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A lot of people are attacking GM for all of this. Some of that is valid, but it's overlooking a critically important detail: People, GM's customers, are the ones choosing to buy gas cars. GM is simply responding to that desire.
There's an old saying, "The customer is always right (in matters of taste)". GM's EV offerings are, for the most part, comparable to their gas counterparts. IOW, it's not like they're intentionally kneecapping that segment just to force people to gas. Even when the incentives were still in full swing, more than half of the people buying a new Blazer opted for the gas version.
Focus on the demand, and the supply will follow.
Every where else the demand for electric vehicles is on the rise but here in Idiot America and in China where the ownership of EV's is already relatively high due to cheap, good range, decent EV's available and they're still pushing for even more adoption.
There's no demand here because Americans and their leadership in both government and corporate who actively hamper adoption and the refusal to actually meet the demand of having a cheap EV that can get decent milage.
In Australia we consider the Donald Trump is the greatest gift to EVs. Since he closed the Straight of Hormuz sales of EVs have skyrocketed. People now see EVs as a viable option rather than an early adopters plaything. The market has moved with the cost of fuel.