# Electric Corvette **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** chevrolet, corvette\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813 "2022-04-25T22:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/1 "2022-04-25T22:15:29Z")
GM President Mark Reuss announced this morning that the Corvette is going electric. There isn’t much more to the announcement than that, but the supposition is that it will be a hybrid much like the Ferrari hybrids. The attached article says that Corvettes were sighted throwing up snow with the front wheels, implying electric motors on front. Remember that GM promised to be all electric by 2035. What do you think? Is it an attractive alternative to the current ICE version? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/2 "2022-04-25T23:06:02Z")
An AWD Corvette would be a plus. I don’t think the owners care about the hybrid part at all unless it boosts performance. Since it is a hybrid, maybe a plug in hybrid, (not really an EV) doesn’t make any difference at all in helping the environment since they don’t build many and owners don’t drive them much. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/3 "2022-04-25T23:33:36Z")
The CNN Business article said that the industry refers to hybrids as electric vehicles. Certainly GM does since they called the Volt an EV. While just a supposition, I suspect that the electric motors would add to the power of the 6.2L V8, already at 495 HP. That’s how Ferrari and Acura handle it. I’m sure it will cost more than the base Vette, but even if it’s $10,000-$15,000 more, the car is still a bargain in that market. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/4 "2022-04-26T01:26:07Z")
I’ve wondered how the NSX would be with all the hybrid stuff stripped out, simpler, lighter, cheaper. Slower? Maybe, but I’d wonder how they’d compare. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/5 "2022-04-26T02:07:55Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > the industry refers to hybrids as electric vehicles. Certainly GM does since they called the Volt an EV Yeah, the industry can call a chicken a duck but it still can’t swim! 😉 You can put gas in it or plug it in… that’s a hybrid. EVs just plug in. The Volt was a hybrid no matter what GM called it. I have seen a few headlines claiming full EV. Maybe in the future. I saw a Tesla Model 3 at a track day last weekend. I didn’t get a chance to talk to the driver about it. Based on my 21 mpg trip TO the track and my 6.4 mpg ON the track…the Tesla would be spending the night recharging while I was already home having dinner after the 95 mile drive. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/6 "2022-04-26T12:41:47Z")
I think adding cost to a $100k car is bad business decision. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/7 "2022-04-26T13:09:35Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > I think adding cost to a $100k car is bad business decision Why? The cars it competes with are MORE expensive and GM is selling every one they build. Porsche 911s start at $103K and grow to $208K for the most expensive turbo model. Ferraris start at $220K and go up (WAY up) from there. The Ford GT is $500K, The Acura RX is north of $170K, the Audi R8 is $180K, McLaren GT is $215 and up. The current $100K Corvette can hang with any of these cars for far less money. There is at least $50K worth of space to improve the car at a higher price. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/8 "2022-04-28T00:17:14Z")
I suspect an all-electric Corvette could be built to out accelerate an internal combustion model, and until you’ve driven a performance electric car you really don’t understand the amazing instant torque. The only significant down side is that it’s silent. Corvette owners do love that exhaust sound. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/9 "2022-04-28T01:55:33Z")
The sound is partly what made Harley Davidson’s electric motorcyle a failure. The sound and the pitful range. ---
**Author:** ![HatchbackLover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/45deac/32.png) [@HatchbackLover](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HatchbackLover)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/10 "2022-04-28T03:09:30Z")
It would be pretty easy to add a sound generator to produce a most impressive roar! ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/11 "2022-04-28T12:46:18Z")
Govt says Chevy will make Ev’s. So, it is what it is. I know people who buy $80k street rods. They are into cars and have money. Do they want a $150k vette? Don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/12 "2022-04-28T21:07:04Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > Govt says Chevy will make Ev’s. Well, no. Chevrolet said that they will build EVs, just like other manufactures said they would. If there is a government mandate other than for their own fleet, please show it to me. BTW, in 2018 GM said they _wanted_ the federal government to mandate EVs. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/13 "2022-04-29T00:14:41Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > Govt says Chevy will make Ev’s What govt mandate is that? When did that happen? EV’s are NOT the only non ICE vehicles. Honda is still working on Fuel Cell vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/14 "2022-04-29T00:22:03Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > 2018 GM said they _wanted_ the federal government to mandate EVs. Sure. They probably make more money off of them. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/15 "2022-04-29T14:31:33Z")
GM is at the forefront of full EVs and forcing other auto to manufacturers to follow them would give GM a big head start over the competition. I’m thinking about the large Asian manufacturers like Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai. Toyota essentially owns the hybrid market, and forcing them to go EV on someone else’s time table would set them back big time. ---
**Author:** ![nofyfb\_180405](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@nofyfb\_180405](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nofyfb_180405)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/16 "2022-05-02T03:31:18Z")
Why would anyone think of gm?!? ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-corvette/183813/17 "2022-05-04T21:23:56Z")
California is trying to set up a series of goals for electric vehicle sales, with 30% by 2026, I believe, and 100% by 2035. Since it’s the biggest single market in the US, 40,000,000 people, and since other States often adopt California environmental regulations as their own, this is a big deal. Complain all you want about California, something’s still going to happen, and the car makers know it.