Yog vim li cas nws yog ib tug hybrid thiab tsis yog ib tug tag nrho-electric tsheb

TXHEEJ TXHEEM - General Motors' yav tom ntej tej zaum yuav nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov hluav taws xob tsheb, tab sis nws tseem xav tau nws cov qauv tam sim no los them cov nqi kom tso cai rau nws los nqis peev rau cov khoom tshiab.

Qhov ntawd yog ib qho ntawm cov laj thawj vim li cas lub tuam txhab automaker hnub Tuesday tau qhia txog qhov 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray - thawj- puas tau "electrified," los yog hybrid, version ntawm lub famed kis las tsheb. Nws tseem nta tag nrho lub log tsav, lwm thawj rau yim tiam, los yog C8, Corvette.

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Lub tsheb - pib ntawm $ 104,000 thaum nws yuav raug tso tawm tom qab xyoo no - tej zaum yuav ua rau qee tus neeg siv khoom xav tsis thoob, vim tias nws yog ib kauj ruam mus rau kev siv hluav taws xob tag nrho tab sis ib tug unicorn hauv GM's lineup. Lub Detroit automaker tau txiav tag nrho cov hybrids, suav nrog plug-in hybrids, kom tsom kev nqis peev rau tag nrho cov tsheb hluav taws xob.

Yog li vim li cas thiaj ua rau hybrid Corvette? GM hais tias muaj ntau qhov laj thawj tab sis, feem ntau, lub tuam txhab automaker twb tau tsim cov thev naus laus zis ua ntej nws qhov kev xav tau EV hnyav dua. Nws tseem yog lub lag luam tshiab rau qhov uas yuav tsum pab lub tuam txhab sim cov dej ntawm hluav taws xob rau lub tsheb iconic.

"Nws tsuas yog lub sijhawm ua lag luam tshiab rau peb ua lub tuam txhab los nthuav qhia peb cov engineering thiab peb txoj kev loj hlob ntawm tag nrho cov architecture ntawm C8 ua," GM Thawj Tswj Hwm Mark Reuss hais. CNBC's Phil LeBeau. "General Motors thiab Chevrolet nce qhov peb tab tom xa khoom rau cov neeg siv khoom Corvette."

Reuss xyoo tas los tau lees paub ib qho tag nrho-electric Corvette tab tom los, tab sis GM tsis tau tshaj tawm lub sijhawm rau EV version.

Qhov pom tseeb tshaj plaws rau cov hybrid yog nws yog Corvette, yog li GM ua tej yam tshwj xeeb rau nws. Lub tsheb tau ua lub tsheb halo rau automaker rau 70 xyoo. Nws yog ib yam uas lub tuam txhab yeej ib txwm xav tias yog nyob rau hauv ib chav kawm ntawm nws tus kheej, nrog rau lub peev xwm ntawm attracting tshiab buyers rau lub tuam txhab tag nrho.

Lub tsheb thib yim tam sim no tseem ceeb tshwj xeeb vim tias GM tau ua rau nws ib tug mid-engine sports tsheb rau kev ua tau zoo dua, txav lub cav los ntawm hauv qab lub hood mus rau tom qab ob lub rooj zaum ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb.

Lub C8 nta tshwj xeeb Corvette cav thiab architecture. Yuav luag txhua lub tsheb GM sib koom platforms, cav thiab lwm yam nta. Piv txwv li, tag nrho cov GM's tsheb loj thiab SUVs nyob rau tib lub platform thiab feem ntau feature tib lub cav.

Reuss tau hais tias "Tsuas muaj qhov zoo kawg nkaus architecture hauv qab nws, thiab cov architecture tau npaj thiab tsim kho rau ob peb yam sib txawv," Reuss hais.

Lub tsheb GM kawg los siv cov Corvette hloov kho yog lub thib rau tiam version, nrog rau lub caij luv luv Cadillac XLR, uas tau txiav tawm xyoo 2009.

Cov thawj coj kuj hais tias cov hybrid tau tsim ua ke nrog C8 Corvette li niaj zaus, uas tau tshwm sim thaum Lub Xya Hli 2019.

Qhov ntawd txhais tau tias feem ntau, yog tias tsis yog tag nrho, ntawm lub peev rau kev tshawb fawb thiab kev loj hlob ntawm lub tsheb tau muab faib ua ntej GM cov phiaj xwm nrawm nrawm. Corvette cog hauv Kentucky tseem yuav tsis xav tau kev nqis peev ntxiv lossis sijhawm poob rau qhov kev hloov pauv, raws li GM tus kws tshaj lij.

"Nws tsuas yog ib feem ntawm peb txoj kev mus rau qhov peb tau tham txog ua ntej muaj 'electrified' thiab tom qab ntawd tag nrho cov hluav taws xob Corvettes, thiab peb yeej nyob ntawm txoj kev mus rau qhov ntawd," Steve Majoros, tus lwm thawj ntawm Chevrolet kev lag luam, tau hais thaum lub sij hawm muaj xov xwm luv luv. "Tab sis nyob rau lub sijhawm no, peb muaj ntau lub tshuab thev naus laus zis uas peb tseem tuaj yeem ntim nrog Corvette."

Cov txheej txheem hybrid tau tsim tshwj xeeb rau lub yim tiam Corvette, raws li Harlan Charles, Chevrolet Corvette tus thawj tswj khoom lag luam. Lub roj teeb system - 1.9 kWh roj teeb pob uas nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub rooj zaum - feem ntau yog them los ntawm lub zog rov qab los ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv thiab nres, nrog rau thaum tsav tsheb.

Lub kaw lus tso cai rau Corvette pib ntsiag to es tsis txhob tso lub suab nrov nrov V8, txhim kho kev nrawm thiab, muaj peev xwm, lub tsheb kev lag luam roj. GM tsis kam tso mpg kev cia siab, uas rau lub ib txwm C8 yog 19 mpg ua ke.

Yav tom ntej tag nrho cov hluav taws xob Corvettes yuav hloov ntau dua li lub tsheb fais fab. Automotive News, hais txog kev lag luam forecasters, xyoo tas los tshaj tawm GM xav tias yuav nthuav tawm tag nrho cov hluav taws xob SUV ntawm Corvette nyob ib ncig ntawm 2025.

Lub Corvette SUV tau kwv yees txog ntau xyoo tom qab kev vam meej ntawm lwm lub tuam txhab tsheb kis las xws li Porsche, Maserati thiab lwm tus tau nthuav dav hauv cov tsheb zoo li no. Ford Tsav kuj tau pom muaj kev vam meej los ntawm kev siv lub npe, cim npe thiab cov yam ntxwv ntawm nws cov Mustang rau lub All-electric Mustang Mach-E.

Ford tau mus deb npaum li hais tias Mach-E yog vim li cas cov neeg tsim tsheb tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv mus los tsim V-8 versions ntawm lub tsheb. GM tuaj yeem ua qee yam zoo sib xws.

Tus kws tshaj lij GM tsis kam xav txog kev nthuav dav Corvette, hais txog lub tuam txhab tau pom cov ntawv ceeb toom thiab yuav "tsis koom nrog qhov kev kwv yees."

Thaum kawg ntawm 2019, Morgan Stanley tus kws tshuaj ntsuam Adam Jonas tau hais tias a Corvette sub-brand tuaj yeem tsim nyog $ 7 nphom rau $ 12 nphom rau cov automaker.

GM's Reuss tau qhia meej tias lub tuam txhab tsis txaus siab rau plug-in hybrid hluav taws xob tsheb txij li nws txiav tawm Chevrolet Volt thaum ntxov 2019. Nws tau piav txog cov tsheb uas kim dhau los tsim thiab hloov pauv hauv kev thawb rau txhua lub tsheb hluav taws xob thiab tsheb thauj khoom.

Reuss tau hais tias "Tsis muaj qhov txuas txuas ntawm qhov no," Reuss hais. "Qhov no yog ib qho kev ua tau zoo-taw qhia txog kev siv hluav taws xob."

Ib cag ntawm lub tuam txhab muab PHEVs, cov thawj coj tau hais tias qhov hnyav ntxiv ntawm cov roj teeb ntxiv thiab cov cuab yeej txuas ntxiv yuav rub lub tsheb ua haujlwm. Ib qho hluav taws xob tag nrho Corvette yuav hnyav dua tab sis tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm qhov ze li ntawm lub zog tam sim ntawd thiab lwm yam EV tsav lub zog los cuam tshuam qhov hnyav nce.

"Lub hom phiaj ntawm lub tsheb no yog kev ua tau zoo, kev ua tau zoo, kev ua haujlwm," said Mike Kociba, tus thawj coj ntawm Corvette txoj kev txhim kho. "Txhua kilogram lossis phaus yuav tsum khwv tau nws txoj hauv kev los ntawm qhov kev pom loj. … Nws ua mob rau kev ua tau zoo, yooj yim thiab yooj yim. "

- CNBC's Phil LeBeau contributed rau daim ntawv no.