Of all the options offered for the C8 Corvette, one of the lesser known yet more affordable and useful is the Battery Protection Package.
The Package includes a device to charge and condition the C8 Corvette battery. This is to ensure that the battery is ready to go when the owner wants to fire up the vehicle after it has been parked for long periods, which could be common with those for whom the Vette as not their primary vehicle that, as a result, sits in a garage. The kit is also useful in cold weather, as it conditions the sport car’s battery and electric system.
Operating the device is simple. Just plug one end into the 12-volt power port in the car’s front cargo area, and plug the other end into a 115-volt outlet.
The small size of the device means that it is easy to store when not in use. Chevrolet has also made it more stylish than it might otherwise have been, by adding the famed Corvette Crossed Flags logo.
The Package is available with all trim levels in the C8 Corvette range (1LT, 2LT and 3LT) and with both the Coupe and Convertible body styles. It is assigned RPO code ERI and costs $100.
That price represents a tiny proportion of the cost of the C8 Corvette, which is priced to start at $60,995, including $1,095 destination charge.
Every 2021 Chevy Corvette currently on sale bears the famous Stingray name. They also use the same engine – the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2, which produces 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque (if the vehicle is fitted with the optional performance exhaust). The atmospheric Small Block drives the rear wheels through an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT).
All versions are manufactured at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky, which builds right-hand-drive versions for some export markets in addition to the more common left-hand-drive model.
Future models in the C8 Corvette portfolio are expected to include the C8 Corvette E-Ray hybrid, the high-revving C8 Corvette Z06, the ultra-high-performance C8 Corvette ZR1 and the flagship C8 Corvette Zora. The C8 Zora, named after the ‘father of the Corvette’ – Zora Arkus-Duntov, is expected to feature a hybrid powertrain with a total output of at least 1,000 horsepower and 1,000 pound-feet of torque.
The planned C8 Corvette Grand Sport will not, in fact, come to market. Instead, its place in the line-up will be taken by the Corvette E-Ray.
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Comments
I have this with my C7, could not do without it. It should be standard on all vetts! I use battery tenders and that is what this on all my vehicles!
Yep have on on my C7 works great!
Can the Corvette battery charger work on other cars like my 2008 Saturn Sky Redline? And if it does where would I purchase it?
I had this plugged in and on, on my 2016 stingray over the winter. Green light was on when I went to start it in spring, the battery was DEAD!
Presently I’m using a Deltron battery tender when I store my car in the winter and when I’m not driving it during periods in the summer and it works very good and it has always worked fine. I was curious about the Corvette battery tender.
The question is, does the C7 battery tender work on the C8. From the photo it looks like GM changed the plug in connector on the C8 charger.
I really hope they didn’t make that change just so C7 owners buying a C8 have to buy a new charger!
It’s a standard cigarette lighter plug. The plug looks weird because the vendor designed the charger so you pull off the red part and it fits a special mini socket used on European motorcycles (ISO 4165).
Or just wait for a sale for one at Harbor “Junk” Freight Tools and buy a 1/2 amp charger/tender for $9.95..
The author says the official $100 model ‘conditions the electrical system’ – I certainly hope it does *NOT* do that!