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title: "GM’s Corvette Is Going Electric"
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# GM’s Corvette Is Going Electric

> Here’s a clear sign that internal combustion engines are on the long road to oblivion: The Corvette is going electric.

Published 25 April 2022, 19:26 SAST

## Content

General Motors Co. President Mark Reuss said Monday in a LinkedIn [post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-reuss_some-time-ago-we-moved-the-corvette-team-activity-6924339252088463360-NVIL/?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web) that the automaker’s nearly 70-year-old sports car will offer a hybrid model as soon as next year with an electric motor and gasoline engine. An all-electric version using GM’s Ultium battery will follow, though he didn’t specify a timeline.

“We will offer an electrified and a fully electric, Ultium-based Corvette in the future,” Reuss wrote. “In fact, we will offer an electrified Corvette as early as next year.”

GM also showed a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVZ_HNDE2MY) of the electrified version of the car driving in snow.

The Detroit carmaker has been working on expanding the Corvette line, including a crossover SUV, according to people familiar with the matter, as it transitions to an all-electric future. But Reuss’s post was the first time GM has officially confirmed plans for an electrified Corvette model.

[Read more: GM Looks to Expand Corvette Line With Electric Crossover SUV (1)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/gm-said-to-work-on-expanding-corvette-line-with-crossover-suv)