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Reports indicate that both a four-door coupe and an SUV have been proposed at GM, but under the performance Corvette name
Much like how Volvo created a brand out of its Polestar division, General Motors is reportedly planning a similar move with its Corvette nameplate.
Reports from Car and Driver indicate that a stand-alone Corvette brand could be coming in 2025.
As a fully-electrified brand, the Corvette name is set to transition into a multi-model production, featuring both a sleak, four-door coupe and an SUV.
Sources inside GM told Car and Driver that the proposals for the Corvette-branded vehicles were unique and included 800-volt architecture, ‘high-revving’ electric motors and multi-mode four-wheel steering, to name just a few.
The future Corvette EV sportscar – in the past rumoured to be called the E-ray – is likely to support this new model lineup in a near-future full of electric metal.
This means that the Corvette Z06 supercar, with its fire-breathing 5.5-litre V8 engine, could be one of the last ICE Corvettes to be produced.
As we reported earlier this year, the upcoming Corvette ‘E-ray’ – the electric successor to the current C8 Corvette – is slated to be one of the first performance models to sit on GM’s Ultium flexible battery architecture.
General Motors has thrown significant money into its Ultium platform, investing over $7 billion so far to produce its Ultium battery packs.
While Ultium will sit beneath large-scale vehicles such as the next electric Hummer and the Silverado EV pick-up, GM says that Ultium batteries and motors can also be combined with a range of different layouts: 19, to be precise.
Ultium will also sit beneath future cars including the Cadillac Celestiq, Chevrolet Blazer and the Chevrolet Equinox.
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