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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[ERIFNOMI]

Wow this looks amazi- wait. Is that a digital dash? Eww. Gross. I remember digital dashes. They break on you. Do not want this 100k dumpster fire now thanks.

Way to ruin it GM.*

(* Obviously I'm joking here. I could never afford this. If I won the lottery, this would be my car. I have a Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo. AWD cars are my favorite. I wish I had one of these. If anyone wants to donate one to me PM me and I'll give you the details on where to send it please.)

Any modern "analog" dash is plenty digital, I guarantee it. The dials haven't been directly connected to whatever they're displaying in quite awhile.

Having the instrument cluster implemented on a screen instead of physical dials is a great improvement. You can emulate dials if you want, but it gives you the freedom to do anything. That means the instrument cluster can change to fit specific use cases. Flying around the track? Have a huge tachometer front and center. Cruising down the highway on a long road trip? Get navigation updates right in front of you.

 

[ERIFNOMI]

For the Prius, I thought the argument was that the hybrid can run with more efficiency than direct ICE and thus cleaner (always in the max mpg mode essentially), but it doesn't seem like this vehicle has that advantage- am I wrong?

Happy to be educated...

Do you not think an additional ~160HP and ~120ftlb torque added by the electric motor is an advantage? The engine alone makes the same power as the regular C8. The huge bump in specs comes from the electric motor. That's not efficient enough for you?

Also mentioned in the article, it can drive on electric only for a short distance and it has start/stop. It's hard to imagine the hybrid not getting at least a small bump in efficiency when they release those specs. More power, less fuel.

How is this any different than the Prius, except that it's in a high performance sports car?

 

[ERIFNOMI]

In my Wrangler, the act of turning off the headlights also triggers the fog lights to turn off, so the only way to accidentally leave the fog lights on for next time is if you chose to also leave the headlights on (which would have some issues of it's own ).

Since we're talking about Wranglers now and you actually have one, I wanted to ask a question about your headlights. It seems universal that Wrangler headlights are aimed way the fuck too high. Most of the time when I can't see past the headlights of an oncoming car, it's a fucking Wrangler. Is this a design issue? Or are all the Wrangler owners I come across just assholes. I can't even tell if they're just driving around with high beams 100% of the time, or if the regular headlights are poorly aimed.

I understand a lot of Wrangler owners go for massive lifts and I'm absolutely certain the ones who do it just to look cool don't bother reaiming their headlights, but it seems like even stock height Wranglers are blinding.

 

[ERIFNOMI]

While we are at it, can we please lose all of these ultra bright, blinding headlights? I recently drove a Camry hybrid rental that had them, and felt like an asshole every time I drove at night.

As long as they're aimed properly and have a sharp cutoff, they're fine.

 

[ERIFNOMI]

The Prius and similar hybrids are particularly efficient even the battery is depleted. That is important because the battery is tiny and thus gets depleted often.
This is achieved by using a particular hybrid architecture (power split) combined with an engine optimized to to run with that type of transmission (one of the results being the Prius having the most efficient engine in a production car).

This Corvette is a parallel hybrid with a conventional transmission. And of course a gas guzzling high performance engine.
Fuel savings may be... less impressive.

No one is expecting 50mpg. But there's a significant peak power bump thanks to the electric motor without changing the ICE. So you're not going to see the improvement you'd get from switching to a lower power engine running the Atkinson cycle, but I definitely expect a little bump in city MPG. And again, that comes alongside a boost to peak power. That's efficient. To get the same power out of the ICE alone, you'd be burning more fuel.

The Prius is a parallel hybrid as well. And despite calling its transmission an CVT, it's pretty much a normal planetary automatic, just with an electric motor shoved into it. Granted that's still very different from the dual clutch in the Corvette.