Ready For An Electric Z06 Corvette?

The photo above is actually a 2006 Corvette (not the prototype).

Genovation Cars’ Electric-Powered Corvette based on 2006 Z06 Announced!

Electric corvette

by Noah Joseph as republished from autoblog.com

Dateline: 7-15-15 Chevy runs the full spectrum from some of the most environmentally friendly cars to the least. At one end are EVs like the Spark and Volt. At the other, performance models like the Camaro and Corvette. But one American company wants to bridge that divide.

That company is Rockville, MD-based Genovation Cars, which reports that it is almost done building its prototype for an all-electric Corvette. Dubbed the Genovation Extreme Electric (or GXE for short), the prototype is based on a previous-generation 2006 Chevy Corvette Z06, but ditches its enormous 7.0-liter V8 for an array of inverters, batteries, and electric motors said to be good for over 700 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque. Continue reading


Ready For An Electric Z06 Corvette?”