General Motors’ shift from an internal combustion engine-producing company to one that makes electric motors is sputtering. EV sales are up, but growing slower than expected. The company’s next-generation Ultium platform, in particular, isn’t meeting expectations. GM’s new electric trucks and SUVs seem perennially delayed — or full of buggy software.
I think I have an easy solution to a lot of these problems: bring back the Chevy Volt.
Remember the Volt, GM’s scrappy Toyota Prius fighter from the mid-2010s? The company was lauded when it first came out in 2010 as a prescient bet on vehicles with electric powertrains. And it was undeniably a very good hybrid. The first-generation model got 36 miles of electric range before the gas kicked in, while later versions would get a whopping 53 miles of electric range.
That would be cool, but since GM have decided they are no longer including Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, any renewed Chevy Volt would be worthless pile of steel, lithium, and carbon. Might as well have the factory dump them straight into a landfill.
I’d prefer to buy a vehicle without these things.
Well you wouldn’t want GM’s alternative. They are killing these features so they can charge you a subscription for shittier versions of things you already get for free on your phone, like GPS navigation.