First Corvette E-Ray Sells For $1.1 Million

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It was all for a good cause…

While some consider the first hybrid Corvette, called the E-Ray, to be controversial, there are plenty of people who can’t wait to get their hands on one. Someone just dropped $1,100,000 for the privilege of owning the first production model. That might sound crazy considering what kinds of supercars you can buy for that kind of cash, but at least it was to support a good cause.

Watch an E-Ray prototype burn to the ground here.

The first production Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray was auctioned off during the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach event. Just like other first production run cars auctioned by Barrett-Jackson, the proceeds from the sale go to a charitable cause. For this car that was DonorsChoose that facilitates people donating directly to public school classroom projects.