Multiple choice - What could GM do to increase EREV sales? Ideas? (2nd try)

Business - Increase and improve advertising/marketing
Votes: 28 54.9%
Business - Highlight that used GM EREVs are holding their value nicely
Votes: 4 7.8%
Business/Tech- Decrease the MSRP of GM EREVs, if possible
Votes: 12 23.5%
Business - Make GM EREV vehicles widely available for conventional rental (work with conventional ag
Votes: 5 9.8%
Business - Partner more strongly with residential and business solar and energy storage installers
Votes: 1 2.0%
Increase battery size / EV-only range
Votes: 15 29.4%
Improve engine options, maybe focus on some performance and "vroom-vroom" fun performance aspects
Votes: 3 5.9%
Offer quick charging capability
Votes: 14 27.5%
improve home and public opportunity charging including possibly offering options of higher kW and wi
Votes: 9 17.6%
Simplify - decrease complexity of operating the vehicle
Votes: 4 7.8%
Offer EREV powertrain in a large sedan, SUV, crossover or other vehicles with enough rear legroom fo
Votes: 36 70.6%
Offer EREV powertrain in a pickup
Votes: 19 37.3%
Offer and stand behind renewable liquid fuel (flex-fuel with E85, renewable diesel, etc.) capability
Votes: 3 5.9%
Offer a hydrogen fuel cell instead of an internal combustion engine, combined with battery EREV powe
Votes: 2 3.9%
If possible, offer a fuel cell powered by some renewable fuel other than hydrogen
Votes: 3 5.9%
Do more to take advantage of the lower NVH and smooth wonderful ride of the EREV architecture, both
Votes: 8 15.7%
Offer some form of manumatic/stick shift or paddles to increase driver involvement and fun level for
Votes: 1 2.0%
Other things not presented in this poll (please if possible specify below in the discussion area)
Votes: 4 7.8%
(don't try to prolong EREV sales. It's no big deal... the technology has served its purpose as a br
Votes: 3 5.9%
(don't bother, EREV technology just simply will never sell well and allow for a good profit)
Votes: 0 0.0%

Total voters

51

Multiple choice - What could GM do to increase EREV sales? Ideas? (2nd try)

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jlsoaz

Discussion Starter · Dec 29, 2017 (Edited)

[Disclaimer - opinions and poll setup here entirely my own - not speaking for anyone else].
[Also - sorry to a few who already voted - the original setup I had was missing at least one key option, so it seemed best to delete and repost.]

There have been stories recently that GM is considering ending Volt sales. As well there is some indication it is headed in a strong BEV direction. This poll is to brainstorm a bit as to ways that GM could improve sales of vehicles equipped with its impressive EREV technology.

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Upper5Percent

· #13 · Dec 29, 2017

randl said:
GM and others are pretty good at marketing. Having them spend more and do a better job explaining these wonderful vehicles isn't likely to lead to big changes in the proportion of EREV or BEV vehicles on the road.

People vote with their wallets, and they'll vote for ease and convenience. The easiest, most convenient and cheapest vehicles to this point are ICs.

I love my Volt and, now living in CA, I'm not alone. But even there, the market seems saturated as sales have stalled.

BEVs and EREVs can be promoted best by government (think regulations that eliminate or discourage ICs). But who wants that?

Well, if you think the EV market is saturated at less than 3% of vehicles sold in CA...then the EV market will be a niche market UNTIL the government acts...

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-electric-vehicles-20170517-story.html

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Multiple choice - What could GM do to increase EREV sales? Ideas? (2nd try)

Business - Increase and improve advertising/marketing

Business - Highlight that used GM EREVs are holding their value nicely

Business/Tech- Decrease the MSRP of GM EREVs, if possible

Business - Make GM EREV vehicles widely available for conventional rental (work with conventional ag

Business - Partner more strongly with residential and business solar and energy storage installers

Increase battery size / EV-only range

Improve engine options, maybe focus on some performance and "vroom-vroom" fun performance aspects

Offer quick charging capability

improve home and public opportunity charging including possibly offering options of higher kW and wi

Simplify - decrease complexity of operating the vehicle

Offer EREV powertrain in a large sedan, SUV, crossover or other vehicles with enough rear legroom fo

Offer EREV powertrain in a pickup

Offer and stand behind renewable liquid fuel (flex-fuel with E85, renewable diesel, etc.) capability

Offer a hydrogen fuel cell instead of an internal combustion engine, combined with battery EREV powe

If possible, offer a fuel cell powered by some renewable fuel other than hydrogen

Do more to take advantage of the lower NVH and smooth wonderful ride of the EREV architecture, both

Offer some form of manumatic/stick shift or paddles to increase driver involvement and fun level for

Other things not presented in this poll (please if possible specify below in the discussion area)

(don't try to prolong EREV sales. It's no big deal... the technology has served its purpose as a br

(don't bother, EREV technology just simply will never sell well and allow for a good profit)

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