Interview with Mary Barra

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by jwbavalon

Hopefully this isn't the future:
"GM Stops Offering Battery Replacement For Chevy Spark EV.
This could mean they will quickly start to disappear from the road once their original batteries are no longer usable. GM is reportedly no longer offering new packs for the electric Spark - it doesn’t have any and won’t be manufacturing them any more."

Well at least they are not going to collect them and crush them like they did with EV-1.

The Death of GM EV-1 program in 2003 created such rage among the enthusiasts that owned the cars it caused two guys to sell an E book company to fund a start up called T E S L A and the rest as we say is "history".

One thing that GM has not changed. There has been historically NO shortage of dumb decision making at GM/gM. Without a doubt the OLD GM changed the world and indirectly gave birth to its current nemesis by abandoning the EV-1.

On balance the company remains out of touch with its core buying segment, and to survive It has to not only convert its loyal buyers to accept a product that they do not currently want, but also take market share from TESLA while doing it.

That's going to be quite a hat trick to pull off. Best of luck with that.

https://medium.com/pushtostart/the-f...1-f00e4af62f78

[markinnaples]

Finally, someone with a little sense. Maybe we need to hold off for now on going full-bore on EVs when most electrical grids across the nation can barely handle the existing homes on it now. Maybe Hybrids for a while, and a little more experimentation with Hydrogen and other possible alternatives?

Lamborghini CEO on Going All Electric: ‘We Don’t Need to Decide Now’

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...c64b894bfc6bc3

[markinnaples]

UGH:

Chevy Corvette Electric Sedan Coming 2025, Corvette SUV To Follow: Report

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...eee91e5d1805df

[70 copo]

GM looks to be utterly and completely disconnected from what made the company great in the first place. first they tried to badge engineer the Camaro name onto the Blazer platform back in 2019 now this...

[JoeC]

this was kinda shocking

the Rivian R1T ran a 11.9 ET at 109.9 mph

beating last years quickest truck

Ram 1500 TRX 12.7 ET 106.5 mph

[Crush]

Originally Posted by 70 copo

GM looks to be utterly and completely disconnected from what made the company great in the first place. first they tried to badge engineer the Camaro name onto the Blazer platform back in 2019 now this...

Has elements of a Porsche Cayenne

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by Crush

Has elements of a Porsche Cayenne

Exactly. More of a "Global" approach.

[Charley Lillard]

Gave someone a thrill ride in my Lucid today. He said "Oh my God" If you ride in or drive one it will change your thinking.

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

Gave someone a thrill ride in my Lucid today. He said "Oh my God" If you ride in or drive one it will change your thinking.

It doesn't go VROOM VROOM. That's a no sale for most of the people here.

[70 copo]

It's not just vroom-vroom. It is the obvious corporate pandering that is afoot here.

Raising the price of the Camaro $4000.000 this year all so you can discount the Bolt... .

The pressure being exerted from every angle from those who would like to cattle herd buyers to EV's is on display, as much as the fact that gM tried to do too much too quickly and people have started to develop pattern recognition on the go that allows them to recognize the obvious.

So we have the latest:

Insulting the tradition and the name of the Corvette, so you can slap the brand onto an EV in the hopes you can get people to "TRY" something that do not want to buy.

I predict that the harder gM pushes the more difficult this will become.

Giving people what they want is one of those simple laws of nature... kind of like the fact that sane people do not attempt to swim upstream against the current of the water... But perhaps there is some hope: gM has moved the goal posts to go "all electric" now to 2035.

The question is will gM even make it to 2025 at this rate?