[VIDEO] C8 Corvette E-Ray Foreshadowed by 2011 Chevy Miray Concept

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Mitch Talley
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[VIDEO] C8 Corvette E-Ray Foreshadowed by 2011 Chevy Miray Concept

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All things old are new again.

That old saying was never more true than with Chevy’s decade-old Miray concept car.

Rumors about a hybrid C8 Corvette have been rampant on the internet for years, with talk about an E-Ray all-wheel drive model that would see the base 6.2-liter V8 engine paired with two front-mounted electric motors and a small battery pack. The mix is believed to be enough to provide the E-Ray with some 650 horsepower.

[VIDEO] C8 Corvette E-Ray Foreshadowed by 2011 Chevy Miray Concept


But that future Corvette was actually foreshadowed way back at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show, where Chevy showed off a hot new roadster concept known as the Miray. While more reminiscent in our eyes of the smaller Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky, the Miray’s “mid-electric propulsion system” nevertheless included a turbocharged 1.5-liter engine behind the driver paired with a 1.6 kWh lithium-ion battery to run a couple of front-mounted electric motors each worth about 20 horsepower that would be particularly useful in totally eliminating emissions during urban driving while providing more spirited power whenever desired.

“For performance driving,” Chevy said at the time, “the Miray’s 1.5-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine combines with the electric motors, providing spirited torque control to both the left and right wheels as needed.”

Sound familiar, C8 enthusiasts?

[VIDEO] C8 Corvette E-Ray Foreshadowed by 2011 Chevy Miray Concept


Chevy didn’t elaborate on whether the Miray would have all-wheel drive, but did say the concept had the “capability of being switched from front-wheel drive to rear-wheel drive.”

At the time, the executive director for GM Powertrain Advanced Engineering pointed out that many of the components in the Miray’s propulsion system are “a logical extension of GM’s current technology portfolio.”

That history means the E-Ray, if it does reach production, won’t be as much of a new-fangled idea as some might suspect.


Source:
carscoops.com

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4 COMMENTS

  3. Looks clean and smooth. It looks terrific! Just add the C9 emblem. I do enjoy my C8
    convertible but I’m veryi interested in the E when considering my next move several
    years from now. Fuel looks like a goner in the near future.

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