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GM may have just revealed it's ending its ICE car lineup in 2028

Gas trucks and crossovers will survive, but this could be curtains for Camaro as we know it

General Motors held a briefing for its investors earlier this week, an event in which the moneyed set is given a glimpse at future company plans. Buried in the PowerPoint deck, in between the headline news about its EV road map , was this slide, which seems to reveal GM could be getting out of the internal-combustion car business by 2028.
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Not ICE crossovers and trucks, mind you — they’re still very much in the mix. And we should clarify this slide specifies an exit from “non-profitable” ICE cars, meaning the Corvette is unlikely to be going away anytime soon. We’ll still hedge our bets on an electrified version popping up sooner rather than later, of course.

But as for the rest of its non-crossover/truck lineup? There’s every chance in the world there won’t be another Camaro, Malibu, or Spark — at least not in the forms we know them today.

The latter two aren’t surprising, since they sell at the speed of glacial progression compared to the high-riding crossovers in GM’s catalog. However, the rumour mill has been rife with speculation the Camaro isn’t long for this world — and this slide deck seems to confirm that suspicion. We’ll go ahead and note the existence of electrified Camaro coupes in Chevy’s workshop, such as the eCOPO Camaro .
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It’s also interesting to note GM expects to see an “ICE-like” profit margin out of its EV business by the end of this decade. Given the barrels of money it’s plowing into those programs, it’d better hope that happens.

Cadillac has already expressed its plans to exit this decade as a purveyor of EVs , and high-level suits like Mark Reuss have also spilled the beans on a forthcoming electric Equinox and Blazer. The latter two vehicles were mentioned in passing during this week’s investor briefing as well.

What do you think? Is GM’s apparent plan to follow Ford and deep-six most of its traditionally-powered cars a wise move? Or will that leave its cupboard a bit bare of vehicles at entry-level price points? Sound off with your thoughts in the comments.

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