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Scotty rocks, long live his Celica !
EV's are like having a napalm bo-b housed in your residence. You never know if or when it goes off, but if it does, your home is absolutely certain to go up with it.
These id--ts think they've developed the next best technology, but in actuality, they've discarded a hundred years of automotive experience, in exchange for a few years or decades of learning how electrification works on this level. As a wise GM engineer mentioned before. Mechanically speaking, we are more lucky than we are correct. So, we dipped into uncharted waters of electrification on a mass scale, and we're just winging it.
I say this as someone that designs these things daily. I am not GM, but I am ALL OEM, much more important than any OEM. We know their weaknesses, but it's money that makes these abominations move to market. You people, are the guinea pigs. If the napalm doesn't get it you, it'll probably be the ghost in the machine auto pilot program.
Haha.
Everyone's car insurance will quadruple to cover the costs of total car replacements once these EVs start getting into car accidents on a mass scale.
If you design these EVs, you know every square inch is occupied with modules, cables, electronics and a battery that is tens of thousands of dollars to replace.
Enjoy your future.
Oh and your car is junk after 100k miles unless you have 30k for a new battery in an 8 year old car.
GM sold over 600,000 units in Q1 2023, up 18%.
EVs are the future, ICE is the present.
For now, any EV sales are nice but not critical. In 5 years that will be different, assuming they can solve the problem of slow battery charging and a sparse charging network.
Right now, where do you charge your EV if you live in an apartment?
And how long do you have to sit on the charger you find 20 miles from where you live to fill the battery from empty?
GM sold 20k EVs in 2023 Q1 while Tesla sold 439k.
Ford Lightning Trucks are spontaneously combusting.
You can say that things aren't going well for the big 2 American auto companies. Can they 'cut' their way out of it? Is that how new, innovative products are created? Can they continue to get away with charging premium prices for cars without microchips? In a market with mass layoffs and high inflation?
If the media wasn't bought-and-paid-for government shills, they would be calling Mary out for incompetance. GM was supposed to be a big contender with EVs. Can anyone say that with a straight face?
In the meantime, EVs projects are getting canceled at GM and the ones that remain aren't going well.
People are falling behind on their car payments:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/car-repossessions-are-rise-warning-sign-economy-rcna61916
Banks are already writing off billions in deadbeat loans.
Take a walk around the offices next week and see how engaged people are. How full are the conference rooms? How many people from your teams are showing up for work? Retirement announcements are filling up your inboxes. You can console yourself with the idea that contractors will take the brunt of it but lets be honest, we are all in deep, deep trouble. This includes suppliers as well. During the last recession, many weren't even paid for their parts. So many went under. Now we have geopolitical issues. What happens when you source a cheap overseas supplier and stiff them? LOL Come on now. Silly games, lies, cheap rhetoric...you can actually sense the fear from people.
How do any of you think this ends?
Its true GM is struggling. They can say it’s because of performance; they can say it’s to protect for the future; but i won’t be surprised when they ask for another loan. Once all the trucks and SUVs sell what’s left. It’s 2003 all over again; says are staying up forcing the sale of the upper level trims but it won’t last. The CEO is going all in and will be fired in 12 months or less when the scheme all comes to an end.