By Brian Turner, InsideOttawaValley, March 7, 2020 Recently General Motors
rolled out plans for an entire new fleet of all-electric vehicles in a group
meeting with dealers, investors, and shareholders. Their aspirations are to have
these autos (ranging from compacts to full-sized rides) on dealer lots within
the next five years. You may think, you’ve heard this before, and you’d be
right. If you web-search almost any carmaker’s press release archives, you’ll
discover that by this time we should be awash in all manner of electric and
autonomous vehicles. So, what’s different this time?
In a word, Tesla. Most of Tesla’s early detractors have fallen silent due to CEO Elon Musk’s success in building, marketing and delivering electric vehicles (EV) to the masses. While EVs still haven’t yet achieved much market share (less than 1.5 per cent in the U.S. last year), carmakers around the globe are investing billions in research and development.
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