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Old 01-17-2019, 11:53 AM   #62 (permalink)
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GM: no more PHEVs

Read a news item quoting a GM exec who says they will not be using the Volt's tech on any future vehicles, so they're writing off that R&D.

I will see if I can find a link...

Edit... here it is

GM president dashes hopes of future Volt, says no more hybrids
https://www.greencarreports.com/news...o-more-hybrids

Quote:
Fans were hopeful that the company planned to replace it with another plug-in hybrid with similar technology based on GM's Voltec system, in which it invested most of a billion dollars a dozen or so years ago.

However the message could hardly be clearer, that GM plans on focusing on pure battery electric cars in the future, and not "waste" resources building plug-in hybrids
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