{"id":30361,"date":"2023-01-12T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=30361"},"modified":"2023-01-12T22:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T02:39:58","slug":"chevy-teases-the-first-electrified-vette-coming-jan-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/chevy-teases-the-first-electrified-vette-coming-jan-17","title":{"rendered":"Chevy teases the first electrified ‘Vette coming Jan. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next model of the mid-engine Chevy Corvette is about to break cover. It will break new ground as well.<\/p>\n

Chevrolet teased its Corvette E-Ray on Instagram Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0ahead of the car\u2019s reveal on Jan. 17. That date marks the 70th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary \u2014 to the day \u2014 that the first Corvette was introduced to the world. The Harley Earl-designed, 1953-model \u2018Vette was the first mass-produced, fiberglass-bodied sports car in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Clearly GM thinks the E-Ray is a game changer as well. It will be the first electrified Corvette as the iconic supercar moves toward an all-electric future.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 70 years, we\u2019re introducing one like none. 01.17.23.\u00a0#Corvette<\/a>,\u201d reads the Instagram post. The teaser video shows a blue Corvette drifting on ice, signaling the E-Ray will be all-wheel-drive with an electric motor turning the front wheels and a big V-8 driving the rears. The car lets out a fierce growl in the video signaling its gas-hybrid power. “ONE LIKE NONE,” scrolls at the end of the clip.<\/p>\n

GM insiders have told The Detroit News that electrifying the Corvette was one of the reasons that the eight-generation sports car was engineered with a mid-engine layout for the first time in its 70-year history. With the engine amidships, the front is available to house an electric motor.<\/p>\n

Chevy\u2019s teaser comes nine months after the brand teased an electrified Corvette winter-testing in camouflage on YouTube. And it confirms a leak of the E-Ray\u2019s configurator from the Chevrolet.com website in December. The leaked web pages showed the E-Ray with a wide-body version of the C8 similar to the 2023 Z06, the first performance model of the C8.<\/p>\n

While GM did not confirm the model at the time, it issued a statement to Corvette Blogger (which broke the news) saying that it “looks like the holidays came early for a few astute Corvette fans. Stay tuned for more.”<\/p>\n