General Motors surprised everyone when it hinted at a new, all-electric coupe that will soon join its lineup.
In a rather unassuming video shared by the automaker yesterday about bidirectional charging (or, the ability to use your EV for powering your house), GM bragged about all of the vehicles that would feature the technology.
“By 2026, vehicle to home technology will be available in new Ultium-based SUVs, sedans, coupes, hatchbacks, trucks,” the automaker wrote in the video. “This will be revolutionary.”
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That’s notable because although the automaker has announced a surprisingly large collection of upcoming, all-electric models, including the fresh-out-of-the-box Escalade IQ, they have so far all been trucks or SUVs, with the exceptions of the Celestiq and the Bolt, which will return to the lineup for the 2025 model year.
That would account for the sedan and the hatchback, but not the coupe. While there have been rumblings of an electric Corvette, it’s unclear how Ultium-based that would be, even if it did come to fruition.
However, back in 2021, reports from GM insiders indicated that the automaker was planning to replace the now-retired Chevrolet Camaro and Malibu with an all-electric performance sedan in 2024.
While there would undoubtedly be some grumbling about an all-electric Camaro, the notion of a battery-powered performance vehicle is anything but unusual. Powerful motors and instant torque delivery have made EVs incredibly quick, allowing family sedans like the Tesla Model S Plaid to beat just about every other road car on the planet on the quarter-mile.
It will be interesting to see exactly what GM comes up with, but this is the most direct indication yet that it’s planning an electric coupe in the near future, and that’s exciting.