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My wife and I were in California last month, and were able to drive a bunch of EV's, including the FFE, Soul EV, B250e, and of course...a Tesla P90D. The Tesla by far had the most "wow" factor out of the group, but it should for the $100K price of the one we drove. In the end, I ended up...

Not even close. Even though the brake coach will display a gratifying "100%" regen score, only a small amount of the energy that went into getting the vehicle moving actually returns back into the battery from regenerative braking. If you did recover "virtually all of the stored energy from...

What's BS about it? This isn't merely a non-committal waiting list...it's people making a real $1,000 deposit on the car. While it's true some may change their minds and get their deposits refunded, I believe the majority of people that made a deposit were excited to do so, and will follow...

I'd have to have to run the tax credit fine print through Ford Financial or GMAC but it's reasonable to believe that the in the spirit of receiving a tax incentive (for either lessee or lessor) that the driver: a.) Is a US citizen and/or files a US tax return b.) Owns & drives a zero...

Unfortunately, we don't get those attractive leases here in Alberta because those juicy tax rebates and incentives aren't offered here. If they were, I'd be driving a 2016 Spark EV at $1500 down & $79 per month on a three year lease. I figure that $12,000 car "should" be worth at least $8000...

There are smartphone apps for the Leaf and i-MiEV such as Leaf Spy Pro and CanIon that, though an OBD2 bluetooth dongle, have the ability to report the health of individual battery cells. Is such an app available for the FFE? Jmueller's point makes sense...that it's a crapshoot as to the...

What I don't know is how much wear to expect at any given mileage. One owner mentioned he's noticed zero degradation after 30K miles in Arizona heat, while another owner with 48K miles said that he's lost about 25% of his range. If at 30K miles, the loss is only ~10% then the choice is...

Buy a 2013 FFE with 10K (or less) miles at ~$12,000 OR Buy a 2012 FFE with 30K miles at ~$9,000 The question being...is 20,000 fewer miles, a year newer, and a few months of basic warranty remaining worth a $3,000 premium? I'm leaning toward going the cheap route and taking my chances...

I paid $455 + $15 shipping for a new-in-box unit. I wouldn't suggest anyone but a qualified electrician install the 14-50 outlet. I believe my electrician / friend said that all I needed was about 40-feet of 8 gauge wire, a 50A breaker, and a box for the outlet. He's doing it for the cost...

Thought this was a good read regarding your point. It used to be EV owners getting "ICE'd" at charging stations, now it's become a battle between Leaf vs Tesla vs Spark EV vs FFE. Not enough places to charge given the ratio is about 1 plug-in for every 10 EV's. Chevy Spark EV's leases for as...

Way to go! How many miles are on your 2012? I'm still shopping. By coincidence, I had a fellow car-guy friend of mine that lives in Carlsbad take a FFE out for a test drive (we don't have any within about 1000 miles of where I live). He said it's no Tesla, but a lot of car for $10K. I've...

Have you noticed any battery degradation after 30,000 miles? It's comforting that when I click "view active topics" - I don't see owners unhappy about their FFE's range.

As used FFE's go, that does seem to be the sweet spot. I've seen a couple examples for sale with under 5000 miles on them but I don't think they are worth the extra "very, very low mileage" $2,000 premium. I just picked up a new-in-box Clipper Creek HCS-40P EVSE on ebay for a good deal...

If I do decide to drive the car in winter, I'd probably install a diesel heater...

The Spark is definitely a small car and I could more or less live with that but the 3.3kW charging would drive me nuts. I'm also become quite OCD regarding everything kWh since the installation of our solar: https://easyview.auroravision.net/easyview/index.html?entityId=7466210 Snow on the...

Thanks for that. We're visiting friends in Carlsbad in a few weeks so I'll finally have the chance to drive one. The "rental car" experience you had with the Spark EV was similar to mine but I did like that the car was relatively light which helps efficiency. I'm assuming that the Focus...

this^^^ I haven't bought an EV yet, but after spending time in various EV forums, the Guess-O-Meter probably causes as much grief for customer service techs trying to explain it as it does for end users trying to understand how it works. At the end of the day, energy consumed given the...

Hello everyone, First post. I've been researching & shopping for a used BEV on a budget of ~$12,000. After a few months of this, it's become clear that every one has it's compromises. I had the opportunity to drive a Spark EV, which is quite fun with it's big torque. Fun to drive is good...