The First Electrified 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray Just Sold for Over $1 Million

Auctioning off the first production model of a new and special car for charity is pretty much standard fare these days, and the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray – VIN 001 – is no different. The automaker just sold off the first E-Ray at Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach for $1.1 million. GM isn’t keeping any of that money, though. It’s all going to a cause: the education nonprofit DonorsChoose.

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Chevrolet tells us that the first electrified Corvette E-Ray was bought by none other than Rick Hendrick, the chairman and CEO of Hendrick Automotive Group and the owner of 14-time NASCAR Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsport. According to the Detroit Free Press, this E-Ray will be the 122nd vehicle in the 73-year-old’s collection. Good for him.

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“From electrified all-wheel drive to being the fastest Corvette ever made, the E-Ray is a true first-of-its-kind supercar. Before I even had a driver’s license, I fell in love with the Corvette and daydreamed of owning one. For people like me who have watched its evolution across seven decades and eight generations, this represents a new chapter,” Hendrick told Freep. As a Corvette enthusiast, it’s a piece of history.