Has General Motors finally seen the light, EV cars are not popular

[TheButcher]

GM is asking employees to help keep gas engines in California after 2035


"America's largest automaker once backed California's aggressive EV push. That support appears to be over.

General Motors has begun urging employees to lobby lawmakers against ban on the sale of new gas cars in the state within a decade, something it once supported.

'We need your help!' GM wrote in an email to thousands of salaried workers, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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'Emissions standards that are not aligned with market realities pose a serious threat to our business by undermining consumer choice and vehicle affordability.'

The email comes as California’s tough climate regulations face growing resistance.

For years, the state has had a federal waiver allowing it to impose stricter tailpipe rules than the national standard.

That authority led to a bold mandate: by 2035, all new cars sold in the state must be zero-emission vehicles — either battery electric or hydrogen-powered.

Eighteen other states have adopted similar rules that will ban the sale of new gas cars."



But with EV sales falling short of projections, the waiver is now under bipartisan scrutiny in Washington. GM’s lobbying is the latest signal of shifting political winds."







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[HeelMike]

Hopefully president Trump will relax these ev mandates and increase the time frame for all cars going electric.

[Cars-n-Chicks]

Build what sells, simple.

[webcamhostess]

The 2025 Cadillac Celestiq is all EV and starts around $340,000 and can be custom configured, it is Bentley and Rolls Royce territory pricing.

[urbanlegend]

EV's sell because of government subsidies and tax breaks otherwise they will not leave dealerships as much as they do.

[BrasSmonkey]

they built the car before the system!!! i think hydrogen is going to be the way and bio-diesel...

[Matty2]

they built the car before the system!!! i think hydrogen is going to be the way and bio-diesel...

Some one gets it

[BrasSmonkey]

musk barely caught on! removing employees from the charging stations. that ass burgers fucked him up...

they built the car before the system!!! i think hydrogen is going to be the way and bio-diesel...

Some one gets it

[pokerking]

The Hummer EV looks cool

[ispdn]

The 2025 Cadillac Celestiq is all EV and starts around $340,000 and can be custom configured, it is Bentley and Rolls Royce territory pricing.

Just how many have they sold I asked a friend who keeps telling me this is the best car in the world.
I once read production was going to be around 100-150 a year.

[tacnet]

Whether you like them or not, EVs are going to take over the world of motor transport. It simply a question of WHEN, not IF

In 2023, EVs accounted for around 10% of the global market share. Last year (2025) that jumped to over 25%. That's an astonishing rise of over 15% in just 2 years and means that 1 IN 4 NEW CARS SOLD GLOBALLY IS NOW AND EV

You might think this is all because of car sales in China but it isn't. In fact Norway has the highest take up of EVs with over 97%. China is at 54% and Europe grew to around 30% EVs last year.

GM spent years trying to build an end-to-end supply chain for EV batteries in the USA. They were leading the field but all that had to be abandoned when Trump came into office which now leaves America trailing behind the rest of the world with just 9% EV sales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_ ... rket_share