Day: August 1, 2016

Genovation, a startup based in Rockville, Maryland, has earned a new land speed record using a C6 Chevrolet Corvette converted to run on electric motors. The car is the same one that hit 186.8 mph at Florida’s Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds on February 23, 2016. Genovation returned to the site this week for further testing of its electric Corvette and managed to hit 205.6 mph. This represents the new land speed record for a street-legal electric car. Genovation’s Corvette is officially known as the Genovation Extreme Electric, or GXE for…

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A video purporting to show a Corvette being taken for a ‘joyride’ by a dealership in Bakersfield, California has surfaced, recorded using Valet Mode. Ah, Valet Mode. Feels like a while since we last saw a video recorded using this now famous C7 Chevrolet Corvette feature, isn’t it? As a reminder: once enabled, Valet Mode starts recording via the Data Logger (with no audio due to legal reasons) as soon as the engine is started, the idea being you can then catch your valet in the act when they’re doing…

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