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It is embarrassing and not justifiable.
GMs comeback is that they don't plan to sell many.
Then why did they bother to spend the time and energy to develop a car that is more than twice as expensive as the Volt, with even less interior room, less storage space with even worse electric range.
The effort should have been put towards a vehicle that someone (anyone) would want to own. But alas, maybe its the answer no one wants to admit. GM simply doesn't know how to make a reasonably priced EV and has no interest in BEVs. The Spark is still sold only in CA, OR and only 100/mo. The typical reluctant money losing compliance car. They brag about losing money on every Volt sold. Rather than improve on any of the Volt's issues, they make them all worse.
Dysfunctional company at its best. Sometimes its not how good your products are but how bad the competitors are. Tesla has an amazing product. Toyota and most others refuse to invest in BEVs. GM comes out with the ELR as their premium electric vehicle? It doesn't look like Tesla has any credible competition. Nissan is the only one remotely trying. Will be interesting to see how this has played out in a few years.
GMs comeback is that they don't plan to sell many.
Then why did they bother to spend the time and energy to develop a car that is more than twice as expensive as the Volt, with even less interior room, less storage space with even worse electric range.
The effort should have been put towards a vehicle that someone (anyone) would want to own. But alas, maybe its the answer no one wants to admit. GM simply doesn't know how to make a reasonably priced EV and has no interest in BEVs. The Spark is still sold only in CA, OR and only 100/mo. The typical reluctant money losing compliance car. They brag about losing money on every Volt sold. Rather than improve on any of the Volt's issues, they make them all worse.
Dysfunctional company at its best. Sometimes its not how good your products are but how bad the competitors are. Tesla has an amazing product. Toyota and most others refuse to invest in BEVs. GM comes out with the ELR as their premium electric vehicle? It doesn't look like Tesla has any credible competition. Nissan is the only one remotely trying. Will be interesting to see how this has played out in a few years.