goducks10 wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
Very easy to put out press releases that won't be enforced until current management will be long gone and the new management can change them to meet real conditions.
GM was already planning this before the Biden adminn announced it.
https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2020/nov/1119-electric-portfolio.html
They are kowtowing to the eco faithful. As long as the commitment is many years into the future, that's easy to do.
If the technology is half as good as some suggest, why didn't they set a 5yr horizon. As you say, this isn't a new thing for GM. They've been looking into it for years (remember the EV1) and most models get a major redesign on around a 5yr schedule, so why isn't it 2026?
Easy, they know it would be financial death to do more than talk about it and put out a model or two to show they are making an effort.
PS: I thought the Volt (Plug-In-Hybrid) was a great idea. In normal use, they are 100% battery electric for commuting but if they want to take a longer trip, there's no complications. Biggest issue was cost was too high when put up against comparable vehicles.
