[KMPrenger]

The engine is only there to provide power to the battery.

Why they chose to use the 3.6 V6 I don't know, but there had to be a reason. Perhaps it's cheaper than using one of their fancier turbo 4 engines and I'm not sure they have any diesel engine that is small/cheap enough for this application either...and perhaps using some NA 4 cylinder engine doesn't provide enough "juice" to keep the batteries powered?

Assuming this works as advertised and doesn't turn out to be a nightmare of bugs and issues upon release, then I still think this makes more sense than a full on EV truck. Somebody out there tell me why being able to drive on electric only the vast majority of time (to work, short trips) and then being able to use gas when needed is a worse idea than full on EV?

If GM had continued on with the Voltec platform or some evolutionary version of it and applied it to more vehicles, there's a damn good chance I'd own one right now for my wife's daily. I think there's a LOT more people out there like me and we'd all be running around producing near zero emissions. Instead, we're getting full EV shoved in our faces, and I'm saying "nope".