GM: "We will enter the electric truck market in 2021"

"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce) 11/22/2019 at 16:53 • Filed to: None

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Me: Soooooooo the S-10 EV didn’t count because......?

Seriously, this existed *and* you could buy them. Unlike the EV1, GM let you purchase them and keep them after initial leases or fleet programs. It was groundbreaking, but a bit of a wet noodle in the grand scheme of things. Still, would be nice if GM at least gave it a nod that they did it 20 years ago.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 11/22/2019 at 17:18

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Ford had there version, too

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/22/2019 at 17:27

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Man, one of these with modern batteries and motors and chargers would be pretty tight. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 11/22/2019 at 17:32

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Just imagine where we’d be at if we had actually put in some R&D over the last 20 years, instead of glutting ourselves on high-markup SUVs and low gas prices.

bhtooefr > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 11/22/2019 at 17:43

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AFAIK the intent wasn’t to allow them to be purchased, though, it’s just that the dealers screwed up the lease paperwork on some of them and left the buyout terms in, and they did get bought out.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 11/22/2019 at 18:37

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Fun fact... it was also FWD like the EV1.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > bhtooefr 11/22/2019 at 20:05

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My recollection is that the S10 chassis already had crash tests and quality tests and a bunch of other regulatory tests done, so once it got a VIN number, it was an S-10 by any other name in the eyes of the government. So they let the *option* of purchase remain, but also said it defaulted to “If you don’t buy it at the end of your rental/lease/agreement/whatever, then we get it back” so it was a bit intentional.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 11/22/2019 at 20:05

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Neat!