Chevy trademarks Corvette E-Ray

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Chevy trademark for E-Ray may signal Corvette hybrid or EV

A spy photographer and friend of Autoblog Chris Doane spotted this trademark filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office, and there's not much to it: Chevy is calling dibs on the "Corvette E-Ray" name, and that raises more questions than answers. Being obsessed with this industry is an Autoblog core value, and Corvette is perennially a big deal. It's also historically, and famously, resistant to change. So what's going on here?

Unless it's a pure show car, it's unlikely the E-Ray will be a C7-based hybrid. The current Corvette is a tightly-packaged thing, and batteries are bulky. That makes a concept of some sort all the more likely, especially with the Detroit Auto Show coming up. Unconstrained by the packaging of the real-world Stingray, this E-Ray concept may be a pure EV, or a hybrid, of any configuration. GM has built mid-engined Corvette concept cars in the past, and maybe we'll see one again in a few weeks. A gutted C7 with a pure EV drivetrain is also a remote possibility, although less likely – the Stingray wasn't engineered with that in mind, and we think GM's too big to show off a hack-job at a major auto show.

Not that it is a Corvette competitor, but don't forget that the Tesla Model S P85D and it's P90D successor have taken pure EV performance into the mainstream – the upper end of the mainstream, to be sure. It has been enough to draw industry performance players into the genre. Look at Aston Martin's production-possible RapidE concept, a pure EV, and the confirmed-for-production Porsche Mission E.

We've heard rumblings in the past that Corvette may become a marque unto itself, spawning a variety of variants (including the hypothesized mid-engined production car – don't hold your breath). Perhaps the gas-powered C8, in whatever form it takes, will be complemented with a greener version.

We'll try to dig up insider information about what the E-Ray will reveal itself to be, but rest assured that if it shows up at Detroit we'll bring you analysis of every inch of it.
 

Gone_2022

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Besides being overpriced what else was wrong with it?


Overpriced is an understatement. Sure it looks good I will give them that. But it's a volt with a caddy badge for an extra 25-30k base price.

Back before they made the price adjustment it was priced the same as a base model tesla rofl.


If you would have told me here is the caddy version. It has extra features and it also gets 100 miles total of electric vs the normal volt 40 I would be sold.
 

P40E

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ELR very cool looking car i like it a lot . Cadillac has the means to sell cars . They need the right combos to do it though . The baby Cadillac was a success 25 years ago . Make a hybrid out of an ats . Price it $6k more than more than a base ats . It will sell . If people want to pimp it out , they can add whatever they want in the options . But make it so a hybrid caddy is attainable at a respectable price first .
 
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