Corvette goes electric

General Motors President Mark Reuss has now officially announced that the sports car will at least be partially electrified in a very short time.

"We will have an electrified Corvette next year, so it is coming very quickly," said GM-Reuss in an interview with the US broadcaster CNBC. "This is in addition to all the great performance that Chevrolet and Corvette have been known for with our internal combustion engines for many, many years."

Before the pure electric vehicle arrives, a transition is to be made with the plug-in hybrid. If the premiere is successful, General Motors wants to launch its fully electric Corvette. The muscle car with the mix of electric and combustion engine is supposed to hit the market as early as 2023; the launch date for the BEV Corvette has not been announced.

The first sports car on the Ultium platform

Some key details of the all-electric Corvette have already leaked. The electric sports car is said to feature dual motors and thus have all-wheel drive. The BEV variant of the Corvette will not be a BEV version of the combustion model but a new development on the corporation's "Ultium" electric platform. So far, however, this platform has not been used in the sports car sector. With the GMC Hummer EV, the Chevrolet Silverado EV, and the Cadillac Lyriq, only SUVs and full-size SUVs have been based on this platform. GM installs the battery pack as a flat unit in the underbody. Whether this is possible in a sports car or if GM will have to rethink the placement of the energy storage is still unknown. In any case, there would be space for the battery in the mid-engine Corvette behind the passenger cell - in the former space of the combustion engine.