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The big car companies often produce EV announcements like this but when you look the small print its always years away from mass production. They are literally

The big car companies often produce EV announcements like this but when you look the small print its always years away from mass production. They are literally just trying to get press attention away from Tesla instead of putting the effort into properly competing with Tesla. They are making 500 of these trucks and the range is 60 miles. Its very meh. And this will keep happening because in the core of it, the big car companies are too big to pivot to electric. Even Nissan and BMW who have divisions that have put in some good effort will likely be foiled by their own dealer networks and inertia. The Chevrolet Bolt looked brilliant but they're not bothering to build or sell many and it looks like they might not even make a Right Hand Drive version.

s0rce 9y ago
I've seen a lot more Chevy Bolts then Tesla Model 3, in fact, there are two on my small street right now.
- greglindahl 9y ago
  Not a surprise, given that one has been shipping for 10 months, and the other is in pre-production. http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/ http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/ The Bolt outsold the Volt (a plug-in hybrid) for the past 2 months -- but it's still a little disappointing that the Bolt has only scaled from 1k/month to 2k/month.
helb 9y ago
> its always years away from mass production Mass prodcution in 2019 sounds pretty good to me. But yeah, it's still technically years. :)
- codeulike 9y ago
  Lets meet back here in 2019 and see if they actually bother.
  - helb 9y ago
    Yup, I wouldn't bet on them. But it still sounds a bit better than these "50 % of cars will be electric by 2050 (so we do nothing now)" statements.
ZeroGravitas 9y ago
You're currently downvoted, but you're totally correct. The existing ICE companies are currently on a Nokia/Blackberry trajectory. It would appear they spend more time figuring out how to get mileage from weak PR fodder than they do on making better EVs. As someone else noted, the German post office asked for electric delivery trucks and all the big manufacturers turned them down. Now they make them themselves. A short term victory for the incumbents turned into a long term liability.

s0rce 9y ago

I've seen a lot more Chevy Bolts then Tesla Model 3, in fact, there are two on my small street right now.

greglindahl 9y ago
Not a surprise, given that one has been shipping for 10 months, and the other is in pre-production. http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/ http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/ The Bolt outsold the Volt (a plug-in hybrid) for the past 2 months -- but it's still a little disappointing that the Bolt has only scaled from 1k/month to 2k/month.

helb 9y ago

> its always years away from mass production Mass prodcution in 2019 sounds pretty good to me. But yeah, it's still technically years. :)

codeulike 9y ago
Lets meet back here in 2019 and see if they actually bother.
- helb 9y ago
  Yup, I wouldn't bet on them. But it still sounds a bit better than these "50 % of cars will be electric by 2050 (so we do nothing now)" statements.

ZeroGravitas 9y ago

You're currently downvoted, but you're totally correct. The existing ICE companies are currently on a Nokia/Blackberry trajectory. It would appear they spend more time figuring out how to get mileage from weak PR fodder than they do on making better EVs. As someone else noted, the German post office asked for electric delivery trucks and all the big manufacturers turned them down. Now they make them themselves. A short term victory for the incumbents turned into a long term liability.