How DARE you come barging in here, with this "well thought out rationale", your "fair and appropriate points", and your complete lack of passive aggressive snark?!!
My old girlfriend used to worry about what we'd do if someone broke into the house in the middle of the night (wasn't a great neighborhood in Chicago). I told her I'd just sleep naked, and she never really understood that reason.
Think about this. You're breaking into a house, and some dude...
This helps. I don't see many green vehicles on the road to give a good proxy. But I saw one the other day (when it was overcast) that looked dark enough at first pass that it was hard to tell it wasn't black. I really want this to have enough pop and vibrancy to stand out even in low light...
I vehemently disagree with the notion of a hybrid package working for the Corvette. I'm sorry, but from a space and weight perspective, a hybrid is the worst of both worlds. You need the packaging and systems of the batteries, the electric motors, the gasoline drive train. All of it. 10 years...
Listen to this man, he knows his shit. ?
Seriously though, trying to equate the torque curve of an ICE to similar torque curve on an EV, for a singular use case like this, is bonkers. Sure, you can quote 31k ft-lbs of torque. But that's at peak RPM. Which is....? Certainly not the 2000 RPM...
Oh, yeah, for sure. The Hummer is their "special child", and they had to make an entirely different housing for the Ultium packs, due to it requiring a stacked bank. I mean, the minimal wiring harness alone will help keep the weight down.
They also noted some improvements in the Ultium...
I don't know about an SUV/crossover. I mean, look at the Roadster. Isn't the whole point of a Corvette to keep the weight low and efficient packaging? Seems to me like if you could do that, and get a good Whr/mi, they wouldn't necessarily need to pack it to the brim with batteries. That said...