Today opens a new order cycle for the 2024 Corvette, but unfortunately it appears that it will only be for the Stingray and Z06 while the GM Order Banks will remain closed for the all-new E-Ray.
Chevrolet’s update to dealers on July 20th specifically mentioned that the first E-Ray ordering would start on August 17th. But strangely, last week when dealers should have received those allocations from GM, they were instead given only Stingrays and Z06s instead. With the order system now open this week to pair allocations with customer orders, we inquired once again with several dealers who all told us no E-Rays today.
When you set a date, and then miss it…that’s a delay. Of course, there could be something else that is now occupying the minds in Detroit and we believe that it’s the current state of negotiations between the Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers.
Chevrolet has already pushed back the start of production for the E-Ray to Monday October 23rd. That date is nearly six weeks after the UAW’s contract ends on September 14th. Could it be that Chevy is trying to take something off the bargaining table like the urgency surrounding a new product launch?
Yesterday, the head of the UAW Sean Fain suggested that it was “critically important” for the local UAW unions to authorize a strike as additional leverage against the automakers. While some of the demands the UAW is seeking makes sense like inflation protection and better pay for temporary workers, others are downright insane like the demand of a 40% increase in pay while also wanting to move to a 4-day work week.
The Big Three responded by saying the Union’s demands could cost upwards of $80 billion per year as well as threaten future viability. They also argue that the domestic labor costs are already higher than those of Tesla, European, and Asian automakers.
There is a lot of posturing going on with both sides, and by delaying the start of the E-Ray until after the new UAW/GM contract is ratified, it may take some of the urgency away from getting a deal done when there are half-built cars sitting on a stopped production line. We would prefer to have any labor disruptions behind us before starting production on the new car.
Related:
Here’s the August Constraints for the 2024 Corvette Stingray and Z06
2024 Corvette E-Ray to Start Production on Monday, October 23rd
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GM needs a new CEO !!!!!
Just like 2019 and the C8. So glad I got my C7 Stingray on July 18th huge discount, couldn’t
be happier. This strike is going to be a nut buster for the consumer.
GM needs a new CEO !!!!! = 100% correct. And, these unions supported that criminal Biden, even after he put his finger in a union workers chest ON CAMERA and said I DONT WORK FOR YOUM PAL !!!!! Well, your guy Biden is responsible for the Inflation that EVERYONE is suffering from, so they should get NOTHING.
Inflation leads to the strike, the strike will add more inflation to GM cars. Wait until the dollar goes away from being the world reserve currency. Can you say BRICS? All those dollars will be coming back and we will have an inflation shit storm.
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