GM Reverses All-In EV Strategy to Bring Back Plug-In Hybrids::The EV craze is butting up against limited demand, and it’s forcing General Motors to bring back hybrids in an almost total about-face.
It’s notable that their smallest EV (Bolt) is their best selling EV, yet GM keeps focusing on building and pushing bigger electric models.
It’s nice that the option exists, but why does it need to look like that? Between that and the BMW i3, why do EVs need to look like a bean?
Americans buy crossovers, so they make ot look like a crossover. Small is efficient, so Americans get the beans
Because it had worse margins than other cars they could be selling. Heard an interview with their CEO about this exact thing. Other vehicles make them more money so they are focusing there.
It’s not the EVs, it’s the price
I got a Chevy Bolt 1LT (cheapest I could find with federal/state tax credits) and it’s the lowest maintenance car I’ve ever owned. No oil changes - literally just rotate your tires every 7500 miles. Less than $4 per charge to 90% (about 200-260 miles depending on how much I use the climate control). Parallel parking is super easy. Infotainment kind of sucks, but Android Auto makes it way better.
I don’t understand why they want to kill these cars other than they aren’t making enough money.
America needs to mandate charge stations at all currently operating gas stations before they will go all in on EVs. They have range anxiety in rural areas for a good reason.
My 2016 Volt was my favorite car I ever had. Man, I loved that thing. But couldn’t buy it out after lease for anything close to residual and had to give it back.
I wouldn’t be upset if Chevy revives the Volt.
I love my 2014 Gen 1 Volt and would love to see the technology continue to improve. If they made a Gen 3 Volt with at least 100 miles all electric range and a heat pump system that didn’t halve the battery when it’s cold outside I would absolutely consider it over a pure EV for my next car.
Not the first time GM backpedaled on EVs, unfortunately.
We should be doing plug in hybrids, they are cheaper and will reduce gas usage dramatically for 80% of drivers in cities.
And keep us sucking on fossil fuels for another couple decades? Direct to EVs may be a slower transition but we will transition much quicker.
Hybrids are good for the places EVs don’t work yet, as are hydrogen, and biofuel: we have all too many edge cases. However EVs are a solid win for most people where they have chargers, and it’s going quickly
Yeah, the infrastructure isn’t there yet for EV. We need chargers everywhere, but they’re still a thing that needs to be searched for and possibly have to go out of your way for. And EV aren’t really great to have someplace like apartments where property owners aren’t going to install them.
So PHEV is better until the system catches up.
