As Toyota RAV4 Plug-In Surges, GM Eyes A Chevy Volt Sequel

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    "author": "Brooke Crothers, Contributor",
    "excerpt": "By Brooke Crothers , Contributor. Is GM’s EV Kill List Getting Too Long? General Motors has a bad habit of killing groundbreaking electric vehicles. Seminal EVs that met an early death include the EV1 (killed circa 2003), the Chevy Volt (killed 2019), and now the resurrected Chevy Bolt (first killed in 2023) is headed for the boneyard by mid-2027. To recap: “We are evaluating plug-in hybrids. We have plans to do some,” GM CEO Mary Barra said on January 12, 2026 in remarks to the Automotive Press Association, as reported by Automotive News . “Yes, we are developing hybrids but we haven’t gone into a lot of detail at this point,\" Stuart Fowle, Senior Director, GM Global Technology and Innovation Communications, told me this past week. \"Our priority is battery costs, charging and other factors that will get people to the end goal of EVs faster, understanding that some drivers need a bridge,” he added, confirming Barra’s earlier comments. GM has a new PHEV that it is selling in China under the joint SAIC-GM Wuling brand but nothing in the U.S. since the 2019 discontinued Volt. Oh, the irony. GM invented the mass-market plug-in hybrid with the Volt (I owned a 2013 Volt). And now Toyota – heretofore an EV laggard – is picking up where GM left off and going gangbusters with RAV4 PHEV in the U.S. market. Sales of the compact crossover climbed 64% year-to-date through July 2026, as...",
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