Charger EV competitor? GM planning to replace Camaro & Bolt with RWD EV Sedan and RWD Ford March-E competitor

[AlexB]

''An electric performance sedan will replace the Camaro in 2025.''

Report: Camaro Ends In 2024; Malibu Ends In 2025...

www.gminsidenews.com

Now it could be an EV version of what GM had planned for Pontiac, plan was for Pontiac G6 to move to RWD platform called Alpha. However as GM's financial state decline to near death state those plans where scrap in favor of a rebadge strategy (think Chevy's Mercury) that would have lead to Pontiac's death, but slower and lessening dealer payments.

But then the bailout and Pre-package bankruptcy happen, which GM decide to pull the plug because U.S. bankruptcy laws are supreme to local State & Local laws (the payments to dealers).

However for GM to do all this bragging about Bolt, only to kill it says it all about management of product/vehicles programs by GM.

 

[patfromigh]

In my opinion the Department of Energy should give GM a waiver from any zero emission vehicle mandates as well as exempting the company from the CAFE standards. Why? You might ask. Well if one has been following the news on the Chevy Bolt's quality problems, it looks like GM could do to the battery electric drivetrain what was done to the diesel engine in the 1970s and early Eighties. By the time GM was done, nobody wanted a diesel. They messed it up but good.

In the interests of the environment GM should not be marketing battery electric vehicles. The auto buying public doesn't need to see huge labels on the dashboards of electric cars stating "Do not park in a garage." As long as GM continues to make Camaros which most adults can't fit into and trucks with back breaking seats, they won't be selling enough gas fueled vehicles to really affect the atmosphere anyway.

 

[AlexB]

In my opinion the Department of Energy should give GM a waiver from any zero emission vehicle mandates as well as exempting the company from the CAFE standards. Why? You might ask. Well if one has been following the news on the Chevy Bolt's quality problems, it looks like GM could do to the battery electric drivetrain what was done to the diesel engine in the 1970s and early Eighties. By the time GM was done, nobody wanted a diesel. They messed it up but good.

In the interests of the environment GM should not be marketing battery electric vehicles. The auto buying public doesn't need to see huge labels on the dashboards of electric cars stating "Do not park in a garage." As long as GM continues to make Camaros which most adults can't fit into and trucks with back breaking seats, they won't be selling enough gas fueled vehicles to really affect the atmosphere anyway.

GM recalls Bolt EVs again because some batteries may pose fire risk

General Motors confirms at least one fire in recent months was related to the battery, even after that owner had the initial recall fix done.

t.co

 

[AlexB]

In my opinion the Department of Energy should give GM a waiver from any zero emission vehicle mandates as well as exempting the company from the CAFE standards. Why? You might ask. Well if one has been following the news on the Chevy Bolt's quality problems, it looks like GM could do to the battery electric drivetrain what was done to the diesel engine in the 1970s and early Eighties. By the time GM was done, nobody wanted a diesel. They messed it up but good.

In the interests of the environment GM should not be marketing battery electric vehicles. The auto buying public doesn't need to see huge labels on the dashboards of electric cars stating "Do not park in a garage." As long as GM continues to make Camaros which most adults can't fit into and trucks with back breaking seats, they won't be selling enough gas fueled vehicles to really affect the atmosphere anyway.

I think Tesla will help soften any GM damage to EV, but It does re-enforce my personal feelings that the greatest wild card on GM's EV sales is GM itself given mistakes on interior/features/packaging on ICE products.
All those mistakes hurt more on EV's.