{"id":37908,"date":"2022-12-09T09:04:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37908"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:04:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T14:04:02","slug":"1138088_new-corvette-e-ray-hybrid-shows-up-on-chevy-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37908","title":{"rendered":"New Corvette E-Ray hybrid shows up on Chevy website"},"content":{"rendered":"

A hybrid version of the C8 Chevrolet Corvette has been rumored for years and finally confirmed in April, together with plans for an electric Corvette<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While a fully electric ‘Vette is probably some years out still, the hybrid will arrive in summer 2023, and with the name Corvette E-Ray.<\/p>\n

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The first photos and market timing for the Corvette E-Ray recently surfaced on a visualizer on Chevy’s website. The content has since been removed, though not before enthusiast website Corvette Blogger<\/a> was able to take these screen shots.<\/p>\n

When asked about the vehicle, a Chevy spokesperson told Corvette Blogger, \u201cLooks like the holidays came early for a few astute Corvette fans. Stay tuned for more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Chevrolet<\/p>\n

Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray leak – Photo credit: Corvette Blogger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The photos show the Corvette E-Ray will feature the same wide-body design as the Corvette Z06<\/a>. There doesn’t appear to be a charging port, which likely rules out the car being a plug-in hybrid. This makes sense as Chevy engineers benchmarked prototypes with an Acura NSX<\/a>, which is also a conventional hybrid with a mid-engine layout.<\/p>\n

The Corvette E-Ray is expected to feature one or two electric motors powering the front axle and the current Corvette Stingray’s 6.2-liter V-8 powering the rear axle, something that’s backed by an early teaser video<\/a> which showed a prototype testing on snow. In the video, the car’s front wheels are shown to be spinning under their own power. An electric motor integrated with the Corvette’s 8-speed dual-clutch automatic, and able to drive the rear wheels, is also a possibility, judging by a recent patent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peak output is expected to fall between 600 and 650 hp. A more powerful hybrid configuration is expected during the C8 Corvette’s product cycle, with rumors pointing to it appearing in a range-topping variant to be called the Zora<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Look for Chevy to release official details on the Corvette E-Ray early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A hybrid version of the C8 Chevrolet Corvette has been rumored for years and finally confirmed in April, together with plans for an electric Corvette. While a fully electric ‘Vette is probably some years out still, the hybrid will arrive in summer 2023, and with the name Corvette E-Ray. The first photos and market timing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}