GM Unveils Gas-Powered Corvette Z06

General Motors has said it intends to sell nothing but electric-powered vehicles by 2035, but it's still 2021, and gasoline consumption isn't over at GM just yet. On the same day GM announced investments in electric vehicle charging, it also unveiled a new 670 horsepower Chevrolet Corvette with a new gasoline-fueled V8 engine, Peter Valdes-Depena reported for CNN Business.

Photo Insert: The 2023 Corvette Z06

General Motors hasn't confirmed it but, given the timeframe, this may be the last gasoline-powered Corvette Z06. There has been a Z06 version of each new generation of Corvette since 2001.

With GM moving towards electric vehicles, it's not clear there will be another gasoline-powered Corvette model on which to base another Z06 after this.

The new Z06's 5.5-liter V8 engine is much more powerful than the 490 horsepower 6.2-liter V8 in the base Corvette Stingray.

Unlike the last generation of Corvette Z06, which went out of production in 2019, the new Z06 doesn't use a supercharger to push air into the engine and boost its power output. GM is calling this new engine the most powerful "naturally aspirated" V8 ever offered in any production car.

To gain its extra power new Z06 engine relies on lightweight engineering enabling the engine to run at very high speeds. The new Z06 engine's redline, the limit of how fast it can run, is 8,600 revolutions per minute with maximum power coming at a screaming 8,400 RPM. The base Corvette Stingray produces its maximum power at just 6,450 RPM.

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