Making its formal introduction in January of this year, the 2024 Corvette E-Ray ushers in a new era for the storied Chevy Corvette nameplate, offering up a heady dose of electrified, all-wheel-drive performance. Per an exclusive GM Authority report published early last month, production of customer-bound units of the 2024 Chevy Corvette is set to kick off in the fall. Now, however, GM Authority has also learned that select units of the 2024 Corvette E-Ray are already rolling off the line, but for an entirely different purpose.
According to GM Authority sources, the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky has started to build 2024 Corvette E-Ray units during the week of May 22nd, 2023. However, these are not customer units, but rather early builds for use in the Captured Test Fleet program, or CTF.
For those readers who may be unaware, vehicles that are part of the CTF program are essentially vehicle units built for evaluation purposes, quality checks, media test drives, and other pre-production purposes. Interestingly, vehicles that participate in the CTF program come with VINs, and can be sold later on as used vehicles.
Meanwhile, regular production for the 2024 Corvette is set to begin on September 5th, 2023, per a GM Authority exclusive. Production of the 2023 Corvette is set to end on September 1st, 2023. The GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky is the exclusive producer of the Chevy Corvette, a role which it has served since 1981.
The most important change to the C8 Corvette lineup for the 2024 model year is the introduction of the new Corvette E-Ray. The new E-Ray is equipped with the same naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine cradled by the C8 Stingray, but unlike the Stingray, the E-Ray also incorporates a single front-mounted electric motor and 1.9 kWh battery system, bringing peak output to 655 horsepower.
All C8 Corvette variants ride on the GM Y2 platform.
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The E-Rays will supercede C8 Stingray production, making the gasoline only versions even more scarce in build and availability numbers. Prices are already rising in the dealer stock and used market. Climate change alarm is one of the biggest drivers of inflation on the planet, by far.
You mean the greatest lie on the planet. At least the “man made” claim.
You’re as dumb as rocks if you think climate change isn’t real. You might as well align your IQ with the flat earthers.
Re read please. FWIW, the climate has changed since the instant the Earth was created. And guess what…. No matter how much money you make from the great lie, it will continue to change throughout time.
The only thing driving climate change is the amount of people on the planet.
Apparently dinosaurs killed the planet too. Get A load of this guy!!
Eray is badass. I live in Alaska and can’t wait to throw on some blizzaks and rip it up this winter . One thing that is special about the eray is it charges itself. There is no need to ever plug it in . So many things to like about this machine include the z06 stance. The solid body colors instead of two tone on all other models. And the performance for price comparison is top notch. I like the flat plane crank and all but on this platform , I’d rather have the LT motor for durability purposes. Man this thing is gonna be a beast
It charges itself until it doesn’t down the road. Give it 5 years before the charge capacity and power reduces to 50%. It’ll basically become a Stingray with 500 lbs extra weight and that’s why the top speed is so low compared to the Stingray and Z06 Top speeds.
how many cadillac LYRICS on the road , where can you charge it , I dont see any in LONG ISLAND NEW YORK ??
Electric Vette!!! GM needs to Bronze one and put it on a Pole in Detroit.
Why do people continue to believe, without any evidence, that lithium ion battery packs have a 5 year life span? It is simply not true. I had a Chevy Volt for almost 8 years and its range at the end of that time was measured at over 90% of original spec. I have spoken with the guy I sold it to after 10 years and it is still running strong.
GM and others have run Li Ion packs for more than 200,000 miles and many of the old Volt packs are now used to store energy in other applications. A well cared for battery pack will degrade over time but very slowly. Anyone have a 10 year old gas engine with over 100,000 miles which hasn’t degraded at all from original spec?