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Originally Posted by midlifecrisis2
General Motors has made the announcement it plans to go 100 percent electric earlier this week, according to NBC News
The goal is to abandon the internal combustion engine entirely. At some point in the future, all of its products will draw power either from batteries or hydrogen. Last year, all forms of electrified vehicles accounted for not even 3 percent of the U.S. new vehicle market so the question now is will consumers accept this change?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gm-to-r...ext-18-months/ |
No.
Here is what GM originally said:
http://www.gm.com/mol/m-2017-oct-1002-electric.html
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Originally Posted by General Motors
DETROIT — General Motors announced today how it is executing on a major element of its vision of a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion, recently announced by GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra.
“General Motors believes in an all-electric future,” said Mark Reuss, General Motors executive vice president of Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain. “Although that future won't happen overnight, GM is committed to driving increased usage and acceptance of electric vehicles through no-compromise solutions that meet our customers' needs.”
In the next 18 months, GM will introduce two new all-electric vehicles based off learnings from the Chevrolet Bolt EV. They will be the first of at least 20 new all-electric vehicles that will launch by 2023.
Given customers' various needs, getting to a zero emissions future will require more than just battery electric technology. It will require a two-pronged approach to electrification — battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric depending on the unique requirements.
GM also introduced SURUS — the Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure — a fuel cell powered, four-wheel steer concept vehicle on a heavy-duty truck frame that’s driven by two electric motors. With its capability and flexible architecture, SURUS could be used as a delivery vehicle, truck or even an ambulance — all emissions free.
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In other words: they believe that cars will be powered by hydrogen or batteries, at some unspecified future date, according to their current vision of the future.
Somehow that gets turned into 'GM announces it will go 100% Electric'?
No, they did not announce that. The article that you linked to (by CBS, not NBC) did not say they announced that either. You might have
thought the article said that ... but they didn't.
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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
A lot of folks at Tesla, Faraday Future, and NextEV would disagree with you and bring hardware to prove it. All make at least one vehicle that does 0 - 60 in 2.5s or less. Google Tesla S P100d, Faraday Future FF91 and Nio EP9 for details.
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And as soon as any of them actually make money selling electric cars, they might be worth taking seriously as automakers. But seeing as Tesla has lost around 10 billion in their short history ... I wouldn't hold them up as any sort of beacon for the future of automaking ... unless that future includes a trillion dollar annual subsidy to keep the industry afloat.
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Originally Posted by Stex
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Neither of those outlets are anything remotely approaching a reputable source of information. If you want to read that stuff for entertainment, go right ahead. But they're about as trustworthy as the National Enquirer or The Onion.