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This Could Have Been You, GM
This Could Have Been You, GM-December 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:51

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Ford and GM both had the same job at hand: get a mass-market EV into production, something that people will like. Ford responded by making an all-electric sporty crossover with a name everyone will recognize. GM made the .

I never understood why GM’s response to the rise of Tesla was the Bolt. Tesla showed the industry that what America wanted out of an EV was sharp, luxury design in a status-driven package. GM took stock of it, and instead, put a not-quite-compact hatchback into showrooms.

GM took one look at Tesla’s upstart success and decided to make an electric Nissan Versa rival instead. What?

Ford’s is not a perfect car. I, for one, am worried if the company that will be able to get its first big time EV into customer hands without a lot of high-profile problems. Also its name is dumb. But . We are gobbling up RAV4s and CR-Vs (both sitting ) and Toyota and Honda aren’t even remotely close to selling all-electric cars in those molds. We . From Toyota. The Prius company.

You ever wake up and realize that the past 11 years of your life have been treading water, and…

I don’t know if this has already occurred to all of you out there (particularly if there are any…

What do you get when you combine Toyota’s best-selling car with the most efficient powertrain setup

GM, at least, seems to know it screwed up, and says that it will have some Bolt-based car on sale... at some point here in America. (.)

There’s a new GM electric vehicle that graciously isn’t some horrible marketing rip-off of an…

There’s a lot that Ford could screw up about the Mach E, but at least it’s not starting off on the completely wrong foot. GM should be looking itself in the mirror right now.

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