Bringing both a hybrid powertrain and a form of all-wheel drive to the Vette lineup for the first time in the Bow Tie sports car’s seven-decade history, the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray offers meteoric acceleration and several other unique features for its drivers to enjoy.
Now, Paragon Performance has worked out a dyno test to provide accurate data on just how much power the Chevy Corvette C8 E-Ray is cranking out, and shares their results in a video.
The video reveals that the power of the Corvette E-Ray tops out at 630 pound-feet of torque at 3,988 rpm and 573 horsepower at 5,289 rpm. The E-Ray’s peak performance clearly outmatches the Chevy Corvette C8 Stingray with its dyno test results of 419 pound-feet of torque and 437 horsepower.
Nor did the E-Ray excel only at the peak – it developed more power throughout most of the performance band, with 200 more pound-feet of torque between 2,000 rpm and 4,200 rpm. Even at the redline, horsepower and torque were notably higher by around 100 horses or 100 pound-feet for the E-Ray than the Stingray.
The 2024 Chevy Corvette C8 Z06 still outperformed both the Corvette E-Ray and the Stingray in horsepower, achieving 630 peak horses, though its 434 pound-feet of torque falls short of the E-Ray’s. However, its horsepower only outdid the other models at the top end, well past the redline of the other two vehicles at roughly 8,000 rpm and beyond.
The 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray manages to be such a torque monster thanks to its front-axle electric motor. Electric motors develop immense torque by using electromagnetic forces rather than mechanical systems in its production. This also enables near-instant torque output rather than the torque lag experienced in ICE vehicles.
In order to get accurate overall dyno readings for the Corvette E-Ray despite its electric motor feeding power to the front wheels only, and its naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine motivating the rear wheels, Paragon Performance used a linked dynojet with a belt connecting the drums. This measures the combined power as it would be delivered to the road by the E-Ray.
You can get all the additional juicy details of the test by watching the original video here:
GM Authority has also previously covered dyno tests of the Stingray and the Z06 on the dyno, along with the performance of the E-Ray in the Car and Driver Lightning Lap 2024, for more info on the power offered by the different Vette variants.
As a reminder, the Chevy Corvette E-Ray uses the GM Y2 platform for structure under the body panels. Production of the E-Ray is currently under way at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky.
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Comments
Too bad you can’t buy one. Cheers!
Interesting car. Wouldn’t give up my C7 Z06 for it. However, I might be tempted by the C8 Z06.