Part electric and part V-8, the new Corvette E-Ray’s powertrain may have a split personality, but this car is all about performance.
The E-Ray fills those voids. Stuffed within the center section is a 1.1-kWh lithium-ion battery pack made up of 80 refrigerant-chilled LG Chem pouch-type cells along with a liquid-cooled power inverter. LG designed the battery to discharge and charge rapidly, with its thermal state monitorable via new performance pages within the infotainment screen. Chevrolet says the entire assembly weighs roughly 100 pounds.
Relocating the regular Corvette's engine paved the way for the E-Ray, as the front motor otherwise would have no place to call home. Driving the front axle is an 80-pound permanent-magnet synchronous AC motor making 160 horsepower and 125 pound-feet of torque. An additional heat exchanger in the Corvette’s nose keeps that motor cool. The heart of the E-Ray is the 495-hp 6.2-liter V-8 plucked from the Stingray Z51. With the electric motor added to the equation, the total output is 655 horses.
Chevrolet claims 60 mph arrives in 2.5 seconds and that the E-Ray covers the quarter-mile in 10.5 seconds, making it potentially the quickest Corvette ever. Top speed is said to be above 180 mph. The electric motor stops contributing at 150 mph.
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