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GM Reverses All-In EV Strategy to Bring Back Plug-In Hybrids (www.thedrive.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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GM Reverses All-In EV Strategy to Bring Back Plug-In Hybrids::The EV craze is butting up against limited demand, and it's forcing General Motors to bring back hybrids in an almost total about-face.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We should be doing plug in hybrids, they are cheaper and will reduce gas usage dramatically for 80% of drivers in cities.

[–] AA5B 2 points 10 months ago

And keep us sucking on fossil fuels for another couple decades? Direct to EVs may be a slower transition but we will transition much quicker.

Hybrids are good for the places EVs don’t work yet, as are hydrogen, and biofuel: we have all too many edge cases. However EVs are a solid win for most people where they have chargers, and it’s going quickly