“GM is currently assessing potential future investment,” GM spokesperson George Svigos said in a statement, adding: “No final decision has been made. GM is committed to an all-EV future globally. On that pathway, we continue to study consumer preferences and powertrain options, to ensure we best respond to customer demand and comply with an uncertain, complex and increasingly stringent regulatory landscape for 2027 and beyond.”
Most manufacturers should have gone to hybrid awhile ago. Have hybrid cars for a while average consumers get to grips with understanding a car that needs to be plugged in. Let the infrastructure for full fledge EVs to be built up in that time, as well as battery tech to get even better/fully mature. Once we reach that point slowly transition over to all electric.
HEV is the future and the now.
Ubiquitous BEV ownership was a delusional fever dream of a greedy man and should never have been placed in people’s minds as an idealized eventuality or goal. It’s not even a serious thought. The charlatans should never have been taken seriously.
Humanity should never have gotten sidetracked by BEV.
Improving performance and efficiencies is a worthwhile pursuit, and that’s exactly what HEVs do. I’m glad and grateful that the BEV spell is being broken. The world doesn’t need more BEVs or more BEV chargers. BEVs were the wrong way. The world shouldn’t build any more of either.
Plugging in cars is a passing fad. What a gigantic mess that has been made. What a civilizational mania. I’m glad that it is coming to a swift end.