Hybrid Corvette ?
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Hybrid Corvette ?
If the C7 was available in a hybrid or all electric would you consider buying it? Will this be the only options in the future.
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Sure if done like the current Formula 1 cars! Smaller engine with 150 hp electric motor that could be used for acceleration! Not a big battery, just enough for 30 seconds at full power. Regenerative braking and perhaps using only electric power when cruising in town at low speeds, which takes little power and battery capacity. At ~25 to 35 mph or when accelerating more aggressively the engine cuts in as it would when the battery was low.
With full torque at zero speed that extra 150 hp would provide excellent acceleration.
With full torque at zero speed that extra 150 hp would provide excellent acceleration.
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I more than likely not be alive at that point in Corvette's evolution so I would have to vote no. I will be one of the lucky ones who will die out with the gas powered V8's.
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F1 race cars went to 1.6 liter engines with a 160 hp electric motors that they operate for short bursts. 0 to 60 is ~1.5 seconds! Overall power is 700+ hp. They have improved gas mileage 50+% in the past few years. The specs now only allow about 1/2 the gas used in the past and no refueling! All that in car weighing 1500 pounds!
Real advances in technology! The US F1 Team is new this year and doing well. The US Grand Prix is in Austin Texas this October. See you're from Austin, perhaps you're going and can watch a high performance hybrid!
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I won't buy a hybrid of any kind much less a Corvette.
All electric? Maybe, but I don't think they've got the technology where it needs to be. However, they're getting close. Might want to re-visit this in a few years.
All electric? Maybe, but I don't think they've got the technology where it needs to be. However, they're getting close. Might want to re-visit this in a few years.
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Considering the fastest supercars in the world are all hybrids right now, anybody that would reject a hybrid would be ignorant and nostalgic.
With that said, the cost will probably increase the cars price significantly in the near future so I wouldn't be too interested if the price point changed. Also, I wouldn't be interested in an EV version if the battery life was less than 400 miles or so, with a charge time of greater than 10 minutes and with charging stations as readily available as gas stations.
With that said, the cost will probably increase the cars price significantly in the near future so I wouldn't be too interested if the price point changed. Also, I wouldn't be interested in an EV version if the battery life was less than 400 miles or so, with a charge time of greater than 10 minutes and with charging stations as readily available as gas stations.
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Well I hope where both around to see it if it does happen. Although I will definitely miss the song the V8 plays.
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Considering the fastest supercars in the world are all hybrids right now, anybody that would reject a hybrid would be ignorant and nostalgic.
With that said, the cost will probably increase the cars price significantly in the near future so I wouldn't be too interested if the price point changed. Also, I wouldn't be interested in an EV version if the battery life was less than 400 miles or so, with a charge time of greater than 10 minutes and with charging stations as readily available as gas stations.
With that said, the cost will probably increase the cars price significantly in the near future so I wouldn't be too interested if the price point changed. Also, I wouldn't be interested in an EV version if the battery life was less than 400 miles or so, with a charge time of greater than 10 minutes and with charging stations as readily available as gas stations.
If they do it right, what better sound than a 2 liter V12 Ferrari type engine spinning at 15,000 rpm! The 1947 Columbo designed 1.5 liter Ferrari V12 engine must have sounded great!
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Would I buy a hybrid Corvette - yes. But it would have to have all the attributes I look for in any other car - styling, features, performance, reliability and a reasonable price.
