[GroundhogSS]

I'm too old to change. I'll stick with the 6.2. The way the Volt did it was a good solution but would need much more power.

[Silverado57]

Originally Posted by I`m Batman

Only if electric cars technology has advanced to the point that I can quickly "re-fuel" in about 5-10 mins, and "fueling" stations are readily available like gas stations are, then I would buy one. I want to be able to take it on long trips with the car if I want to. I don't want just a city car and limited routes that I can take because of limited fueling stations.

Agreed, the key is to have greater range with faster charging widely available. Come back and talk to me then.

[detamble13]

Originally Posted by SteveV

Just out of curiosity sake...

If GM were to bring back the Camaro as an Electric Vehicle in 2025, would anyone here actually buy one?

Personally, I am not interested in an electric vehicle until technology has progressed to the point that the roof of the car is solar and can recharge itself in 6 - 8 hours.

No. If I were to buy an electric vehicle at some point in the future I don't think it would be a Camaro either. Probably something strictly for economy (fuel savings, maybe I could recharge it using an exercise bike).
That being said I'm not opposed to an electric Camaro if it helps the car live on and offer a V8/manual transmission. I might buy another SS, maybe Z/28 if available in the future if it comes with a manual. But I'd like my performance car to make the right noise and allow me to shift gears.
For those thinking an electric Camaro just isn't right, I think developing an electric performance car from Chevy without the Camaro name on it spells the end of the brand... again. Avoid Ford's mistake in making it look like a crossover and have a V8 and electric version of the same car.

[V8 Firebird]

Okay, most people in here mightn't welcome me because I didn't choice Camaro and choice Tesla Model 3.

In my almost 1 year Tesla owner experience, I really like EV but don't really like Tesla much....

If next gen Camaro becomes an EV pony car and has AWD, Dual-motor, I would take it as my first Camaro.

GM does very serious in EV effort. The new Ultium battery design is very interesting for me.

I don't think using Camaro nameplate in future EV pony is a bad ideal. In fact, there was an EV Camaro in 1966.

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by SteveV

Just out of curiosity sake...

If GM were to bring back the Camaro as an Electric Vehicle in 2025, would anyone here actually buy one?

Not me.

When you connect an electric motor to the drive wheels, you'd be disconnecting me from a significant part of what makes driving in general something that I actively enjoy.

There are a couple of specific situations where I would enjoy an electric-drive vehicle. Indoor go-karts being one, and for the minute or so that an autocross run might take for another. For any other driving I can think of, being more involved and feeling and hearing more of a traditional car's rawness will always be preferable to an electric's smoothness and refinement . . . preferable over an EV's performance potential, even.


Norm

[cellsafemode]

no matter what the drivetrain of the future looks like in the time span that people here will be alive .. you can bet it'll be less consumer friendly (meaning less ability to modify, less ownership (more software and firmware in parts you can't get from third parties), more remote control and tracking, more dependency on dealerships).

for the vast majority of the car buying public, driving isn't fun ...it's an expensive chore they're not skilled at doing that they need to do to lug their expensive kids around into their 20's and goto work. That's why everyone buys boring mini-vans rebranded as suv's and not cars. it's just easier.

So it would be dumb if chevy didn't get on the bandwagon along with mitsubishi and ford in rebranding an suv with some enthusiast young car buyer brand to make buying that inevitable suv more palatable. I'm not even sure they would choose camaro to do it though, it's not like the camaro brings in a young car buyer demographic. And that's their biggest problem with the brand for the last 3 generations.

two kinds of people seem to respond to the camaro in my experience owning 3 different generations of them for almost the last 2 decades. Super young kids (like under 7), and men over 40.

[90503]

I'd spend 4 or 5K for something like this...all electric, around town errand car or back and forth to work car. 90 mile range, plug it in for overnight,ok, no worries...the price is right and saving gas may actually get to the break even point..



But 30,40,50+K for all electric....No thanks.

[L8Apex]

Worst crash pic I've ever seen a picture of was that Smart vehicle vs a box truck.

[19coupe]

NOPE

[ZED SLED]

Originally Posted by 90503

I'd spend 4 or 5K for something like this...all electric, around town errand car or back and forth to work car. 90 mile range, plug it in for overnight,ok, no worries...the price is right and saving gas may actually get to the break even point..

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But 30,40,50+K for all electric....No thanks.

I'd consider putting that in the back of my Silverado and going on vacation.

[pyroguy]

For me to buy one it would have to have similar range as it's gas equivalent, recharge time would need to be >20 minutes for a FULL recharge, recharging stations would need to be more prevalent, reliability would need to be similar to it's gas equivalent, performance would need to be better than it's gas equivalent, the price tag would have to be reasonably close to its gas equivalent, and it would need to look good.

I still say, let the Camaro nameplate die as an internal combustion engine and bring out the Camaro's originally intended nameplate, Panther. A new muscle car for a new kind of muscle.

[arpad_m]

If it were a hybrid RWD biased car with a newer V8 and two aux electric motors in the front for on-demand AWD (launch), looked great, its sensors supplied lots of information with zero intervention, it had neither any cloud-only nonsense nor dealer/vendor lock-in for parts and updates, and finally it were still relatively affordable, then maybe, but we all know it's not gonna happen.

So, nope.

[DC5]

Yes, I would purchase an all-electric Camaro.

[GroundhogSS]

Originally Posted by L8Apex

Worst crash pic I've ever seen a picture of was that Smart vehicle vs a box truck.

Yep. I saw a pic of one sandwiched between two trucks. Not much left.