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GM should just bring back the Chevy Volt (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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General Motors’ shift from an internal combustion engine-producing company to one that makes electric motors is sputtering. EV sales are up, but growing slower than expected. The company’s next-generation Ultium platform, in particular, isn’t meeting expectations. GM’s new electric trucks and SUVs seem perennially delayed — or full of buggy software.

I think I have an easy solution to a lot of these problems: bring back the Chevy Volt.

Remember the Volt, GM’s scrappy Toyota Prius fighter from the mid-2010s? The company was lauded when it first came out in 2010 as a prescient bet on vehicles with electric powertrains. And it was undeniably a very good hybrid. The first-generation model got 36 miles of electric range before the gas kicked in, while later versions would get a whopping 53 miles of electric range.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. I have a 2016 Volt and I love it. I've gone 4200 miles between fill-ups; I charge at home and only fill up when I go on a long trip or the car decides the gas is too old. I get all the benefits of an EV, all the benefits of a hybrid, and all the benefits of a gas-car. Plug-in hybrids are a better way forward than full EV's.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I have a 2014 bought used in 2017 and it's been a great car. Oil change every 2 years and gas for road trips or every few months. Day to day driving rarely runs the engine. I just wish it had 3 seats in the back instead of 2.