General Motors is making a major push into the all-electric vehicle segment, with plans to launch 30 new EV models by 2025. Rumor has it one of those upcoming EVs may be a new all-electric Chevy Camaro, with the automaker dropping a teaser video last year that looked as though it included the silhouette of exactly that. Now, one digital artist is imagining what a possible Chevy Camaro EV could look like with the following futuristic concept images.
Coming to us from automotive design artist Dongman Joo, the new Chevy Camaro EV concept is dubbed the Camaro E-Gen, and looks to straddle the line between a two-door sports car and low-slung crossover coupe. The lines take inspiration from the Chevy Camaro’s past, including the third-generation model, while also looking ahead by evolving the current sixth-generation design.
In addition to creating several sketches, the artist also created a set of more-realistic, 3D vehicle renderings, featuring a low roofline, cab-back proportions, wide rear haunches, and sharp, chiseled styling lines. The wheels are enormous, tucked under the flared wheel arches with just a thin strip of rubber to provide the traction.
While purists will no doubt shudder at the thought of a Chevy Camaro EV, there’s certainly nothing to preclude such a model from offering impressive performance. After all, General Motors has already demonstrated the power of electric muscle on the drag strip with the battery-driven Camaro eCOPO, while on the production front, the all-new 2022 GMC Hummer EV supertruck can sprint from a standstill to 60 mph in just three seconds thanks to its 1,000-pony, three-motor powertrain.
Regardless of how it looks and moves, the idea of a new all-electric Chevy Camaro is divisive, at best. That said, such a thing does not necessarily have to suck, and with designs like this to point the way, the EV future could in fact be pretty exciting.
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No, looks too much like current (failing) generation and doesn’t match the global, sexy ethos of Mustang. Why not use Avista as a inspiration? No one cares if it lacks a few Chevrolet cues. GM gets too hung up on detail only Boomers remember.
MG is basically using Avista but most of the world won’t see it. Furthermore GM wants to give this a CUV treatment
Mustang’s ‘global, sexy ethos’ is as embarrassing as if Chris Farley would’ve worn a Ken Block, flat brim hat style, outfit to do his Chippendale’s dance 🙂
NO!!!!
No all electric Camaros or Viper if they want to resurrect the nameplate again.
Your not enhancing the brand but rather tarnishing it.
What exactly are you afraid of? EV’s provide a huge potential in acceleration and speed. They also provide better packaging and will give cars low center of gravity for better handling.
How long is the extension cord? 300 miles? Where will it sit? On a trailer spool behind the car? What’s the range decrease when you drive it like a CAMARO and not a prius?
Ugh. Such uninformed knuckle draggers.
So conservatives are knuckle draggers, but liberal know it alls have no answers about the shortcomings of EVs and plan to take away our gas cars.
Gas cars don’t kill people, liberal lies about climate change kill people.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You are lies. EVs are evolving, and all your shortcomings are being answered quickly and bested.
Going back in history:
ICEs didn’t start out powerful or have super great range either. Gas Stations didn’t exist instantly and people had to walk to drug stores to see if they even carried the gas.
I say compared to ICE EVs are evolving at a much faster pace.
They may be developing at a fast rate but in the wrong direction. In Australia we are already building Hydrogen refuelling stations and Hyundai have started selling Hydrogen electric vehicles mainly for fleet use at the moment till the system builds nationally.
GM should build fuel cells if they want conservative customers. All they will get for EVs is a bunch of biden voters.
Why are you trying to make this political? You’re screaming about conservatives vs. liberals, yet you’re the only one trying to drag politics in the conversation.
Oh, and not everyone is American. Shocker, I know.
They are a troll. They live to stir trouble.
And electricity is for utility companies, not cars and trucks.
What am I afraid of. Mobility mainly. EV is ok if you don’t want to go far. Travel across country and it would be a real hemorrhoid. Just not practical yet.
If you go back in the past real muscle cars got poor gas mileage and no one wanted to really travel far with them either as the costs would pile up.
Not everyone wants/needs to do cross country driving. “EV is ok if you don’t want to go far.” that’s me, I maybe do one 300 mile trip a year.
Batteries are approaching very fast charging times with good range. Go 300 miles stop for food/rest while charging up in 30 minutes and go. That’s what it’s going to look like.
Only the most impatient people are going to be annoyed.
Good points. Yes, people are afraid of change. It’s difficult. When you’re used to something you love we hate to let it go.
@ Nebula .. low center of gravity? The pictures make it look like a 4 wheel drive Humvee. If GM makes this, they better call it something else other than a Camaro, because all the 60’s Camaros will turn over in their junkyards at the disgusting thing GM did to their legacy.
No No No as i have said in the past with the Corvette, it is about time GM killed of the Camero and Corvette brands now the world is going electric these two brands will never stand up to what they stood for in the past they were muscle cars, no matter how good electric cars perform they will never live up to the muscle car persona. GM are missing the opportunity to create a whole new era of hero car brands. I know everybody will howl me down for saying this but think about, if you are a true Camero or Corvette enthusiast deep down you know I’m right.
I don’t give 2 sh@#$ what the purists “want”. Listening to them is how we ended up with the 6th gen. How they managed to make the perfect pony car with all the right parts undesirable is beyond me.
No more cartoon chop top looks.
PURISTS know more than TOURISTS.
Time to reach into a new direction.
As good as the first gen was if they did not reach into a new direction we would never had the second gen.
Come on GM get back to being original.
This wasn’t made by GM.
Ever said it was. My comment stands as it is. GM needs to go a new original direction.
The transformers stuff was a new, original direction.
Reminds me of a match box. Rear quarters look to be big enough for a dually.
I certainly hope all those drawings in this article are not from GM, whoever it is, you may have the skill to draw, but lack of imagination, beside why can’t designers draw something looks close to production ready, instead of these 99.9% useless drawings.
This isn’t from GM but these are done by a designer.
A lot of these drawings are very expressive to show off character lines or details that they want to draw focus to for potential production versions.
I am eating an apple, two oranges, and 2 dill pickles. My point being, everybody has a preference whether it be shoes, clothes, houses or cars. Hold on… I have to finish my second dill pickle. Also,I’m drinking a beer.
Now, I’m not sure about an all electric future. Obviously it’s coming fast. Not sure what to think about an electric Camaro. It seems a little bit sacrilegious for lack of a better word. I guess if it’s quiet and fast that’s a good thing? But I would miss the sound, cracks and pops in an ICE. And no, I don’t want fake noise. Maybe I’m old-fashioned. But there’s nothing more thrilling than an exhaust note screaming in your ears and annoying your neighbors!
BTW- The blue reindeer looks pretty good. Let’s see. What else can I eat. Maybe a red Mustang Mach E.
For EVs to capture the thrill of driving and dynamics similar to ICE vehicles, they need to come up with a transmission. Today’s EVs- with the exception of Porches- are glorified gold carts- one speed. Finding a way to utilize a transmission will allow for better drivability and extended range with more fluid power for passing.
There are transmissions being looked at right now.
By using them they can extend range or make it so smaller motors can be used.
They also are being considered for performance models to make them fast but extend the range on them.
They are two speeds just like the old power glide.
There is a lot of thing in development on the EV models much of it outside the automakers in the hands of the suppliers.
EV MARY HAS GOT TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lets just call it what it is . an electric 2 door blazer. its ugly
Hopefully there will be a next generation Camaro, including a convertible
If that’s the best design work they have they have a big problem.
Horrible. This crossdresser obsession is a sickness.
I guess I’d better order my 2022 come April 8. Being retired and travel a lot I do more then 300mile before lunch… Yes it has to be a Rapid Blue convertible..
There have been ridiculous rumblings of a SUV Camaro. I guess this is the EV version. He’s trying to match Ford’s effort with the Mustang. I think it’s a definite MISS!
However, that’s why they’re called renderings. This is just some guy’s idea of what he’d like to see. It’s NOT ours.
I really wish someone could have an ORIGINAL idea!!
Why not make GM’s foray into the EV Sports Car something totally NEW. Not a retread of the Camaro. But, something just as sharp!
Yes, I’m a knuckle dragging purist! So save the hater-aid. 1st Gens are still the best!
Ehhh… a very good attempt but im not a fan. The present Camaro is a weak foundation to base future designs upon. Need something fresh and ultra modern, GM had a lot of good designs to choose from for the 6th gen Camaro and stumbled by basing it off the 5th gen.
I need to be wowed by something I have never seen before, like what GM did with the C7 and C8 Corvette.
I thinks it’s time to find someone with a name like Robert Smith to do your designing for you. We’ve had these other than USA standard names ruining what was once a reasonably designed vehicle. Let’s design something “real people” can actually fit in. We don’t need all Chevrolets to look alike with three grilles and no leg/head room.
YESSSSSSS please with 4 doors too! Now not in 5 years!
OH GOD, PLEASE NO, THAT THING IS DISGUSTINLY HIDEOUS.
First of all, the BEV thing I wont even talk about because whether we like it or not its happening, its just a matter of when.
Second of all, I hate it when automotive designers try to get too futuristic. As an owner of a 6th gen Camaro, I personally LOVE Camaros because of the retro styling in the 5th and 6th gens. The 2019 to present Camaros look the best to me (especially in the non-SS trims) because it has that old school look, with the open front grill, similar to how the 5th gens looked. If this rendering is how the future of Camaro is going to look, I’m going to switch over to a Mustang.
Third of all, why go BEV right away? Why not do the whole hybrid thing? The Toyota Rav4 Prime is pushing 300HP out of a 2.5L engine and electric motor combined, making the Rav4 go 0-60 in 5.7s. That way you can have the fuel economy of 90+MPG while still getting some great performance. BEV is not the future, and Toyota knows it. That’s why theyre going Hybrid, skipping BEVs, and eventually going to hydrogen. I don’t want BEV, not because I think gas guzzlers are the only option, but because we all know that gas is way more convenience, unless you own a house where you can install charging stations. Imagine charging your car for hours instead of just filling up gas for 2mins. I’ll admit sure BEV’s can be fast and powerful but theyre going to be a pain in the ass to charge, due to how long charging takes.
thank you.
Down here in Australia we are just about the last country to embrace EV, mainly due to the long distances we travel, a friend of mine has 25 kilometres from his house to his front gait and a round trip to the nearest town of 500 kilometres, so EV is not an option when a Toyota Prado or Landcruiser can do 1100 kilometres to a tank of fuel, however in our capital city Canberra two new hydrogen fuel stations have just opened and Hyundai have just released there first electric generated Hydrogen cars for fleet use with a plan to roll out more Hydrogen refuelling stations over the next few years so with a bit of luck we may skip the whole fully electric phase.
Fuel cells are the future. EVs won’t make it.
Really? What did I say that was wrong, GM authority? You guys really need to update your perspective and your website. You’re gonna lose more clicks.
Just for hoots and giggles. Does that make you feel better.
GM Authority? What a joke. Take a hike. What are you? A glorified hall monitor from the 1960s? Get up to speed or go away.
I’m sorry. GM authority would not let me give you a thumbs up. Plus, they put my comment on moderation. I didn’t say anything bad. Good luck to you down under. I wouldn’t mind Living there. Sometimes, the USA…?
what scares me about going electric is look what happened to texas or NYC in 1977…bad weather, electric goes out stranded and no way to be moblie…but i bet the “powers to be” will have gas vehicles…look out when we all go electric in the future.. we may save on gas but will the electric bill be? anyone have a ev? is it a big difference?
I have a Volt, it costs me about $1 a day extra in electricity.
If it looked like the Avista did I wouldn’t care if it was electric or not. That car was a drop dead gorgeous sports/muscle car design. I still wish Chevrolet would have used that for the current gen 6. Mustang and dare I say Challenger wouldn’t have stood a chance next to a Camaro looking like that..
That designer sure plays a mean pinball.
WOW!!! But no thanx for these Tonka toy vehicle designs conjured up from watching to many Transformer movies!
Please get back to basics and grow up cause nobody in his wright mind would pay much for these ridiculous models!!!!
Please save the camaro from the past and give it a new and serious design wether it be gas or ev powered!!!!
WHo the heck are they hiring for desing teams. THis is pathetic where are those who have vision, passion, and emotion. COme on do not pervert the legacy. These electric car pushes I hope they fail, I hope the market place turns there back on them, we as consumers deserve so much better. Yes move ahead make things more efficient but is electric the answer?. Probably not. Maybe the market place wants good looking cars again. WIth functionality and performance.
This is a fan render not from GM themselves.
Also Electric is the future and gives you great functionality and performance for in the long run lower costs for you and the manufactures.
As I’ve said in the past GM needs to wake up and pull its collective heads out of the sand, the Covette and Camero brands should be laid to rest they can never be accepted as a hero brand in electrified form (what next self drive ?). GM has a perfect opportunity to come up with new Hero brands to embrace the future but for our sake don’t bastadise brands that we have grown up with and idolised for so long.
Thanks for clearing it up that was not a GM Design. The issue with electric cars is the charging network, the charging time and range, and basically being forced on us. But the hypocrisy of it, oh they are so much better for the environment, well no they are not just look at the strip mining, the shipping and other processes, and the coal used to fire up the electrical grid, the costs out weigh the benefits. Plus it is not a future technology when cars were first produced there were electric cars, Detroit Electric among those they produced electric cars until the 1930s, and whats funny they basically had the same range as what is being hit by these manufacturers now. Fine if consumers want electric cars fine give them that option but dont force, dictate, give options on ice engines as well. ALso electric cars if you want a halfway decent looking one with range and performace is close to 100K, the lower range has limited practicality. Plus what about recycling the battereies, they have limited life, we cant recycle the batteries on our smart phones. Let the consumer and the market place decide what they want and who they want it from.
Current EV batteries today have very long lives and once they outlive the vehicle they are in can find new lives as battery backups for Buildings as they still hold a significant amount of charge.
Once they can no longer provide for that there are battery recycling companies ramping up now to take care of them and have the materials reused for new batteries or other products in the future.
You will start hearing more and more about recycling as time goes on and more and more of those companies become operational.
GM just recently partnered with one, a CO of Tesla just created one, and VW has an inhouse Battery recycling plant and lifecycle project.
Charging stations are ever expanding and more are coming online almost every day. Check out https:// www. plugshare .com/
As for mining and environmental effects? They are still drastically lower than ICE.
Battery production now may have higher emissions at production but are soon canceled out by about the 2nd year of ownership.
Battery production is also getting cleaner with different means of material mining, recycling, and production methods.
EVs once bought immediately help reduce the local harmful emissions and provide cleaner air for residences. As they do not produce local emissions.
Coal plants are not as prevalent as they used to be (shrinking every day), solar, wind, and hydro are becoming more and more common for energy generation and are far cheaper.
And the world’s oceans are full of “recyclable ” trash as well. I suppose there’sroom for more trash from “recyclables”.
What I’m talking about is full reusability, full closed cycle systems for Battery manufacturing. There is far to much valuable material to waste.
As for the “recyclables” in the oceans, there are companies now developing ways to remove those garbage patches left over from years of bad practices.
Sunshine, lollipops – and propaganda! Bullsh!t, greed and apathy will prevail as always. These “all EV” mandates are another win for Globalist backed China which controls the world’s supply of rare earth metals and couldn’t give a rat’s a$$ about the the dumpster fire trifecta – political correctness, social justice and climate change – that’s totally derailed the West. Our “electric car future” is simply another gift to the CCP and business as usual in terms of environmental impact.
Recycling is dirty and impractical which is why for decades, it was outsourced (just like our jobs) and now most of it’s going straight into landfills (along with our founding principles)
👁https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled
Only a fool would place all the blame for decades of systematic failure on “Big Oil”; then again this is from NPR. We are all to blame and yet still so naïve, we’re eager to be fooled again and again. Ignorance isn’t innocence.
The issue is they are ramping up which means they are not at full capacity. Tesla, I will give credit has a large charging network, but what about the other automakers. They seem to be reactionary and not proactive on these, most people can charge a car at home all they need is a 240-volt connection but most consumers aren’t smart or shrewd enough to know this. Why is it that many who have purchased electric vehicles are turning them back in on ICE. Just look at studies and research on this. I am forgiving consumers’ choices but do not try to force these down our throats. No matter what there is going to be an issue with the air we breathe. The fact of the matter is that China and India are the problems with the toxicity they are releasing China like everything else is pushing the EV as a cover-up plus they know manufacturers are dumb enough to have a lot of production of parts done in China. If everyone is concerned then why don’t cars have the standard of running on alcohol it burns clean and is in abundance?. If you look back at the history of cars they were going to run on alcohol but that changed as petroleum products became the standard. Batteries die, they breakdown so what happens at that point if you are in a parking lot or on the side of the road AAA cannot come to help you with a bad battery in an EV, you can’t go to an auto parts store buy a battery and change it yourself, are there going to be enough trained technicians. We saw with Texas that alternative energy-producing sources failed in extremes of weather. The issue is if there was money to be made I can tell you investors, large companies, energy sectors would be building a charging infrastructure like no other but there not as they see no return or value. It is time for the hypocrisy and pure crap to end. The consumer, not the government, not China should dictate the marketplace. Alas coal production still is taking place yes it is cut back. But look at the mining operations in South America, Canada, it is proven that these have a sevre impact on the environment. Plus lithium and cobalt we dont know the health dangers by the proximity to us under where one sits in a car.
Have no fear, they’ll get the taxpayer on the hook for this sham, not the perpetrators.
Hate them. It eccentuates what’s wrong with the current f body. Squat, fat, bulbous. Why are stylists in love with short-windowed passenger compartments you can’t see out of? The most classic lines of chevy cars were sleek with big greenhouses… From ’63 to ’73 was the golden age of GM style. If chevy copied and electrified the ’72 Camaro z28 it would triple sales.