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- The 2024 Corvette E-Ray is here.

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It's hybrid, it's all-wheel drive,

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and it's the quickest Corvette ever made.

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Last week, I had the chance

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to go to the Milford Proving Ground,

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which is where General Motors tests

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all of its new prototype vehicles

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and I got to ride around
in the Corvette E-Ray.

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This thing is fast.

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It's got the 490 horsepower
small block behind the seats.

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It has 160 horsepower electric motor

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driving the front wheels
for e-all-wheel drive.

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All that comes out to a
zero to 60 of 2.5 seconds

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and a quarter mile in 10 and a half,

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so, why did the Corvette
need all-wheel drive first?

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More traction means better acceleration.

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Second, that electric motor made it easy

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for the Corvette to fit all-wheel drive

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without a bunch of mechanical nonsense

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connecting the front axle to the mid-end.

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Chevy says the E-Ray is slightly quicker

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than the Z06, which has
that amazing 5.5 liter,

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naturally aspirated flat crank V8,

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but the E-Ray is meant to
be a grand pouring vehicle

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with all-wheel drive.

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It's got all-weather capability,

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and it's a little less raw than the Z06,

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which was built to dominate on the track.

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When I was in Michigan,
I got to ride shotgun

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with one of GM's development drivers

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on an autocross in the new E-Ray.

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This thing accelerates like a rocket.

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It was cold and damp in Michigan

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the day that I rode along.

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That thing still had all
the traction in the world.

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This thing launches like a dragster.

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Of course, this is not gonna come cheap.

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Chevy says that the Corvette E-Ray

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will start at $105,000 for the coupe,

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or $111,000 for the convertible.

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It'll go on sale later this year.

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