Official: GM’s Electric Coupes Will Be On Sale By 2026
When one door closes another opens … for two-door cars.
General Motors has released a new video reconfirming that at least one all-electric coupe is in the works.
The video is a promotion for GM’s Ultium Vehicle to Home technology, which will allow its electric cars and trucks to function as energy storage and backup power for homes through integrated connections.
The news comes as the automaker is set to end production of the Chevrolet Camaro next January, leaving the Corvette as the only two-door car across its brands.
Ford currently offers a similar bi-directional power system that works with the F-150 Lightning.
GM previously announced the capability, but added some more tantalizing information to the video.
Near the end it lists all of the types of vehicles that will work with the system, including SUVs, sedans, trucks and … coupes.
GM President Mark Reuss last year said in a LinkedIn post that there is an “Ultium-based Corvette in the future,” so the video could simply be a reiteration of that proclamation, but it does put a latest arrival date on it.
However, the use of “coupes” rather than “coupe” does open up other possibilities.
An early teaser animation that was released when the Ultium electric vehicle technology was first announced a couple of years ago included an image of an electric coupe that looked a lot like a Camaro.
Rumors have been swirling since the Camaro’s discontinuation was announced, including talk of the nameplate ending up on an electric sedan or even an SUV, similar to what Ford did with the Mustang Mach-E.
All Chevrolet has officially said about it is, “while we are not announcing an immediate successor today, rest assured, this is not the end of Camaro’s story.”
That’s not to say a two-door couldn’t find its way back into Buick or Cadillac showrooms, but the former is currently an all-SUV brand in the US and Cadillac hasn’t offered a two-door since sales of the ATS coupe ended in 2019. Prior to that, the short-lived, poor-selling ELR hybrid coupe served as Cadillac’s first plug-in model from 2014 to 2016.
But the video didn’t stop there Along with the coupe revelation it also mentioned hatchbacks. The electric Chevrolet Bolt on sale today qualifies as one, but is going out of production at the end of this year.
After leaving fans hanging, GM recently said that an all-new one is in the works, but didn’t offer any details on when or what form it would take, with the larger Bolt EUV technically considered an SUV.
Then again, the $340,000 Cadillac Celestiq that begins deliveries late this year features a liftback design that one might cynically call a hatchback, but you probably won’t hear GM using the term at that price.
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