Your spark is "headed for the landfill" because it was a compliance car that was wildly unpopular, selling in very low numbers, and was plagued with problems. E

Your spark is "headed for the landfill" because it was a compliance car that was wildly unpopular, selling in very low numbers, and was plagued with problems. Even still, GM went to the effort to completely re-engineer the battery from using A123 cells to LG cells...and only just this year announced they were discontinuing availability for replacement batteries. Someone will provide aftermarket battery servicing, if the market is big enough (it isn't, most likely. Protip: don't buy compliance cars for long term ownership...) Nothing stops you from buying a used Bolt (or used EV from Nissan, Kia, Hyundai, VW, etc). GM extended the battery warranties on Bolts that were recalled by something like 8-10 years. And given GM probably sells more Bolts in a month than the entire production run of Sparks and has for years now, there's almost certainly going to be a large aftermarket scene for battery repair, just as there is for Priuses.)