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GM Will Make Electric Corvettes In Many Shapes and Sizes: Report
GM Will Make Electric Corvettes In Many Shapes and Sizes: Report-August 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:09:22

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There’s been a lot of talk of future Corvettes as of late, between the version of the C8, to a potential battery-electric ‘Vette crossover riding on GM’s Ultium platform. More ‘Vettes are indeed coming, the rumor mill tells us — and the brand expansion won’t stop at an SUV.

Here’s the deal: says that the first electric Corvette we’ll actually see — likely next year, based on comments GM President Mark Reuss made to in April — will actually be a sedan, intended to compete with the . This four-door ‘Vette will supposedly be derived from the architecture that makes the possible.

What’s more, there won’t be a pure-electric C8, the site reports, as the mid-engine sports car’s platform isn’t fit for the job. The C9, as you’d guess, will likely spurn gasoline entirely. Until then, GM will experiment with electrifying the current ICE model.

GM’s CES 2021 presentation teased a slate of future EVs, including what many assumed was a Corvette SUV in the back left.

And that SUV is happening too, but not out of the gate. MC&T reasons the manufacturer is starting with the sedan first because a Corvette SUV would overshadow the , with its almost 560 horsepower. The SS will hit 60 mph in under four seconds, so from a performance standpoint, GM probably doesn’t need to make a tall-roof version of the Corvette. (But since when has “need” mattered to modern automakers? Have you seen lately?)

This of course isn’t the first time we’ve caught wind of a Corvette “family” of vehicles, and it seems GM has . This was pretty inevitable once Ford put the Mustang badge on a crossover, which . Lamborghini, in case you missed it, . Brands aren’t specific to products or categories — they’re formless. The future of America’s sports car will be formless, too.

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