Production of the Envista at a GM plant in South Korea – home of other Buick and Chevy small crossovers – is scheduled to start next month. The vehicles are expected to arrive in Buick showrooms this summer.
The Envista will be offered exclusively in front-wheel-drive and powered by a 1.2-lter turbocharged engine that's expected to include 136 horsepower and 162 foot-pounds torque. It includes a standard safety package with six active safety features such as automatic emergency braking and lane keep assist. Its interior features 19 inches of information and control screens.The Envista is the second of five new models or vehicles for Buick over an 18-month span that ends next year.
. The last model is expected to be the brand's first all-electric vehicle, which will debut in the first half of next year.Buick's target to exclusively offer EVs by the end of this decade comes as GM spends $35 billion in electric and autonomous vehicles between 2020 and 2025. The automaker has a goal for all of its brands to exclusively
Alt headline: 'GM sacrifices Buick to the ESG gods.'
Surveys clearly suggest the American public is NOT in agreement with owning an EV at this time. Perhaps, GM executives believe the progressive climate fanatics inside the U.S. government will bail them out if this risky strategy fails.
GM to go all electric because that's what government is telling it to do, not what the consumers are telling it they want. Fascist fusion of government and industry.
This is a fatal mistake for GM...