Although GM may be over-selling the practicality, the E-Ray does come with all-season tires so it can be driven year-round, and the all-wheel-drive system is configured so it’s confident in the snow, up to just 4 inches due to its low ground clearance.
Unlike most hybrids, it’s not really made for efficiency, although will get a little better city mileage than a standard Stingray at 16 mpg. But because of higher mass and air drag, it will do worse than the standard Corvette’s 24 mpg on the highway. The electric motor adds 160 horsepower to the 495 generated by the V8, for a total of 655. Both systems come on at once for maximum acceleration.
Engineers say its technology sets the stage for the all-electric Corvette. When the latest generation of ’Vette came out four years ago with the engine in the middle, engineers designed it so future there could be hybrid and electric versions in the future.The car’s computers are configured to keep it stable by applying power to individual wheels when it’s slippery. GM engineers say most electronic stability controls rely on braking individual wheels.
The 1.9 kilowatt-hour battery is small compared with a full electric vehicle. It’s positioned under the console. You can’t plug it in to recharge it, but it gets energy restored from regenerative braking and from the V8 motor. It can be driven in “stealth mode” up to 45 mph for a short distance to quietly leave a neighborhood, GM says.
Do you know how much damage those batteries do to the planet, mining materials, processing materials and then you have to dispose of the battery...
All for the low, low price of two homes, three college educations … and one dozen eggs.
jbadomics Never been a Corvette person EVER. But that’s a fine looking car!
ritholtz smoking them all why buy old euro trash? LOL murica baby
SydWeedon Cool technology, but it's like Back To The Future forever altered the aesthetic of fancy fast cars... I'll start paying attention when they bring back the body style of 60s/70s muscle car fastbacks... Now THAT was sexy!
Biden is going to buy one and put classified documents right next to the charger.
What’s the point of a fast car, it’s a want, not a need!
Going by today's currencies, why don't we start from the cheapest Corvette?
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Speed kills. This shit shouldn’t be legally allowed on the road.
I’ll take a little red one
This is why we will never heal the planet
The Corvette R8.
'you can get all-wheel-drive, and comfort, security, and the livability that comes with a car like this' Or for the thing that drives sales of American Big Trucks, overcompensation for little peepee.
This is just a prius that went to the gym. Kinda lame.
How many documents does it come with?
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