Here’s everything we know about the 2024 Corvette E-Ray hybrid

When the hybrid 'Vette goes on sale later this year, it will be the quickest of them all.

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[Turbofrog]

It's still exciting to me that it's exciting to read about Corvettes. 20 years ago I'd have asked if you were seriously talking about the car for retirees and the mulleted. Something good got into the water back around the C6.

I think we're both getting old, but it's worth remembering that 20 years ago the Corvette C5-R was absolutely dominating the GTS class at Le Mans and all the other endurance racing series. So for anyone who was an enthusiast at the time, that generation of Corvette leaving all the Porsches and Ferraris in its dust was certainly a good way to change perceptions.

 

[Turbofrog]

The C8 is a handsome, handsome car, and by most accounts a really good performer. Would love to see a BEV one down the road.

No mention of how much weight the hybrid system adds?

It will be interesting to see what a dedicated BEV sports car looks like coming from a mass manufacturer. We can obviously see the extraordinary potential that the concept has (see Rimac), but the Tesla Roadster is complete vapourware (and is targeted at the same supercar price points, so not as relevant). Even the Porsche Taycan is a "practical" 4-door 2+2 despite it's silhouette.

I think GM would likely want to wait for a new generation that they can really afford to go all-in on electric, though. I can't see a C8 BEV being in the cards.

That said, what the world really needs is a $35K BEV Miata with a single 150 kW motor and a sub-50 kWh battery pack to keep the curb weight under 3000 lbs. 200 miles of range is plenty for such a car. It could even the retractable-hardtop version for the sake of aerodynamic efficiency...

 

[Turbofrog]

It only gives 3-4 miles of range in the Vette, that's nothing.

At what speed? Is that if you were just tootling around your residential neighbourhood at 15 mph?

 

[Turbofrog]

No idea, just overall range I assume.

But overall range changes dramatically depending on the speed you're going, is my point. It would go much, much farther at neighbourhood speeds than on the freeway.

 

[Turbofrog]

Tesla doesn't give a range estimate when you're driving at 10mph, just an overall range.

Teslas are BEVs that gives their range estimates based on the 5-cycle EPA test.

There is no such thing for hybrids with small batteries and speed-limited electric-only modes...