The future of the ICE Camaro may seem unsure, but a new report suggests that the pony car with a big history may be headed for a new, all-electric chapter.
Automotive News recently reported that both the Chevrolet Camaro and Malibu will ditch their standard product cycles and run out their current generation and will not be directly replaced, at least not by an internal combustion vehicle.
They will then make way for an electric performance sedan in 2024, though it’s unclear if they will both be replaced or if the follow-up(s) will use the existing model names with GM offering two different vehicles.
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GM has promised to go all-electric by 2035, meaning that this was always going to happen but so far most of the vehicles we’ve heard of have either been SUVs or pickups. That makes sense since those segments dominate the sales charts, but electric sedans like the Tesla Model S and the Mercedes EQS show that the sedan market, specifically the sedan market isn’t dead.
Ford’s all-electric Mustang Mach-e and the Hummer EV have also proven that there’s room for heritage nameplates in the electric revolution, meaning that an all-electric Camaro could make sense. Certainly, a four-door sedan named the Malibu and a performance sedan called the Camaro could be an exciting prospect.
With an electric powertrain that can deliver up to 1,000 hp in the shape of the Hummer EV, it would seem that regardless of what GM is planning, it will be able to deliver the performance that the sixth-generation Camaro’s departure will take from the lineup.
Just how much power smaller-scale vehicles on GM’s Utlium electric platform can deliver may be shown sooner rather than later. Automotive News also reports that the Chevrolet Spark, Trax, and Bolt EV will all be replaced by electric crossovers in the next year or two, as will the Buick Encore and the Bolt EUV.
