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Originally Posted by DevilsReject97
This is what they should have been doing from the word GO. There were plenty of viable options that could have improved fuel economy and given the general public time to improve the electric grid, adopt alternative energy sources, etc....
For example, CNG vehicles would still infinitely be a better choice for the next 20 years compared to EV... and there's really a market there for performance vehicles too...
Instead, they wanted to focus on trying to force feed something most people don't want, most people can't afford, and most of all, the vast majority of the world can't support fully..
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It's still not clear where this "force fed" stuff is coming from.
GM, to it's credit, has not replaced a single vehicle with an EV. EVERY EV has been a plus model and a free choice for the customer. They are building Blazer AND Blazer EV at the same time, Silverado and Sierra same. Equinox as well. GMC Hummer? Plus model. Lyriq? Plus model. So no one is being force fed anything. Now down the road if and when GM goes 100% EV, maybe a different discussion. Just not today. But by then EVs will likely be far better in all regards, cost, range and charge time will be much improved and being anti EV at that point will be like being anti iPhone.
CNG had it's shot too. Honda and GM (Civic and Impala) built them and many trucking fleets still use CNG. It just never caught on. And again, no infrastructure for CNG. Time to fuel might an advantage over an EV right now. But it would be a cleaner fuel.