Comment on ‘The early adopters have adopted’: US carmakers slow their EV growth plans

• Uprise42@artemis.camp ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The bolt is discontinued because it was taking sales away from more expensive vehicles. People don’t massive SUV’s but automakers can make more money on them so they limit options otherwise.

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  • noahm@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not discontinued. They backed away from that plan in favor of a battery tech refresh. arstechnica.com/…/gm-announces-a-new-ultium-based…

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    • Uprise42@artemis.camp ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Seems it’s not quite dead yet which is great since Nissan also killed the leaf. But it’s also not in a great spot either it seems. That article references a lot of issues scaling the new battery tech…

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  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    …Fuck. Thanks for letting me know, but damn that sucks.

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