The Corvette could give birth to a family of electric models. This is reminiscent of Ford’s strategy with the Mustang.
Chevrolet will electrify the Corvette. The American manufacturer has itself announced the arrival of a hybrid version and then a 100% electric variant of its legendary sports car. The hybrid will be ready from 2023, and therefore designed on the current generation, the C8.
On the other hand, according to the site Muscle Cars & Trucks “, for the all-electric model, it will rather be necessary to wait for a brand new Corvette, which would therefore be the C9. This would take over the base dedicated to the electric of the General Motors group, named Ultium. The current Corvette platform, the Y2, would be ill-suited to accommodate a large battery. And that’s not all. Chevrolet would have in its boxes the project of a sports sedan. While some saw it attached to the Camaro, according to “Muscle Cars & Trucks”, this sedan would take over the Corvette badge.
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A Corvette sedan, which is moreover electric… sacrilege, some will think. But Chevrolet would thus take advantage of the reputation and legitimacy of this label to come and attack the Porsche Taycan. A strategy similar to that of Ford, which did not hesitate to make an electric Mustang SUV! Moreover, a Corvette electric SUV would also be under consideration.
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The Corvette could give birth to a family of electric models. This is reminiscent of Ford’s strategy with the Mustang.
Chevrolet will electrify the Corvette. The American manufacturer has itself announced the arrival of a hybrid version and then a 100% electric variant of its legendary sports car. The hybrid will be ready from 2023, and therefore designed on the current generation, the C8.
On the other hand, according to the site Muscle Cars & Trucks “, for the all-electric model, it will rather be necessary to wait for a brand new Corvette, which would therefore be the C9. This would take over the base dedicated to the electric of the General Motors group, named Ultium. The current Corvette platform, the Y2, would be ill-suited to accommodate a large battery. And that’s not all. Chevrolet would have in its boxes the project of a sports sedan. While some saw it attached to the Camaro, according to “Muscle Cars & Trucks”, this sedan would take over the Corvette badge.
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A Corvette sedan, which is moreover electric… sacrilege, some will think. But Chevrolet would thus take advantage of the reputation and legitimacy of this label to come and attack the Porsche Taycan. A strategy similar to that of Ford, which did not hesitate to make an electric Mustang SUV! Moreover, a Corvette electric SUV would also be under consideration.
As for the sedan, a good part of the technique would be shared with the Cadillac Celestiq, the future trendy flagship of Cadillac.
