Subject: Re: The new hotness
And that blew up in their faces. Now Ford & GM have pinned their hopes on hybrids.
I get the feeling Ford & GM are tossing shyte on the wall and waiting to see if anything sticks.
No longer term planning; just grasping at straws.

Meanwhile...

Stellantis Ditches Plug-In Hybrid Models, Tech That Struggled With U.S. Buyers

Stellantis’ disclosure early this month of the Wrangler model discontinuation affects another Jeep with PHEV capability, Grand Cherokee 4xe, the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan and the Alfa Romeo Tonale plug-in. Earlier, Stellantis cancelled the Jeep Gladiator 4xe pickup truck. The Dodge Hornet plug-in imported from Italy was canceled due to tariffs, according to the Automotive News.

https://seekingalpha.com/artic...

Several years ago, there was a joke meme making the rounds: a Tesla, stopped on the road, with a dead battery. The Tesla was being recharged by a gas engine driven generator. Apparently *that* is the new hotness now, an "extended range EV", which carries a gas engine to recharge the battery, aka, an "EREV".

To me, it looks like a mad dash to create some sort of narrative so that automakers don't need to write off even more of their EV investment.

Steve