GM Shows Concept of Future Chevrolet Corvette Electric Sports Car

General Motors has unveiled a futuristic concept of the future Chevrolet Corvette electric sports car, developed by a new British design team from Birmingham. The car is made in the style of a hypercar with references to aviation design – an expressive aerodynamic shape is complemented by a projection display on the windshield for the driver. The doors are designed as a “gull wing”.

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According to Michael Simcoe, GM’s vice president of global design, the concept is the result of creative work involving several of the company’s studios. The upper body is inspired by iconic models, including the split windshield of the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray. The lower part of the car, according to GM, is focused on functionality.

The concept features aerodynamic components on the sides that optimize airflow, which the company claims makes traditional spoilers and wings redundant. However, for track use, the Corvette could use retractable stabilizers and an aero vectoring system to improve cornering.

The concept was developed by GM’s newly established design centre in Royal Leamington Spa, headed by automotive design veteran Julian Thomson. The British specialist has extensive professional experience, including work at Ford, Volkswagen and Audi, but the real calling card in his portfolio remains the first-generation Lotus Elise – an example of automotive design, recognized as a standard of elegance.

Thomson spent the next two decades at Jaguar, where he held a key position under Ian Callum, and his departure from JLR in 2021, according to insiders, was due to fundamental disagreement with the company’s radical course towards the full electrification of the Jaguar model range.

At the moment, the technical characteristics of the concept and the future supercar are not disclosed. General Motors confirms that it is working on an electric version of the Chevrolet Corvette, but the next generation of the model, according to the company, will retain the traditional V8 engine. A fully electric modification, if implemented, will be just one of the options in the lineup.

The British team is also involved in developing a new GMC concept for the Detroit designers, and judging by the teasers, it will be a spacious, futuristic van, potentially designed for camping. The official presentation of the new GMC concept is planned for later this year.