Look at this car: 2025 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray

posted on February 14, 2025

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Evolve or struggle. That’s the choice carmakers are facing these days — electrification has moved far past compact commuters and into pickup trucks, SUVs, and supercars. Even the 72-year-old Chevy Corvette nameplate just got the battery treatment, in the form of the Corvette E-Ray. The E-Ray is the first hybrid Corvette ever, building off most of the same equipment as the current Corvette Stingray, the same mid-engined design, and same blistering performance. And instead of using hybridization to make the Corvette more efficient, Chevy has simply employed batteries for more power.

The same 495-hp V8 engine found in the normal Corvette drives the E-Ray’s rear wheels, with a 160-hp electric motor sitting between and driving the front wheels. The result is an all-wheel drive setup with a combined 655 horsepower, almost as much as the mighty Corvette Z06. By all accounts, handling, stopping power, and feel are on par with what you expect from a Corvette, and the added grunt and electric torque give the E-Ray a zero-to-60 time of 2.5 seconds, as good as any Corvette ever made.

So the E-Ray has got the supercar-level performance you expect to find in top-trim Corvettes, but what about the electric bit? In “Stealth Mode,” the E-Ray’s relatively small 1.1-kWh battery allows it to go on electric power for short distances, but only up to 45 mph. Which is a nice trick for trips to the store, but otherwise, the EPA says the E-Ray gets the same 16 MPG as the gas-only Corvette Stingray around the city, and 1 MPG less on the highway.

The interior is mostly familiar C8 Corvette — squared-off steering wheel, screens and buttons angled towards the driver, decent front and rear trunk space. Combined with the overall performance, it’s the same Corvette recipe of a multi-dimensional supercar at a reasonable price — except this one happens to be a hybrid.