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GM suspends next-gen electric truck indefinitely as it retreats to gas

GM suspends next-gen electric truck indefinitely as it retreats to gas

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General Motors has indefinitely suspended plans to refresh its full-size electric truck and SUV lineup, putting the future of the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV, Hummer EV, and Cadillac Escalade IQ in limbo beyond the current generation. The move marks yet another retreat from GM’s once-ambitious electric vehicle strategy, as the automaker doubles down on gas-powered trucks instead. GM shelves 2028 electric truck refresh According to a report from Crain’s Detroit Business, GM was planning to update its full-size electric lineup in 2028, including introducing lower-cost variants of several models to expand market share. Those plans have now been delayed indefinitely. When asked about the decision, GM declined to elaborate, stating only that it has “not disclosed any potential plans or timing for any next-generation battery electric trucks” and that it would not “engage in speculation.” Advertisement – scroll for more content The news comes on the heels of a brutal stretch for GM’s EV division. The automaker recorded $7.6 billion in EV-related charges during 2025, including a $6 billion writedown tied to scrapping …

GM suspends next-gen electric truck indefinitely as it retreats to gas

RAM 3500 driver switches to EV, and the savings are SHOCKING

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How much can drivers really save by trading their ICE truck for an EV? One driver parked his trusty 2023 RAM 3500 diesel and drove a new 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV for a few days — and his real-world fuel savings are impossible to ignore. America is full of rural communities that are miles away from its major cities, both geographically and culturally – but that doesn’t mean these more sparsely populated regions can’t reap the benefits of electrification. In fact, EVs offer rural drivers even more benefits than they do to city-dwellers. That’s truer than ever these days, with diesel prices climbing past $6.00 per gallon in many parts of the country (and approaching $8 in parts of California), it’s more expensive than ever to haul sailboat fuel around town in a big pickup truck. “Diesel is sitting around roughly $6.00/gal. on average,” writes Robert Wallace, a certified energy manager and self-proclaimed rural energy innovator. “My [2023] RAM [3500] gets about 17 MPG, which means every time I drive a mile it’s costing me $0.35.” This week, though, Wallace got …

New EV fee proposals charge owners 2-3x what gas drivers pay in federal tax

New EV fee proposals charge owners 2-3x what gas drivers pay in federal tax

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A growing number of states and federal lawmakers are pushing flat annual fees of $200 to $250 on electric vehicles, amounts that charge EV owners two to three times more than what the average gas car driver pays in federal fuel tax. The proposals are being framed as a way to fund road infrastructure, but the math doesn’t add up. At a time when EVs represent roughly 10% of new car sales in the US and deliver billions in health, environmental, and energy security benefits, these blanket fees are a punitive approach that discourages adoption rather than fairly distributing road costs. The math: EV owners would overpay The federal gas tax has been stuck at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993. Based on the average American driving 11,484 miles per year at 22.3 mpg, a typical gas car driver pays roughly $95 per year in federal gas tax. That’s it. Yet the proposed federal EV fee, introduced by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), would hit EV owners with $200 per year, …

Texas Chevy dealer still has a 2023 Bolt – with K markup

Texas Chevy dealer still has a 2023 Bolt – with $13K markup

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I reached out to a Texas Chevy dealer about a 2023 Bolt EUV LT Redline they list in their inventory, and despite talking to two different reps and probably an AI, I couldn’t get the answer to one simple question: why is their price more than $13,000 above sticker? SKIP THE STORY: find 2027 Chevy Bolt deals near you (trusted affiliate link) Look, guys – I was in the car business a long time. Long enough, in fact, to have developed a bit of a soft spot for salespeople and their problems, and that affection will often take the form of Hanlon’s Razor. If you’re not familiar with Hanlon’s Razor, it’s a generalistic sort of idea that boils down to, “never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence.” To that end, I’ll often defend the salesperson as a fellow human, and I like to think that in my own dealings with people from the other side of the desk, I was an open book, and anytime someone got loud it was because they either …