E-Ray, the Corvette goes electric?! (or plugin hybrid)
 

The rumored next gen Chevrolet Corvette might be mid-engined, the engine parallel with electric motors on the front & rear axles and also work as generators. A layout makes a very advanced high-performance all-wheel-drive hybrid powertrain (like the Porsche 918). Further supporting the mid-engine Corvette hypothesis is Chevrolet also trademarked new platform architecture named Zora, the iconic engineer/designer of the Corvette. If Chevrolet E-Ray goes down the electrified hypercar route, will it still keep its venerable V-8?

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Is Chevy Working On Electric Corvette E-Ray? | GM Authority

E-Ray would suggest a full electric, no?

I imagine there will be V8 corvettes in one form or another for some time to come, even if the top models gain hybrid (Hy-Ray?) and smaller engines, more basic versions will still be 8's.

Makes sense. The Corvette has always been the test bed for the next technologies. Hybridization and electrification are undoubtedly amongst them.

Looks like the 2017 concept could still hold a supercharged small block V-8 amidships but with front end e-motors too. They try to hide the expected multiple exhaust tips. Car and Driver

You mean like ever since the 1970s?

Even if it doesn't go the mid-engine way, a hybrid 'Vette wouldn't sound impossible at all. An electric motor can go between the V8 and the gearbox, instead of the torque converter or the clutch.

Why not put it aft of the gearbox unless it is one of those infernal transaxles?

...next C8

http://corvette-concepts.tripod.com/...res/86indy.jpg
http://corvette-concepts.tripod.com/id6.html

http://cdn.lsxtv.com/image/2012/04/alessi-3.jpg
http://www.lsxtv.com/news/alessi-ar-1-supercar-the-mid-engine-corvette-we%E2%80%99ve-always-wanted/

In 1947 Ferrari shipped a 1497cc V12. This suggests a 1-liter V-8 is possible.

1.0L in a 'Vette sounds odd, as this displacement range is seen as a povertry feature in my country.

I don't believe the next 'Vette would get rid of the transaxle.