Here's why GM's new Chevy Corvette is a hybrid and not an all-electric car
The car – starting at about $104,000 when it will be released later this year – may surprise some consumers, as it's a step toward full electrification but a unicorn in GM's lineup. The Detroit automaker had discontinued all hybrids, including plug-in hybrids, to focusSo why make a hybrid Corvette? GM says there are several reasons but, in general, the automaker was already developing the technology ahead of its more aggressive EV ambitions.
"There's just an incredible architecture beneath it, and the architecture was planned and engineered for quite a few variants," Reuss said. That means most, if not all, of the capital for research and development of the car was allocated prior to
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