We have different technical articles at the link stating that adding a 48V system to the ME would increase its cost roughly between $800-$1,500 — dependent on which system is used.

https://www.midenginecorvetteforum.c...ical-deep-dive
GM is not immune to financial dynamics. While we do not have 100% knowledge that the ME is going to have a 48V electrical system, GM Authority* has stated there that there is a major change necessary to the C8’s electrical backbone. It is not the only automedia speculating the ME is delayed due to electrical issues, e.g., the reason for the probable non-C8-reveal before this summer. A bigger battery and a bigger alternator have been rumored to be tried, but were deemed insufficient.
How might the electrical system upgrade have anything to do with the GM’s mid December decision to increase C7 prices from a minimal to $405 up to $2,770?
If it were GM’s intent all along to have Tadge say at the ME’s reveal, “If you can afford a Grand Sport, you can afford a mid Engine C8” (as I have personally believed for many months), is it purely coincidence that the ME’s electrical issue was publicly identified by GM Authority a couple of days before GM announced C7 pricing increases?
How many of us in the Corvette community ask at the time of the C7 pricing increases, how come they are raising prices when not only are they now making more Corvettes than they are currently selling, but also GM has 8,000 unsold Corvettes at dealerships — with a consequent 162 day supply?
If there is no reveal comparison tie in, we know purely due to financial factors, that if GM’s cost to manufacture the C8 just went up, say between $800-$1,500, that that incremental cost just increased the entry price of the C8 by a amount close to that (or more).
If all the electrical system postulations are wrong, something else has been adding to the time needed for the C8’s reveal and its consequent, initial customer production schedule. As we know, delays cost money. Lots and lots of money if we are talking about developing a brand new, radically-changed Corvette generation, as the longer the testing and development process is on-going, the greater those tens of millions of dollars of costs need to be somehow compensated for. And if the testing and development were to result in more expensive ME components, electrical and/or otherwise,, as is obvious to all that too must be compensated for in the ME’s starting price.
Whatever we later 100% learn is the cause for the ME’s timing change, we know that it will add to the entry MSRP for the ME.
Your thoughts....?
*http://gmauthority.com/blog/2018/12/...ssue-breaking/
https://www.midenginecorvetteforum.c...ical-deep-dive
GM is not immune to financial dynamics. While we do not have 100% knowledge that the ME is going to have a 48V electrical system, GM Authority* has stated there that there is a major change necessary to the C8’s electrical backbone. It is not the only automedia speculating the ME is delayed due to electrical issues, e.g., the reason for the probable non-C8-reveal before this summer. A bigger battery and a bigger alternator have been rumored to be tried, but were deemed insufficient.
How might the electrical system upgrade have anything to do with the GM’s mid December decision to increase C7 prices from a minimal to $405 up to $2,770?
If it were GM’s intent all along to have Tadge say at the ME’s reveal, “If you can afford a Grand Sport, you can afford a mid Engine C8” (as I have personally believed for many months), is it purely coincidence that the ME’s electrical issue was publicly identified by GM Authority a couple of days before GM announced C7 pricing increases?
How many of us in the Corvette community ask at the time of the C7 pricing increases, how come they are raising prices when not only are they now making more Corvettes than they are currently selling, but also GM has 8,000 unsold Corvettes at dealerships — with a consequent 162 day supply?
If there is no reveal comparison tie in, we know purely due to financial factors, that if GM’s cost to manufacture the C8 just went up, say between $800-$1,500, that that incremental cost just increased the entry price of the C8 by a amount close to that (or more).
If all the electrical system postulations are wrong, something else has been adding to the time needed for the C8’s reveal and its consequent, initial customer production schedule. As we know, delays cost money. Lots and lots of money if we are talking about developing a brand new, radically-changed Corvette generation, as the longer the testing and development process is on-going, the greater those tens of millions of dollars of costs need to be somehow compensated for. And if the testing and development were to result in more expensive ME components, electrical and/or otherwise,, as is obvious to all that too must be compensated for in the ME’s starting price.
Whatever we later 100% learn is the cause for the ME’s timing change, we know that it will add to the entry MSRP for the ME.
Your thoughts....?
*http://gmauthority.com/blog/2018/12/...ssue-breaking/
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