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Originally Posted by JSH
GM's sales plan seems to be that people that need or want an ICE will just buy and ICE and they are happy to sell them one. No need to add the complexity and cost of a PHEV. In the short term the tax credit could cover that cost extra cost but basing profitability on a tax credit is a big risk when that money can go away with the stroke of a pen. Ask Hyundai about that.
I think they are looking for more households to look line mine. One EV for a commute and city / regional driving. One ICE for long trips.
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Even though a PHEV is quite complicated, I wouldn't consider a BEV dumbproof at all. On a sidenote, most likely every vehicle featuring an ICE would resort to some sort of electric assist or another, such as a BAS-Hybrid setup, as least for the bureaucratic reasons in some regions and economics of scale in the USDM once it gets widespread on a worldwide basis.