My guess from long range is, some on the Board of Dir. who had a thread of comm9n sense instead tried to curry good favor with the babe (Marry Barra) and didn’t have the cajones to tell a women she was full of chit about EVs.
Don’t want to be labeled as mysogynistic .
EVs are a mistake. Maybe someday, but that’s quite a long way off.
SO-—THE UNION GOT RAISES-—BUT it is followed by layoffs ........