With electrification happening all around us, many of our favorite automotive nameplates will either die or change dramatically to adapt to the electric future. Ford was the first among the big American three to do so with the Mustang Mach E, and Dodge is on the way to unveiling its first EV Muscle car. Naturally, Chevrolet joins wants to join the fray, and it seems the Corvette and Camaro names will be put on high-performance EVs like what happened with the Blazer. While the Chevy Camaro SS is still around, a Brazilian graphic designer that goes by Kleber Silva has reimagined the current Camaro RS as an EV.

Should this be the future of the Chevy Camaro?

Red 2023 A Chevy Camaro RS EV
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Chevrolet has already made it clear that it wants to take on the Porsche Taycan with a Corvette EV performance sedan while an all-electric SUV (likely, wearing the Camaro name) will follow. With that said, the designer has chosen to reinterpret the current Camaro’s design as an EV variant, and it looks surprisingly realistic. With that said, another independent designer penned the Camaro as a shooting brake, which would have, actually, made sense.

In the current Camaro lineup, the RS package simply adds a couple of goodies such as HID headlamps with LED halo ring, 20-inch wheels with Midnight Silver finish, a rear spoiler (LT only), and new taillights. It is possible that the designer has chosen the RS abbreviature in order to differentiate it from the V-8-powered SS model.

The hypothetical EV Camaro coupe features an uninterrupted light bar at the front similar to that of the Blazer EV SS. The lower fascia is all-carbon-fiber and features various cooling ducts as well as additional headlamps, which are possibly fog lights. The taillights also feature an uninterrupted light bar, which seems to be a recurring theme on many EVs.

An easier transition to electrification

Overall, the designer has kept the Camaro proportions as they are, likely, for the purpose of envisioning the current Camaro as an EV. It would certainly make for a slightly easier transition although the LS and LT series V-8 engines are not something, fans would be willing to let go of easily. I know I wouldn’t. A familiar design will, likely, not make the V-8's demise easier to overcome, which is why we hope GM still finds a place for the iconic, pushrod, dinosaur burner in the future.