Who knows what secret information our car manuals hide from us? If you’re like most owners, you can probably go through most of the user manual or skip to parts that require research, skipping the rest of the pages and diagrams. You should be very interested in the features and details of your car if you really want to spend some time going through each page of your owner’s manual. And in the case of Corvette Blogger, impatiently anticipating the arrival of a public version of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Owner’s Manual has given them time to prepare for the tiniest details that could be hidden from view. Or should we say, in the diagram of the fuse box?
If you wish to consult the manual yourself, you can find it in PDF format in the link here. Well buried far beyond the 200 page mark in the manual is a fuse box diagram. On page 244, a secondary fuse block is hidden between the interior waterfall that separates the driver and passenger seats. While not unusual at first glance, what piqued Corvette Blogger’s interest is a set of numbers referring to the specific functions of each fuse – in this case, numbers 7 and 12. Fuse number 7 is labeled as a power siren module / Pedestrian friendly alert function and is also called the same in the Chevy Bolt. The pedestrian-friendly alert function gives electric cars a sound that can be heard more easily by pedestrians. Kind of like that humming or low humming in other EV cars which lets pedestrians know that a car is nearby (lack of combustion engine and all). The number 12 is called the lithium-ion battery module, which is missing from the Chevy Bolt manual because the Bolt uses a rechargeable energy storage system; a completely different hybrid. If this is true, the Corvette C8 relies on electrical power for brief performance increases, completely forgoing any long-range electrical power.
The rumor goes on to say that the Corvette Hybrid will have a battery that will reside in the central tunnel, while an electric motor will power the two front wheels, effectively creating a Corvette with all-wheel drive with an estimated power of 200 horsepower generated from the electric motor. Reach? Probably. But it’s a bit of technology that would make perfect sense in the years to come.
Who knows what secret information our car manuals hide from us? If you’re like most owners, you can probably go through most of the user manual or skip to parts that require research, skipping the rest of the pages and diagrams. You should be very interested in the features and details of your car if you really want to spend some time going through each page of your owner’s manual. And in the case of Corvette Blogger, impatiently anticipating the arrival of a public version of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Owner’s Manual has given them time to prepare for the tiniest details that could be hidden from view. Or should we say, in the diagram of the fuse box?
If you wish to consult the manual yourself, you can find it in PDF format in the link here. Well buried far beyond the 200 page mark in the manual is a fuse box diagram. On page 244, a secondary fuse block is hidden between the interior waterfall that separates the driver and passenger seats. While not unusual at first glance, what piqued Corvette Blogger’s interest is a set of numbers referring to the specific functions of each fuse – in this case, numbers 7 and 12. Fuse number 7 is labeled as a power siren module / Pedestrian friendly alert function and is also called the same in the Chevy Bolt. The pedestrian-friendly alert function gives electric cars a sound that can be heard more easily by pedestrians. Kind of like that humming or low humming in other EV cars which lets pedestrians know that a car is nearby (lack of combustion engine and all). The number 12 is called the lithium-ion battery module, which is missing from the Chevy Bolt manual because the Bolt uses a rechargeable energy storage system; a completely different hybrid. If this is true, the Corvette C8 relies on electrical power for brief performance increases, completely forgoing any long-range electrical power.
The rumor goes on to say that the Corvette Hybrid will have a battery that will reside in the central tunnel, while an electric motor will power the two front wheels, effectively creating a Corvette with all-wheel drive with an estimated power of 200 horsepower generated from the electric motor. Reach? Probably. But it’s a bit of technology that would make perfect sense in the years to come.