Posted on 10/02/2017 1:33:13 PM PDT by NRx
After nearly a century of building vehicles powered by fossil fuels, General Motors — one of the world’s largest automakers — announced Monday that the end of GM producing internal combustion engines is fast approaching.
The acceleration to an all-electric future will begin almost immediately, with GM releasing two new electric models next year and an additional 18 by 2023.
At a media event at GM’s technical campus in Warren, Mich., on Monday, Mark Reuss, the company’s chief of global product development, said the transition will take time, but the course has been set.
“General Motors believes in an all-electric future,” Reuss said. “Although that future won’t happen overnight, GM is committed to driving increased usage and acceptance of electric vehicles.”
[Tesla’s Model 3 has ‘mass appeal.’ That doesn’t mean you can afford it.]
Reuss avoided naming the year when the auto giant will cease producing gas and diesel vehicles, noting that the company is too large to make such an estimate, according to USA Today.
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I’ve read that the Bolt, their all electric car, sold spprox. 4.3k units in Q1 2017. They get a big subsidy to sell them and still loose money on each unit according to a article I read a while back.
Meanwhile, the sales on their trucks and SUVs have, for the most part, increased each year. Last I knew said trucks and SUVs have the highest profit margin for GM.
I know someone who has a Nissian Leaf. They will run in cold weather , but with a decreased range. They will not drive it if they expect snow or extreme cold as it cuts down the rage to barely usable with the increase use of heat and additional power to get the snow.
Maybe some day batteries will be good enough to get good range AND recharge in minutes, not hours. Only then will electric vehicles be feasible, assuming the electric grid can support them.
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Evidently they think they can force people into electric cars.
GM, meet the NFL.
I’ll consider an electric vehicle when the range increases to a reasonable amount. I could not currently drive from our home in Johns Creek, GA to visit our son in Asheville, NC on a single charge. And to pay the price for this “beautiful green BS” is insane.
Yes, I seem to recall another product that was forced on the public too soon and crashed and burned - the compact disc player.
If they want to make their own funeral, Toyota and Honda will continue to gobble up market share.
Looking the other day at the octane of gas at the station, and the higher the octane, the lower amount of ethanol is in it. Has to tell you something about the quality of ethanol.
Electric Cars Are a Hit With Chinese Consumers:
For example in British Columbia, BC Hydro is a Crown Corporation, that sets rates arbitrarily, and mostly generates that power from hydro damns. In Ontario it is a mix of nuclear, coal, and renewables, also state run.
Sigh, man after my own heart.
It is geographic gift. But yes, it is limited.
Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott driving EVs? I doubt it!!
I haul lumber, roofing materials, dirt, bricks, bicycles in my truck.
I want to create the new Stanley Steamer auto...it is supposed to be the best car in its day..
Haha - that and turning Explorers into “mall finders”.
We actually have an older Explorer — got a great deal on one considering it’s mileage and condition. It’s “adequate” for going camping, or “exploring” a somewhat dicey Forest Service road (not the REALLY bad ones) and actually not bad out on the Interstate - we sometimes get around 25 mpg. Reliability has been “ok”. In many other ways, though, it’s not a well executed vehicle, and it makes you wonder where all the years of experience go.
Death of GM announced as GM goes Electric.
“We actually have an older Explorer”
We bought a 1992 “Exploder” brand new. It had a couple of obvious weak points, but we managed to get more than 150,000 miles out of it. Then we sold it to two Mexicans who didn’t speak English. My bet is that it had it’s last “trip as a drug mule. My biggest complaints, it went through transmissions and brakes. Ours was a V6 and the transmission shop told us, as he laughed a little bit, that Ford was going to use the same transmission int he V8 engine-equiped models.
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