12-22-2015, 03:39 AM
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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
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12-22-2015, 06:50 AM
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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.
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12-22-2015, 08:21 AM
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Makes sense. The Corvette has always been the test bed for the next technologies. Hybridization and electrification are undoubtedly amongst them.
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12-22-2015, 03:35 PM
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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 |
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12-22-2015, 10:57 PM
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The rumored next gen Chevrolet Corvette might be mid-engined...
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You mean like ever since the 1970s? |
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12-23-2015, 06:23 AM
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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.
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12-23-2015, 12:24 PM
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Why not put it aft of the gearbox unless it is one of those infernal transaxles?
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12-23-2015, 12:42 PM
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You mean like ever since the 1970s?
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...next C8 |
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12-23-2015, 02:03 PM
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12-23-2015, 07:01 PM
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1.0L in a 'Vette sounds odd, as this displacement range is seen as a povertry feature in my country.
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Why not put it aft of the gearbox unless it is one of those infernal transaxles?
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I don't believe the next 'Vette would get rid of the transaxle.
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