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Talked to a GM engineer about the future of EVs

Dad of my daughter's college swim teammate is a high level engineer with GM. Had several conversations about where car technology is going. They are required to drive (more or less lease) fleet GM cars, so he drives quite a variety of Chevy and GMC vehicles. It was quite obvious very quickly to all the GM managers and engineers that EVs will never fulfill more than a small niche of short distance commuting. Everyone at GM was ready to give up their EVs quickly. They are just not practical at all for a single vehicle family. They have surmised that consumers will never adopt an EV-only multi car family. You will always need/want a hybrid or pure ICE vehicle. The technology just never will be there.
Posted: 12/15/2025 at 04:52 PM ET
(In response to this post by RoswellGAHokie)

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Ford pivoting toward hybrids and EREVs and away from EVs.
RoswellGAHokie 12/15/25 04:21 PM ET
I drove a hybrid in Scotland last year. Drove 5 straight days before
Hokebury 12/16/25 12:12 PM ET
What should happen is to provide different powertrain vehicles and let...
EDGEMAN 12/15/25 08:06 PM ET
Always struck me as the correct answer...
`lag 12/15/25 06:04 PM ET
I have a '24 F150 Powerboost hybrid. I love it.
HokieGator 12/15/25 05:33 PM ET
Talked to a GM engineer about the future of EVs
Happy Dog 12/15/25 04:52 PM ET
I’m guessing engineers at Consolidated Stage Coach felt the same way.**
SDHokie 12/16/25 11:43 AM ET
Key phrase: "for a single vehicle family"
Baltimore Hokie 12/16/25 08:00 AM ET
Tell it to China**
Gobbler-100 12/16/25 01:09 AM ET
Yeah China has different infrastructure and lifestyle
Hokie Chris 12/16/25 07:48 AM ET
GM donated a Cadillac LYRIQ to VT for an EV competition...
BB Hokie 12/15/25 10:31 PM ET
Now we just need the people making legislation to realize that.
MP4VT2004 12/15/25 06:41 PM ET
Never is an awful long time.
turkeywinghokie 12/15/25 05:48 PM ET
There is perceived limit to charging speed and battery technology
Happy Dog 12/16/25 05:30 AM ET
Google "CATL sodium ion battery" and then get back to us
Baltimore Hokie 12/16/25 08:05 AM ET
Can we produce enough power to charge those batteries?**
HokieDiver 12/16/25 05:53 PM ET
It's the data centers that will be the issue wrt power consumption...
BB Hokie 12/16/25 08:06 PM ET
Not sure about a limit... changes in technology continue to expand
turkeywinghokie 12/16/25 07:37 AM ET
When charging time gets down to the amount of time it takes to put 15-20
Tuckahokie 12/15/25 06:44 PM ET
New for 2026: The Ford Pivot!**
PhotoHokieNC 12/15/25 04:28 PM ET
Can it corner?**
hoosnowahokie 12/15/25 04:49 PM ET
On a dime...**
RTFC 12/16/25 12:01 AM ET