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.
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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.