My Dear Reader: thank you for
My Dear Reader: thank you for your support, and I’m sorry I failed you. No excuse, but please understand that sometimes I’m immensely tired when I get home after work when I publish these things. You may think its useless reading, but trust me, there are people out there who don’t know much about PHEVs that think it was an actual purpose built invention, when it was not. They’re having a hard time wrapping their heads around this cancellation thing, and some of them lately have chosen to take it out on me. The comments section of the Mercedes PHEV story is a glaring example. I have a thick skull. So I needed to make this article as factual as possible, besides the fact that longer articles make for better Google rankings. The header on LinkedIn said: “ Now with Volt gone, what does this hold for the future of electric cars and the future of GM?“ Yes you're right, I probably should have addressed that better, I figured my colleague John Goreham took care of that in his two links I provided at the top of the story, and the last few lines at the end when I tell you to jump into that BEV pool of water that awaits us all. Suffice to say, this is putting GM electrification on the fast track, as GM converts its supply chain to all electric, like VW, both are starting to see the benefits and setbacks. Both just realized they really do need to get rid of their gasoline operations ASAP, the quicker they do, the more they’ll save. This includes hybrids, which because they require extra components, that means extra cost to make. So, an electric in your garage probably will be there much sooner than the 10+ years on average we were thinking as a median. A five year timeline I’d say is more likely. And 2020 is the year for the electric at your local dealer. Watch how these dealers right now are all flooded with gasoline cars, and in as little as 18 months, particularly for GM and VW Group, a big chunk of those cars on those lots will be BEVs. Amazing. Please stick with me. I'm only Human.