Sounds like a sneaky sales tactic to me.

Of all the EVs, the Toyota HEVs (aka Hybrids) are of the top quality and have the least problems of any class of vehicle.

The truth is getting around faster than suckers are being born.

That’s the real reason for the BEV slump and HEVs taking off.

Either GM relegates itself to a forever-inferior station within the automotive world, or they develop a great aptitude at Hybrids. GM did a very good job with the Volt. BEVs shouldn’t be. Hybrids enhance the performance and efficiency of IC powertrains. It’s like a critical feature. It makes internal combustion get ~30-50% more efficiency to the gallon, and better performance, too.

That’s not very realistic. I’ve heard others who expressed similar thinking about PHEVs and commute range, and that’s the thinking that was being proposed by the PHEV-makers, but that’s not how people naturally are inclined to behave. People are inclined to do what they want and not feel the need to worry so much. That’s not unconscientiousness, it’s simply non-neurosis.

Committing at time of purchase to incur the extra weight and expense of PHEV in order to adopt a whole lot of ritualistic charging practices for very little benefit (which people tire of), along with the significant drop in efficiency relative to HEV for the life of the vehicle… PHEV just isn’t rational. Paying more to get a less good vehicle is what it is. Paying more to get a compromised hassle. Fortunately, with PHEVs, the option always remains to drive as if you had bought a HEV in the first place, albeit with the significantly inferior (to HEV) MPG and extra weight. See?

Whatta mess!

Note: vehicle in question is a PHEV

Is anyone selling stock in portable “personal massager” companies?

heh heh heh

HEV is the future and the now.

Ubiquitous BEV ownership was a delusional fever dream of a greedy man and should never have been placed in people’s minds as an idealized eventuality or goal. It’s not even a serious thought. The charlatans should never have been taken seriously.

Humanity should never have gotten sidetracked by BEV.

Improving performance and efficiencies is a worthwhile pursuit, and that’s exactly what HEVs do. I’m glad and grateful that the BEV spell is being broken. The world doesn’t need more BEVs or more BEV chargers. BEVs were the wrong way. The world shouldn’t build any more of either.

Plugging in cars is a passing fad. What a gigantic mess that has been made. What a civilizational mania. I’m glad that it is coming to a swift end.

It’s a misconception that Toyota was a laggard or a dummy or otherwise incompetent when it comes to BEVs. Toyota chose the HEV path due to the inherent unbetterness of BEVs. Toyota is very conscientious. Toyota is very disciplined.

Many more (90x) Hybrid battery systems can be manufactured with the same quantities of battery material required to make a battery for one single BEV. Doing so reduces ~38x the carbon that would be saved from building a single EV. HEV is much more economical _and_ much more environmentally friendly. The multiplier is only 6x for the PHEV:BEV difference in battery materials required. BEVs are resource hogs.

Humanity is awakening from an episodic lunacy for BEVs.

Humanity is rapidly coming to embrace HEVs whole-heartedly.

HEVs are booming, BEVs are slumping

The best possible thing for GM to do is to offer every model of theirs in Hybrid (HEV).

GM should not pursue PHEV or BEV. Plugging in cars is a gimmick and passing fad.

The market has proven that people most highly demand Hybrids (HEVs).