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New Chevrolet Corvette hybrid brings AWD, unprecedented pace
First electrified Corvette adds an EV motor on the front axle for Ferrari 296-baiting pace
The first electrified Chevrolet Corvette is official, mating its roaring 6.2-litre V8 with a front-mounted electric motor to create the first four-wheel-drive ‘Vette - and the fastest-accelerating yet.
Named the Corvette E-Ray, Chevrolet’s long-awaited hybrid supercar has been revealed exactly 70 years since the original Corvette took to the stage for a debut at the Motorama exhibition in New York.
It has been conceived “to be the Corvette owners can arrive in anywhere, no matter the season”, said Chevrolet, highlighting the increased traction of a driven front axle and the option of a removable roof.
It is also the first sports car, Chevy said, to pair a naturally aspirated V8 with an electric motor; direct rivals are few and far between, but the Ferrari 296 GTB and McLaren Artura each use hybridised twin-turbocharged V6 engines, and the Ferrari SF90’s electrified V8 is blown as well.
The V8 in question is the same 6.2-litre small-block lump that powers the standard Chevrolet Corvette Stingray - revolutionary in its own right for making the switch from a front- to mid-engined layout.
Here, its 495bhp and 470lb ft – sent to the rear axle through an eight-speed automatic gearbox – is supplemented by 160bhp and 125lb ft from the EV motor at the front, giving a combined 655bhp and making this the fastest Corvette to make production: Chevrolet claims a 0-60mph time of just 2.5 seconds and says it can cover a quarter-mile in just over 10.5 seconds.
That makes the E-Ray roughly as quick in a straight line as the Ferrari 296 GTB, but priced from $104,295 – or the equivalent of £85,000 – it is about a third of the price of Maranello's latest hybrid. It is expected that the E-Ray will be offered in right-hand-drive guise and exported to the UK, as is the standard Corvette, but Chevrolet has yet to confirm this.
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First electrified Corvette adds an EV motor on the front axle for Ferrari 296-baiting pace
The first electrified Chevrolet Corvette is official, mating its roaring 6.2-litre V8 with a front-mounted electric motor to create the first four-wheel-drive ‘Vette - and the fastest-accelerating yet.
Named the Corvette E-Ray, Chevrolet’s long-awaited hybrid supercar has been revealed exactly 70 years since the original Corvette took to the stage for a debut at the Motorama exhibition in New York.
It has been conceived “to be the Corvette owners can arrive in anywhere, no matter the season”, said Chevrolet, highlighting the increased traction of a driven front axle and the option of a removable roof.
It is also the first sports car, Chevy said, to pair a naturally aspirated V8 with an electric motor; direct rivals are few and far between, but the Ferrari 296 GTB and McLaren Artura each use hybridised twin-turbocharged V6 engines, and the Ferrari SF90’s electrified V8 is blown as well.
The V8 in question is the same 6.2-litre small-block lump that powers the standard Chevrolet Corvette Stingray - revolutionary in its own right for making the switch from a front- to mid-engined layout.
Here, its 495bhp and 470lb ft – sent to the rear axle through an eight-speed automatic gearbox – is supplemented by 160bhp and 125lb ft from the EV motor at the front, giving a combined 655bhp and making this the fastest Corvette to make production: Chevrolet claims a 0-60mph time of just 2.5 seconds and says it can cover a quarter-mile in just over 10.5 seconds.
That makes the E-Ray roughly as quick in a straight line as the Ferrari 296 GTB, but priced from $104,295 – or the equivalent of £85,000 – it is about a third of the price of Maranello's latest hybrid. It is expected that the E-Ray will be offered in right-hand-drive guise and exported to the UK, as is the standard Corvette, but Chevrolet has yet to confirm this.
New Chevrolet Corvette hybrid brings AWD, unprecedented pace | Autocar
First electrified Corvette adds an EV motor on the front axle for Ferrari 296-baiting pace
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The 2024 Corvette E-Ray Packs 655 All-Wheel Horsepower and Accelerates Quicker Than a Z06
Chevy says the hybrid, AWD C8 Corvette E-Ray will do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, making it the quickest production Vette in history. Jalopnik got to go for a ride.
C8 E-Ray: Pricing, Availability and Final Thoughts
The E-Ray isn’t a conventional hybrid. It’s not concerned with boosting fuel economy or commuting entirely on EV power. It follows the paradigm of the original hybrid hypercars: The Porsche 918 Spyder, the Ferrari LaFerrari, and the McLaren P1. Like those exotics, the Corvette E-Ray harnesses hybrid power in the name of rocketlike acceleration. A lithium-ion battery and a compact electric motor allowed Chevy to fit all-wheel drive in the tight confines of the C8 platform, without wrecking the car’s weight balance or daily-driver convenience. In fact, by adding that electric drivetrain, Chevy made America’s sports car that much more livable every day — no matter what climate you drive in.
It’s the quickest, most all-around capable Corvette yet. That feels like an appropriate celebration of the Vette’s 70th birthday. We can’t wait to drive the E-Ray for ourselves.
The 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray will have a starting MSRP of $104,295 for the coupe, or $111,295 for the convertible. Chevy says it will go on sale “later this year.”
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Chevy says the hybrid, AWD C8 Corvette E-Ray will do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, making it the quickest production Vette in history. Jalopnik got to go for a ride.
C8 E-Ray: Pricing, Availability and Final Thoughts
The E-Ray isn’t a conventional hybrid. It’s not concerned with boosting fuel economy or commuting entirely on EV power. It follows the paradigm of the original hybrid hypercars: The Porsche 918 Spyder, the Ferrari LaFerrari, and the McLaren P1. Like those exotics, the Corvette E-Ray harnesses hybrid power in the name of rocketlike acceleration. A lithium-ion battery and a compact electric motor allowed Chevy to fit all-wheel drive in the tight confines of the C8 platform, without wrecking the car’s weight balance or daily-driver convenience. In fact, by adding that electric drivetrain, Chevy made America’s sports car that much more livable every day — no matter what climate you drive in.
It’s the quickest, most all-around capable Corvette yet. That feels like an appropriate celebration of the Vette’s 70th birthday. We can’t wait to drive the E-Ray for ourselves.
The 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray will have a starting MSRP of $104,295 for the coupe, or $111,295 for the convertible. Chevy says it will go on sale “later this year.”
The 2024 Corvette E-Ray Packs 655 All-Wheel Horsepower and Accelerates Quicker Than a Z06
Chevy says the hybrid, AWD C8 Corvette E-Ray will do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, making it the quickest production Vette in history. Jalopnik got to go for a ride.
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The Hybrid Corvette E-Ray Is for Rich Buyers Who Don't Do Track Days
Corvette boss Tadge Juechter says the C8 E-Ray was designed for customers who want the most expensive Vette, but won't use the Z06's track capabilities.
Last week, I flew to Detroit to get a sneak peek at the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray, the first hybrid Corvette and the first all-wheel-drive vehicle to wear the Corvette badge. Chevy says the E-Ray, which made its official debut today, is the quickest-accelerating Corvette in history, ripping from zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and covering the quarter-mile in 10.5 seconds. But the hybrid Vette wasn’t designed to be a track monster. In fact, it’s basically intended to prevent people from wandering into a dealer and buying a Z06 they can’t really use.
That’s how Tadge Juechter describes it. Juechter’s official title is “global Corvette executive chief engineer;” to you and me, he’s the Corvette boss. The C8 is the fifth generation of Corvette to benefit from Juechter’s engineering work. He became chief Corvette engineer in 2006, with the C6. Just about everything you like about the C7, and everything that makes the C8 a world-beater, can be attributed to him.
Juechter is also a notorious straight-shooter, a bona-fide car guy with a refreshingly no-bullshit way of talking about performance cars. At the E-Ray preview event at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds, Juechter was characteristically unfiltered about where the E-Ray will fit in the Corvette lineup — and who he thinks should buy the hybrid, all-wheel-drive C8.
“Historically, as you moved up the Corvette line, you got to more and more extreme performance,” Juechter told me. “If you wanted to pay more for a Corvette, get a ‘better’ one, you always got pushed into the performance realm. So some of our well-heeled customers check all the boxes and end up driving a car on racing slicks, and they’re just driving back and forth to work, they never intend to go to the track. We only had that single stream, that single dimension to differentiate the cars. And it always put us in a little bit of a bind — we want to do a car that’s super capable on the track, but we don’t want to make it completely unlivable on the road. There’s a lot of compromises there.”
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Corvette boss Tadge Juechter says the C8 E-Ray was designed for customers who want the most expensive Vette, but won't use the Z06's track capabilities.
Last week, I flew to Detroit to get a sneak peek at the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray, the first hybrid Corvette and the first all-wheel-drive vehicle to wear the Corvette badge. Chevy says the E-Ray, which made its official debut today, is the quickest-accelerating Corvette in history, ripping from zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and covering the quarter-mile in 10.5 seconds. But the hybrid Vette wasn’t designed to be a track monster. In fact, it’s basically intended to prevent people from wandering into a dealer and buying a Z06 they can’t really use.
That’s how Tadge Juechter describes it. Juechter’s official title is “global Corvette executive chief engineer;” to you and me, he’s the Corvette boss. The C8 is the fifth generation of Corvette to benefit from Juechter’s engineering work. He became chief Corvette engineer in 2006, with the C6. Just about everything you like about the C7, and everything that makes the C8 a world-beater, can be attributed to him.
Juechter is also a notorious straight-shooter, a bona-fide car guy with a refreshingly no-bullshit way of talking about performance cars. At the E-Ray preview event at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds, Juechter was characteristically unfiltered about where the E-Ray will fit in the Corvette lineup — and who he thinks should buy the hybrid, all-wheel-drive C8.
“Historically, as you moved up the Corvette line, you got to more and more extreme performance,” Juechter told me. “If you wanted to pay more for a Corvette, get a ‘better’ one, you always got pushed into the performance realm. So some of our well-heeled customers check all the boxes and end up driving a car on racing slicks, and they’re just driving back and forth to work, they never intend to go to the track. We only had that single stream, that single dimension to differentiate the cars. And it always put us in a little bit of a bind — we want to do a car that’s super capable on the track, but we don’t want to make it completely unlivable on the road. There’s a lot of compromises there.”
The Hybrid Corvette E-Ray Is for Rich Buyers Who Don't Do Track Days
Corvette boss Tadge Juechter says the C8 E-Ray was designed for customers who want the most expensive Vette, but won't use the Z06's track capabilities.
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Promo vid of the 2024 Corvette E-Ray
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Auto Focus first look at the 2024 Corvette E-Ray
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Woah, the electrified 4WD Corvette ‘E-Ray’ will do 0-60mph in 2.5s
Chevy marks the ‘Vette’s 70th birthday by filling it with electricity and traction
No factory Corvette has ever been this fast. Or this electrified. Marking 70 years of one of the world’s most famous car names comes a bit of a shock: the all-wheel-drive, hybrid Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray.
Yes, it’s a play on Stingray, but there are no games to be had here, just pure pace and traction. There’s the familiar naturally aspirated 6.2-litre small block V8 onboard, mounted in the middle which was already a first for a ‘Vette. That sends 495bhp to the rear wheels alone. There’s an eight-speed dual clutch ‘box at work here too.
Then comes the electricity, in the form of a 160bhp electric motor sitting on the front axle powered by a 1.9kWh battery mounted in between the seats. Altogether, this electrified Corvette – the first ever ‘Vette to feature electric propulsion – kicks out 655bhp, sprints to 60mph in just 2.5 seconds and blitzes a quarter mile in 10.5s.
The AWD system is, we’re told, “constantly learning the road surface” and is said to adapt to meet traction conditions and driver needs, the latter possibly outweighing the former with well over six hundred horses at play.
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Chevy marks the ‘Vette’s 70th birthday by filling it with electricity and traction
No factory Corvette has ever been this fast. Or this electrified. Marking 70 years of one of the world’s most famous car names comes a bit of a shock: the all-wheel-drive, hybrid Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray.
Yes, it’s a play on Stingray, but there are no games to be had here, just pure pace and traction. There’s the familiar naturally aspirated 6.2-litre small block V8 onboard, mounted in the middle which was already a first for a ‘Vette. That sends 495bhp to the rear wheels alone. There’s an eight-speed dual clutch ‘box at work here too.
Then comes the electricity, in the form of a 160bhp electric motor sitting on the front axle powered by a 1.9kWh battery mounted in between the seats. Altogether, this electrified Corvette – the first ever ‘Vette to feature electric propulsion – kicks out 655bhp, sprints to 60mph in just 2.5 seconds and blitzes a quarter mile in 10.5s.
The AWD system is, we’re told, “constantly learning the road surface” and is said to adapt to meet traction conditions and driver needs, the latter possibly outweighing the former with well over six hundred horses at play.
Woah, the electrified 4WD Corvette ‘E-Ray’ will do 0-60mph in 2.5s
Chevy marks the ‘Vette’s 70th birthday by filling it with electricity and traction
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Fastest Corvette ever: new E-Ray hybrid packs a 488kW sting
Chevrolet has pulled the covers off a hybrid version of its iconic Corvette sports car, and it uses a front-mounted electric motor to amp up acceleration and provide extra traction in the snow.
The Corvette E-Ray, which is a play on the Stingray name used for petrol-powered versions of the sports car, was revealed on the 70th anniversary of the debut of the original Corvette. GM executives have said previously a petrol-electric hybrid version of the automaker's supercar was coming.
The Corvette E-Ray will use a 12-volt lithium-ion battery and a 120kW electric motor to drive the front wheels. A 370kW, petrol-fuelled V8 engine will drive the back wheels as in other Corvettes. The total system output is listed at 488kW.
GM said the hybrid system will accelerate the E-Ray to 60 miles per hour (96km/h) in 2.5 seconds, making it the quickest production Corvette ever, GM said.
The E-Ray will also be able to operate in a battery-only "stealth mode" for short distances, GM said.
Chevrolet has pulled the covers off a hybrid version of its iconic Corvette sports car, and it uses a front-mounted electric motor to amp up acceleration and provide extra traction in the snow.
The Corvette E-Ray, which is a play on the Stingray name used for petrol-powered versions of the sports car, was revealed on the 70th anniversary of the debut of the original Corvette. GM executives have said previously a petrol-electric hybrid version of the automaker's supercar was coming.
The Corvette E-Ray will use a 12-volt lithium-ion battery and a 120kW electric motor to drive the front wheels. A 370kW, petrol-fuelled V8 engine will drive the back wheels as in other Corvettes. The total system output is listed at 488kW.
GM said the hybrid system will accelerate the E-Ray to 60 miles per hour (96km/h) in 2.5 seconds, making it the quickest production Corvette ever, GM said.
The E-Ray will also be able to operate in a battery-only "stealth mode" for short distances, GM said.
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The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray Visualizer Is Up for Real This Time
You can now configure your dream Corvette E-Ray, but pricing for options is still not available.
In December of last year, several Corvette forums noticed the E-Ray visualizer had gone live prematurely. Several people were able to get screenshots before Chevrolet took it down, giving us all an idea of what options would be available. Now that the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray has been officially revealed, though, the visualizer is back online and ready for your dream car-customizing enjoyment.
Unfortunately for fans of the convertible, you can currently only configure the coupe, although the site does promise the convertible visualizer will be available soon. Also, while we already know the coupe will start at $104,295, and the convertible at $111,295, the pricing for individual options still hasn’t been announced. But something tells us the price of fancy paint option is probably going to be a lot less relevant to what an E-Ray actually costs compared to how big a markup the dealer charges.
Speaking of paint options, there are 14 to choose from. Some are the same ones offered on the regular Corvette Stingray, but there are a few that are unique to the E-Ray, including Cacti and Sea Wolf Gray Tri-Coat. At the very least, we say go with something fun. There’s nothing objectively wrong with black, gray, and white, but you’re buying a Corvette for Pete’s sake. Live a little! You’d look great behind the wheel of a Riptide Blue Metallic Corvette.
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You can now configure your dream Corvette E-Ray, but pricing for options is still not available.
In December of last year, several Corvette forums noticed the E-Ray visualizer had gone live prematurely. Several people were able to get screenshots before Chevrolet took it down, giving us all an idea of what options would be available. Now that the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray has been officially revealed, though, the visualizer is back online and ready for your dream car-customizing enjoyment.
Unfortunately for fans of the convertible, you can currently only configure the coupe, although the site does promise the convertible visualizer will be available soon. Also, while we already know the coupe will start at $104,295, and the convertible at $111,295, the pricing for individual options still hasn’t been announced. But something tells us the price of fancy paint option is probably going to be a lot less relevant to what an E-Ray actually costs compared to how big a markup the dealer charges.
Speaking of paint options, there are 14 to choose from. Some are the same ones offered on the regular Corvette Stingray, but there are a few that are unique to the E-Ray, including Cacti and Sea Wolf Gray Tri-Coat. At the very least, we say go with something fun. There’s nothing objectively wrong with black, gray, and white, but you’re buying a Corvette for Pete’s sake. Live a little! You’d look great behind the wheel of a Riptide Blue Metallic Corvette.
The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray Visualizer Is Up for Real This Time
You can now configure your dream Corvette E-Ray, but pricing for options is still not available.
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Jalopnik ride along of the 2024 Corvette E-Ray
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Shmee150 first look at the 2024 Corvette E-Ray
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Edmunds Cars first look at the 2024 Corvette E-Ray
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What's Inside? Family first look at the 2024 Corvette E-Ray
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C9 Corvette Planned for 2028 With Mid-Mounted Small Block in Tow: Report
If GM's current rumored plans bear out, we'll get one more generation of the mid-engined Corvette before everything goes electric.
General Motors has been building C8 Corvettes for just about three years now. I know, the passage of time is downright insulting. Either way, with the first mid-engine ’Vette fast approaching the halfway point of its lifecycle, we’re not only going to be seeing further evolutions of the formula, like the hybrid, all-wheel-drive E-Ray and long-rumored Zora. Talk of a successor is bound to get louder, too.
In fact, that conversation has already started, thanks to our friends at GM Authority. They tell us that the C9 Corvette is targeting a 2028 release as a 2029 model-year machine. Moreover, it’ll keep an internal-combustion engine in some form, meaning that the sports car’s gas-burning days won’t fade out with the C8. That makes sense — GM is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into new small-block V8s, after all.
Do note that the C9 is not to be confused with GM’s line of Corvette-branded EVs, which will reportedly include a sedan and performance-minded crossover. From GM Authority’s article:
According to GM Authority sources, the next-generation C9 Corvette will debut during the 2028 calendar year for the 2029 model year. Under the skin, it will ride on a revised variant of the GM Y2 platform that underpins the current C8 Corvette, with production expected to continue at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky.
Critically, the next-generation C9 Corvette will feature internal combustion for motivation, and will not be directly related to the upcoming Corvette EV sedan and Corvette EV crossover currently in development. As GM Authority covered previously, The General is now hammering away on several new all-electric models set to bear the Corvette nameplate, which will battle rivals like the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan, among others.
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If GM's current rumored plans bear out, we'll get one more generation of the mid-engined Corvette before everything goes electric.
General Motors has been building C8 Corvettes for just about three years now. I know, the passage of time is downright insulting. Either way, with the first mid-engine ’Vette fast approaching the halfway point of its lifecycle, we’re not only going to be seeing further evolutions of the formula, like the hybrid, all-wheel-drive E-Ray and long-rumored Zora. Talk of a successor is bound to get louder, too.
In fact, that conversation has already started, thanks to our friends at GM Authority. They tell us that the C9 Corvette is targeting a 2028 release as a 2029 model-year machine. Moreover, it’ll keep an internal-combustion engine in some form, meaning that the sports car’s gas-burning days won’t fade out with the C8. That makes sense — GM is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into new small-block V8s, after all.
Do note that the C9 is not to be confused with GM’s line of Corvette-branded EVs, which will reportedly include a sedan and performance-minded crossover. From GM Authority’s article:
According to GM Authority sources, the next-generation C9 Corvette will debut during the 2028 calendar year for the 2029 model year. Under the skin, it will ride on a revised variant of the GM Y2 platform that underpins the current C8 Corvette, with production expected to continue at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky.
Critically, the next-generation C9 Corvette will feature internal combustion for motivation, and will not be directly related to the upcoming Corvette EV sedan and Corvette EV crossover currently in development. As GM Authority covered previously, The General is now hammering away on several new all-electric models set to bear the Corvette nameplate, which will battle rivals like the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan, among others.
C9 Corvette Planned for 2028 With Mid-Mounted Small Block in Tow: Report
If GM's current rumored plans bear out, we'll get one more generation of the mid-engined Corvette before everything goes electric.
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2024 Corvette E-Ray breaks the mould with electrified powertrain
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2024 Corvette E-Ray breaks the mould with electrified powertrain
The Corvette. Its long-anticipated next-generation rendition has been teased relentlessly but has finally been revealed to the world bearing a hybrid powertrain. The question is, has the Corvette name been tainted or is the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray a worthy successor?
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