---
title: "General Motors Killed the Chevrolet Spark EV and No One Noticed"
description: "According to The Detroit News, GM stopped production of the electric Spark way back in summer of 2016."
date: "2017-02-01"
modified: "2017-02-02"
authors:
  - name: "Josh Condon"
    job_title: "Deputy Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/josh-condon"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/7299/general-motors-killed-the-chevrolet-spark-ev-and-no-one-noticed-2"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "compact"
  - "Electric Cars"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "General Motors"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "Spark"
---

# General Motors Killed the Chevrolet Spark EV and No One Noticed

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## Who Killed the Chevy Spark Electric Car?

Well, GM, obviously. When the new Chevy Bolt EV was unveiled in concept form at the 2015 [North American International Auto Show](<https://naias.com/>), the word was that the vehicle would not be a replacement for the Chevrolet Spark. That thinking seems to have changed, as [Melissa Burden from *The Detroit News* confirms](<https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2017/01/31/chevy-axes-spark-ev-favor-bolt-ev/97283876/>) that General Motors is no longer producing the diminutive electric vehicle with a scant 82 miles of battery-only range. In fact, Chevy halted production way back in summer of 2016.

## The Spark is no longer featured on Chevy's website as an available electric vehicle

Burden reports the Spark, which debuted in June of 2013 as a 2014 model-year vehicle, was no longer on sale as of December, when the [2017 model-year Bolt](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/2078/the-chevy-bolt-is-a-huge-win>) became available for purchase. While the Spark was only ever available in three states—California and Oregon at first, followed by Maryland—the Bolt is scheduled for full national roll-out in 2017. (Like the Spark, however, the $37,495 Bolt debuted first in California and Oregon.)

According to *The Detroit News*, Bolt sales for December totaled less than 600, but is expected to more than double that number in the U.S. in January.

## Author
Josh is a former editor at *Details*, *Road & Track*, and *MSN Autos*, and has contributed about a variety of topics to publications including *The New York Times*, *Men’s Journal*, *Automobile* and *Men’s Fitness*.

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