The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is inching closer to production and has been showcased drifting through the snow in a special holiday celebration, albeit not on one of GM’s channels, but through a Corvette Forum member named “Corvette_Nut” who uploaded a short clip of the car on YouTube. We’ve known about Chevrolet’s plans to electrify the C8 Corvette since before the new Stingray was presented in 2019 and the E-Ray is shaping up to be the perfect middle-ground between the entry-level model and the Z06.
All signs point towards the Corvette E-Ray
using the Stingray’s same basic 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated V8 engine. This
mill is usually good for 495 hp and may remain unchanged in the E-Ray. What
will change, however, is the fitment of an electric motor driving the front
wheels and a small battery pack in the floor. With 600 hp on tap and all-wheel
drive, the Corvette E-Ray should be very quick off the line. Will it be able to
match the Z06 with its 670 hp? Only time will tell.
Of course, it’s not just outright
performance that will make the hybrid Corvette special. The inclusion of
all-wheel drive will make it much more versatile and easier to drive in tricky
conditions, as evidenced by this prototype drifting gracefully through the
snow.
Visually, the Corvette E-Ray will look
very similar to the Z06. As a matter of fact, it will look so similar to the
Z06 that not even we were sure if our spy photographers had recently snapped a
Corvette E-Ray or a 2023 Z06. One striking feature of the E-Ray prototype in
this video is the sharp trunklid lip spoiler that gives the rear-end some added
aggression, not that it really needed it.
