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    By G. David Felt •

    GM's BEV Future is Looking Bright

      GM has never been quiet about the push to electrify the companies product lineup globally using company websites and social media.

    GM back in 2019 rolled out what their BEV platform would be like using the BEV global platform that will evolve in supporting a complete portfolio of BEV or battery electric auto's.

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    The goal of the BEV platform was to use a new GM digital vehicle platform that enables future technology by supporting data processing of up to 4.5 terabytes per hour, a five fold increase over the current electrical architecture at the time with connectivity supporting up to 10 Gbps. This is what would allow GM to have over the air updates to their products for decades to come.

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    https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2019/may/0520-digital.html

    A video showing this nervous system can be viewed at the link above.

    The global modular platform called BEV along with the Digital electrical nervous system that is currently in use on all ICE auto's along with the BEV platform is what is bringing us a number of current electric auto's starting with the Hummer truck and SUV and future Chevrolet and GMC pickup.

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    This is also what is driving the quick development of the Cadillac Lyriq and their ability to show off what they call the Creator Series as the auto develops.

    A vision crystallized in the attention to details.

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    You can read the story by the interior design manager here: Cadillac Creator Series: Learn about the LYRIQ Electric SUV along with all the other chapters covering the amazing Lyriq.

    With so much having been seen of the Hummer twins and the Lyriq, gm has taken another step in driving interest in the future of their products by releasing a multi-part series on an up coming BEV for the Buick product portfolio. What can only be considered prepping for an actual concept reveal is the Buick Electra Concept drawings posted to the GM Design Instagram account GeneralMotorsDesign.

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    Even new BEV designs in the form of the Cadillac van and BrightDrop delivery van is shown from GMs design studio on their Instagram account.

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    While design style is a personal matter of taste, this new century promises to offer plenty to debate on as GM rolls out such a wide product portfolio of new auto's.

    GM Corporate Newsroom - United States - EV News

    Cadillac Creator Series: Learn about the LYRIQ Electric SUV

    GM Design (@generalmotorsdesign) • Instagram photos and videos

    GM: New electronics platform rollout through 2023 will allow OTA updates - Repairer Driven NewsRepairer Driven News

    GM Digital Vehicle Platform Debuts, Enables Adoption of Future Technologies

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    UPDATE ON GM's BEV's.

    Seems according to the Robb Report and Automotive News both are reporting that GM current 2 door Camaro will survive this decade with minimal change as an ICE and a replacement will be a PowerFul BEV Camaro in 4 doors.

    Yup, 886HP, 0 to 60 in 2 seconds and 500 miles on a battery charge for the 4 door Camaro.

    The Chevy Camaro Will Be Replaced by an All-Electric Sedan: Report – Robb Report

    Automotive news via MSN goes even further with this additional info:

    Chevy Camaro Reportedly Being Replaced By Electric Sedan (msn.com)

    The Chevrolet Silverado and GMC electric pickup trucks will be out in 2023 which we have read here already, 2024 is where the Electric Escalade will come out and in 2025, the MALIBU lives on as an electric sedan. By 2035 every vehicle that GM produces will be electric with just the Heavy Duty Pickups retaining ICE.

    For those looking for one last Hurrah of a Camaro Z/28, forget about it. Seems GM is focused on the EV Camaro and that this DOHC V8 Z/28 has been canceled.

    Cancelled Camaro Z/28 Packed High-Revving C8 Corvette Z06 DOHC V8 (motor1.com)

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    2 minutes ago, balthazar said:

    4-doors = endless sadness.......

    Just kill it off and close the book.
    Call the Mach-E answer the 'Berlinetta' or something.

    I wonder if the 4 door Camaro is more an answer to the crazy sales of the Dodge Charger than people who bought Mustang, Camaro and Challenger wanting more doors.

    Agree with you that they should just let the Camaro ride off into the sunset as is with tweaks till they kill it off and use a new name for a 4 door performance sedan.

    I read today that the Camaro poor sales is due to the style not performance in comparison to the Mustang and Challenger which out sell it.

    Dodge Challenger Outsells Ford Mustang In Q2 2021, Camaro Barely Alive (motor1.com)

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