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One could argue they needed to continue making some trucks and SUVs until they have a positive margin on their EVs...They can't just shutter all their profit-ma
by WhompingWindows 7y ago
One could argue they needed to continue making some trucks and SUVs until they have a positive margin on their EVs...They can't just shutter all their profit-makers immediately, how would they fund their EV future? What I DO agree about, though, is that they should have kept the Volt and they should have made the Bolt look less ugly.
- Tempest1981 7y ago> Bolt look less ugly People I talk to say that it looks "tiny" and toy-like. Not so much ugly. Also, fun to drive. Maybe they can beef up the look a bit -- this Hyundai Kona EV is the same size, but looks better (the SUV look may appeal to GM buyers): https://www.consumerreports.org/hybrids-evs/2019-hyundai-kona-ev-first-drive-review/ https://www.consumerreports.org/hybrids-evs/2019-hyundai-kon...
- danans 7y agoI test drove the Kona EV and it's quite a fun car. Hard to find one, though.
- WorldMaker 7y agoThe Volt was an interesting case of short-term mismanagement versus long-term goals that was almost shameful. The Gen 1 Volt was lauded for being a more "cross-over-like" assembly for the Hamtramck plant, with the long-term goal of moving Hamtramck away from traditional sedans and more towards cross-overs because the American writing was already in the wind (why the Gen 1 Volt was made there and not a plant already more familiar with cross-overs). But then the Gen 2 Volt for short term efficiency retooled to be a more sedan-like car to better fit the rest of Hamtramck's production, instead of the original plan to push at least one more Hamtramck vehicle towards the cross-over form factor. The Gen 1 Volt could have easily been sent back to another plant, but the Gen 2 Volt was doomed when bean counters thought closing Hamtramck the best bet.