented with &amp;quot;electric blue&amp;quot; trim and features a Volt-style 7&amp;quot; color LCD display in place of the gas-powered Spark&amp;#039;s miniature gauge cluster, with a similar-sized screen on the center stack. A new addition to Chevy&amp;#039;s MyLink stereo is Siri integration; owners of compatible iPhones will be able to control both car and phone functions using the Siri Eyes Free voice-command interface. As with other EVs, the Spark allows owners to program charge times to take advantage of off-peak rates using either a mobile phone app or OnStar.com.   Exact pricing has not been set, but GM says the 2014 Spark EV will come in under $25,000 after tax incentives, which translates to a list price of around $32,500. Domestic sales will be limited to California and Oregon; the Spark EV will also be available in Canada, Europe, and South Korea. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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