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Watch A Chevy Corvette E-Ray Tested On A Dyno: Video

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.

Overhead view of the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray.

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.

Rear three quarters view of the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray.

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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  1. Too bad you can’t buy one. Cheers!

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  2. Interesting car. Wouldn’t give up my C7 Z06 for it. However, I might be tempted by the C8 Z06.

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