sprayer

So if emissions is the target and EV needed what are they going to do with trucks, planes and ships?

Considering planes do the most damage to the atmosphere why are they not targeting them first? Cars do about as much damage to the atmopshere as pissing in the ocean compared to planes.

New car dude

It wont be Corvette that debuts the first fully electric sports car from GM folks, it will be Cadillac according to Mary Barras press conference stating that CADILLAC will debut most or ALL new EV technologies in the near future. Whats even more interesting is Al Oppenheiser of Camaro fame was moved to the EV division within GM, and this dude is all about performance. No concern that we will even see a all EV Corvette anytime soon. The hybrid motors on this series C8 ARE PERFORMANCE ONLY. You CANNOT fit the battery needed into this frames architecture to make it a full EV like a Taycan.

22c8zo6

Al Oppenheiser and his crew absolutely ruined the Gen6 Camaro and are responsible for it's death.
It shared the same platform as the ATS-V, but the Camaro team absolutely destroyed the visibility out of that car, and removed all interior space.
Just imagine a ATS sedan with all the ZL1 goodies, with a Chevy bowtie and price tag, especially as a daily driver. World beater.
Al and his crew should all be unemployed for killing off the Camaro again, and for destroying what could have been.

mcondos

No way a base Z with DOHC will be under $110k.

Sub Driver

Why? How would just adding a DOHC motor raise the MSRP by 30k?

vetteman41960

I think we will see $84,999.00 MSRP and fully loaded with Z07 package close to 125k.for HTC 3lt

My 2016 ZO6 z07 was 110k for coupe and C8 option for HTC is 7500.00 alone.

My 2020 HTC 3lt MSRP was 95kwar 35k over base MSRP. So having a z06 hit 125k is in the ball bark for a loaded up HTC 3lt.

Gm won't be able to build them fast enough if the car has all the C8 Stingray goodness plus have a 9000 rpm fpc with 650ish hp. I get excited just thinking about what arrest car that GM is going to produce with the upcoming z06!!!

Savoy2001

You couldn’t be more wrong. If that was the only way they could afford to sell the car they wouldn’t even bother. The price has to stay within the realm of reason for most people. It’s going to be within 5-7500 of the c7 z06 starting price. A nicely equipped 3lz with a few other extras will be around 100k -110k max. Those of You that need or want z07 and carbon everything including wheels will be around 130 ish as a maxed out track car with every conceivable option. Most z06’s will be msrp between 100-110 or so not far off from c7 z06 pricing.

Shaka

Z0HS1CK

Dang!!! And I was being forgiving too with 95k starting.

I think 95k.

New car dude

Development cost. If your a fan of automotive technologies then you know that engine development cost are the holy grail of any companies cost or investment for their next generation technologies. McLaren or Lotus is using a actual F1 template from the early 80s for a motor. AMG sells motors to more than half the exotic realm. Brand new motors cost serious bucks in development cost. Others are just refined versions of previous motors. The appeal of EVs are development cost as well, with some estimates saying a tenth of ANY ICE VEHICLE.

Aozora

Its most definitely going to be DOHC and I’ll take that bet, $85-$90k starting MSRP.
If it’s much more than that I’ll be passing my spot on to someone else, as I have my eyes on other possibilities.

Aozora

Way off topic but oil producers/transporters have no bearing over how much California charges in tax ..that’s their politicians.

Personally I’ve delivered 28 million Gallons of oil by sea to California (and pumped it myself) this year alone. My company employs no Lobbyists that I’m aware of, nor would benefit from it.

Larger companies upstream may lobby for well leases, new exploration, less regulation etc but oil is a publicly traded commodity and as such the stock market, how much people drive, production as well as OPEC and even wars control the price per barrel, which directly affects the cost at the pump.

Even if we went to all EV’s tomorrow we would still need oil for everything from clothes to medical
equipment, home building and even EV production. Literally every aspect of our life touches fossil fuels.

In short, nobody is concerned. Carry on.

Z0HS1CK

I know that. That's why I'm saying I'm not worried.

Yesterday I went on my usual weekend drive. About 1.5 hours, traveled about 70 miles total.

I saw 2 teslas. I'm sure there was more probably going the opposite direction but in 70 miles, I saw 2.

The odd thinking that were all doomed and ev will take over tomorrow or next year or even in 5 years is nonsense.

Itll happen for sure but we wont see the mass transition. Not in our lifetime..

yz250fPilot

That is not too far off the mark - look at what Cadillac did with the Blackwing!

With more decisions like that, it won't be long.

yz250fPilot

I wouldn't be too sure of that...

Against all odds, Israel became a nation once again in 1948, and word on the street says that the end of the world as we know it will occur no later than 2048, a mere 27 years from now.

Sub Driver

So when GM added the LT1 to the C7 why didnt MSRP jump 30k dollars? It was a new engine. You continue to show that you have ZERO credibility around here. Still waiting on you to prove your claim that track attendees are down in U.S.

Z0HS1CK

Well if you wanna get technical, google search 2050.

The goal is 500 million people. TOTAL. In the world.

2050 = 500 million people worldwide.

The pandemic last year? That's the beginning.

again I'm not worried. I hope to be gone when all that happens.

vndkshn

Gotta love click bait headlines... title the thread stating something as FACT and then.... "anticipated"... "speculating"... "guess"... and so on.

Jesus, and people wonder how the media gets away with it.

TxLefty

Haha. We already lived thru the 2012 end-of-the-world. It's going to take a while to kill off 5.5 billion people with a "pandemic" with a 1% fatality rate even if we don't mulitply like flies.

jcp911s

Its clear from this thread that a Flat Plane Crank in a Corvette is going to lead to Armageddon, Mass Extinction, and the END OF CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT!!!!!

Whoda thunk-it....?