Posted on 10/30/2023 11:04:15 AM PDT by Signalman
General Motors is building Silverado EVs. It delivered a whole 18 of them during the third quarter of this year. It planned to expand production beyond its Detroit-Hamtramck facility, also known as "Factory Zero", by 2024 to Orion Assembly where the Bolt EV is built, albeit not for much longer. That plan has now been pushed back to late 2025, and according to GM, the decision was not made due to any supply shortages, or even the ongoing United Auto Workers strike. It could be indicative of waning consumer enthusiasm for fully electric vehicles as a whole.
The automaker cited "evolving EV demand" and engineering improvements to the vehicle as causes for the delay. In a further statement to the Detroit Free Press, a spokesperson for the automaker expressed that "the trendline for EVs is stabilizing," going further to explain that demand is "not rising as fast as originally forecasted." That's bad news for an automaker that plans to completely electrify its lineup by 2035. Of course, it's far from the only car company with such goals.
There are plenty of ways to slice this pie, but any arguments pertaining to a lack of component supply are gradually growing thin. GM is producing more and more GMC Hummer EVs, Cadillac Lyriqs, and other electric models. It's even begun making its own battery cells at scale in Ohio, although there have been some considerable hiccups on site. The bottom line seems to be that the automaker believed it could sell a ton of electric cars and trucks, but it was too ambitious.
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Enjoy your other car, your ice cream and your envious neighbors. It sounds like the car has nestled into your heart and it is excellent that we each can chose our pleasures.
I had a 73 2002. With a few mods, I had a blast with it. I remember that green color, it was very attractive.
No way would you ever charge it in your garage. They self-immolate while charging.
for that matter, you wouldn’t even park it in your garage. They self-immolate while sitting there, too, though not quite as often.
The old, who have seen through the hypocrisy of courts and statesmen, die, and leave no wisdom to their sons and daughters.
Or, as time has gone on the sons and daughters don’t listen because they’ve had it so good, they know everything. Until the WiFi and electricity goes out.
No gas cars soon. The only option is EV’s nobody wants to buy. Then what?
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People will be forced into 15-minute cities.
Won’t need any cars. Office buildings turned into housing.
UAW Strike Ends with Higher Wages, Better Benefits for Auto Workers
10/30/2023
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4193297/posts
They’re getting their asses handed to them, trust China’s plan.
The secret history of GM’s Chinese bailout
Edward Niedermeyer
January 24, 2016
https://qz.com/594984/the-secret-history-of-gms-chinese-bailout
General Motors sells $500 million stake to China partner SAIC
November 19, 2010
https://europe.autonews.com/article/20101119/ANE/101119781/general-motors-sells-500-million-stake-to-china-partner-saic
Inside The Deal To Sell GM to China’s SAIC
Scott Evans
Apr 1, 2011
https://www.motortrend.com/features/inside-deal-sell-gm-chinas-saic-13985/
by contrast:
Tesla Growth and Production Statistics: How Many Vehicles Are Sold Across the Globe?
Daniel Shvartsman
October 25, 2023
https://www.investing.com/academy/statistics/tesla-facts/
Or, as time has gone on the sons and daughters don’t listen because they’ve had it so good, they know everything. Until the WiFi and electricity goes out.
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A wise addition to Emerson’s remarks. I’ve got of few of those types in my greater family.
BMW has so many problems other than their EV platform.
Ugly is one of the big ones.
Unreliable past 30k miles is the other.
Inability to listen to their customers is the third.
Shocking discoveries reached on these new fangled vehicles!
Ford is another mfg. no longer making them. Customers don’t buy what they are attempting to sell. WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT, and this ain’t it. Ask GM, Ford and others. Learning the hard way. Like o-care, will we be forced to buy them?
If that alone isn't reason for ending production I don't know what is.
8. EV’s don’t function well in the winter in the great plains where -25 Fahrenheit is common in January. (The heater is a battery leech.)
9. EV’s don’t function well in the summer in the great plains where a very humid 100 Fahrenheit is common in the summer. (The A/C is a battery leech.)
10. EV’s are very heavy. F=MA. Accidents in EV’s are much more violent and dangerous.
11. Is it really a good policy to put all of our eggs in the EV and electric heat basket? An EMP attack on the grid would take us back to the stone ages.
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Thanks for filling out my list. 10 or 11 good reasons to avoid buying an electric vehicle.
Your no. 10 reminded me. I read where EV school buses were so heavy, there are almost no tow trucks capable of moving them when they break down. Another insurance issue.
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