{"id":886,"date":"2019-12-04T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2020-01-17T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T15:14:52","slug":"whats-taking-gm-so-long-with-fun-electric-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/2019\/12\/whats-taking-gm-so-long-with-fun-electric-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s taking GM so long with fun electric cars?"},"content":{"rendered":"
General Motors (GM) was actually a pioneer in electric cars, with the creation of the Bob Lutz-sponsored Chevy Volt, followed by the Bolt. While it was critiqued by many for not being a Tesla, the Bolt did have two major advantages over the Model 3: it was well made, without the rather insane defects of the Tesla Model 3, and it sold for the claimed price. Even today, there is no $30,000 Tesla car (in case you forgot, that’s what the Model 3 was supposed to start at). Indeed, Tesla\u2019s web site suggests the price is just $33,315, when it is actually $39,490 (with a $1,875 tax credit).<\/p>\n
By now, one might think that GM would have a whole series of electric vehicles, or at least as many as BMW does. In reality, it\u2019s still the Bolt or nothing. Battery-electric pickups are coming, in two years. A plug-in hybrid version of the 2017 CT6 was shown, but 2020 CT6 engines are a 3.6 liter V6 and a 4.2 liter twin-turbo V8. Not only don’t you get a PHEV, there’s not even a conventional hybrid. Today, GM does not offer a single PHEV, though it has the all-battery Bolt; and the company announced it would not sell any PHEVs, only battery-electrics.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true that GM is not along; Ford has their Fusion PHEV, and Chrysler has the Pacifica PHEV, but otherwise the American field is bare. In battery vehicles, it\u2019s again one to a customer, except for Tesla and, soon, Rivian and Bollinger.<\/p>\n