# GM Admits Hybrid Push Needed

> GM plans hybrid comeback after years of electric focus.
- Title: GM Admits Hybrid Push Needed · Motor1 | Shortify
- Summary: GM plans hybrid comeback after years of electric focus. General Motors will reintroduce hybrids like the Chevrolet Equinox to meet customer demand before…
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- Source: Motor1 — https://motor1.com/news/811086/general-motors-hybrids-comeback-plan
- Author: Anthony Alaniz
- Published: 2026-10-07T17:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: general motors, chevrolet equinox, hybrid vehicles, battery electric vehicles, mike anderson, gm propulsion, chevrolet volt, corvette, cars
## GM's Hybrid Gap
General Motors sells no mass-market hybrids despite electric vehicle focus.

> We're not tone deaf to our customers. We know what they want, and we want to give that to them as quickly as we can.
## Hybrid Plans
Mike Anderson, GM's propulsion chief, says hybrids are part of the plan for customer demand.

> You can see, without me saying what our plans are, where the customers are clamoring for these things and really, really going for them.
## Hybrid History
GM's first mass-market hybrid was the Chevrolet Silverado in 2000s, later discontinued after 2019.

> The company's first mass-market hybrid launched over 20 years ago in the form of the Chevrolet Silverado
## Hybrid Sales
Toyota's hybrid sales rose 28.5% last quarter while GM's crosstown rival Ford saw 59.6% growth.

> Ford has sold 74,300 hybrid Mavericks so far this year
## Hybrid Timeline
GM plans to hybridize models like the Chevrolet Equinox by next year after CEO Mary Barra's comments.

> A new GM hybrid could arrive as soon as next year
## Hybrid Future
GM will reintroduce hybrids to meet customer demand before fully committing to electric vehicles.

> We're not tone deaf to our customers. We know what they want, and we want to give that to them as quickly as we can.
## Key takeaway

General Motors will reintroduce hybrids like the Chevrolet Equinox to meet customer demand before fully committing to electric vehicles.