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when you're a Chevy spark there's a couple things you're supposed to do and one thing you're not supposed to do and that is be expensive so when you're a spark Eevee how do you pull that off what's your car is have a premium this one Chevy says we'll be under twenty-five thousand dollars after tax incentives by that I assume they mean the federal incentive of seventy five hundred bucks because the state incentives are way too unpredictable no we don't know is the range on the car chevy has not stated that yeah it's not gonna come out till middle of next year at that point though they say it'll have the best range of any evey in its class which is a pretty small class charging time is interesting with in this port they say you can hook it up to a fast charger a high current that's gonna be a 480 volt that's gonna give you an eighty percent charge in 20 minutes that may be the new high benchmark for quick charging otherwise on the 240 outlet you're more likely to have it your house we're looking at something around seven hours for a full charge that's more run-of-the-mill oh and by the way they're telling me this car will have do I have this right 400 foot-pounds of torque that should put you on the moon pretty easily zero to 60 around eight something seconds so they're really pushing this as a high-performing compact inexpensive electric car now inside check it out twin seven-inch LCD is one way you expect it here in the center and another one that is your instrument pod everything's gonna be right there all your usual gauge information if you will as well as evey information range charge status probably distance to next charging station things of that nature now here in the main screen they're gonna rely a lot on apps for things that car makers often roll in themselves like bring go for navigation Pandora stitcher tune in for your connected media leaning hard on what your phone can bring in terms of richness to this car probably helps them keep the price down a bit as well now the last fascinating part of the cabin tech in this car that we don't have in here yet to show your try is integrated Siri number Apple mention this a little while ago how they're going to be car makers who are installing it this is apparently gonna be the first car with it Syria that will be a button somewhere on the dash allowing you to interface with your iPhone 4s or five or whatever is out when you buy this car and do voice commands just like you do and do so in an eyes free mode Sunda tactic eight emails burn okay now I tell you a Chevy spark is a rather unassuming car but given the fact that it's made the jump to Evie will be apparently the first car to have Siri integration has some very aggressive app and screen based cabin tech and a price under twenty five after a federal bonus this may be the story of the LA Auto Show this year