***UPDATE: General Motors has issued a statement on this matter and it turns out that the reports were not true. Here’s what GM says regarding Chevy Spark EV replacement battery packs:
Recent reports speculating that GM will no longer provide battery pack replacements for the Spark EV are incorrect. While we are currently experiencing a temporary disruption in the supply of new Spark EV packs, GM remains committed to providing replacement packs to Spark EV owners who need them in the future and will work with owners until we get the supply issues resolved.
Previously it was reported that trendy vehicles will reportedly now not provide battery replacements for the all-electric powered version of the Chevy Spark, according to a record from EV-resource (through InsideEVs). The Chevy Spark electric automobile (EV) was first launched in 2013, and GM endured to make new models till 2016.
A GM district government confirmed to EV-aid that the organization is “no longer going to supply that [the Spark EV’s] battery.” GM’s stock of Spark EV battery packs has reportedly run out as well, and the company doesn’t plan on producing anymore.
With the earlier model of the Spark EV reaching nearly ten years antique, car owners may also find themselves without a working vehicle if their battery percent fails. GM gives an 8-yr / 100,000-mile guarantee, especially for the battery P.C. in its Spark Electric Vehicle and various electric vehicles which means the guarantee has already run out (or is very near strolling out) for Spark Electric Vehicle launched in 2013 and 2014. It’s unclear if GM will continue to honor its assurance and by some means replace the battery % in broken-down Sparks, or as EV-resource points out if GM will offer to buy back the vehicle in place of replacing the battery.
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Spark Electric Vehicle owners might not have the first-rate luck locating an aftermarket battery percent either. EV-useful resource notes that there without a doubt isn’t a market for Spark EV batteries while, in comparison to other EV, thinking about organizations won’t discover price in presenting parts for a car that’s on the more inexpensive side (the bottom 2016 version sold at an MSRP of less than $26,000). Plus, GM simplest controlled to sell around 7,400 Spark Electric Vehicles — particularly in California, Oregon, and Maryland — earlier than finishing its 3-year run.
As GM works toward making and swapping battery packs in over 140,000 electric-powered Chevy Bolts that were recalled last year because of fire risks, perhaps GM doesn’t have the bandwidth to create battery % replacements for the Spark Electric Vehicle. GM most effectively resumed production Bolt EVs in early April following a production freeze lasting several months, and also currently introduced its plans to discontinue the non-electric powered model of the Chevy Spark sometime this year.
