Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles
by dsfyu404ed on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:28PM
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The spark was being sold under other names since long before the volt or the Bolt. When they started calling the Spark the Spark the Bolt was still several years off and they certainly didn't have a name for it at that point. The choice of "Spark" coincided with they giving all their small cars a bunch of active sounding names.
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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles
by hundchenkatze on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:19PM
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The Bolt may have been long off but the Spark name was announced in 2009 and started selling at the same time as the Volt. The Spark was available for the 2011 model year in Europe and for the 2013 model year in the U.S (with a BEV option). The Chevy Volt on the other hand was available for the 2011 model year. So they definitely seemed to be going for electricity themed names.