Simply put, the reason the
Simply put, the reason the car didn't do well is because, to this day, people don't know what a PHEV is.
"it's electric when you want it, it's gas when you need it".
They put that in an ad, stress that they'll never "run out of charge", and get real ads with driver testimonials getting over 250mpg... they'd sell more. There are still people that think it dies after 50 miles. GM's fatal flaw - bad ads (and bad dealerships unwilling to pick up that slack)