Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auctions featured the sale of the world’s first electrified Corvette throughout their 2023 Palm Beach Auction on Saturday. The 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray 3LZ First Retail Production VIN 001 offered for $1.1 million, with 100% of the hammer value benefiting DonorsChoose, a nationwide non-profit whose mission is for anybody to assist a classroom in want, shifting us nearer to a nation the place college students in each neighborhood have the instruments and experiences they want for an ideal schooling. An further $50,000 was donated to the charity from a beneficiant Barrett-Jackson VIP in attendance.
“The atmosphere in the auction arena was supercharged during the bidding on the first retail production 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray,” mentioned Craig Jackson, chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “The Corvette is ‘America’s Sports Car,’ and the sale of the first electrified version ever produced was an iconic moment as collectors coveted the chance to own a piece of automotive history. Barrett-Jackson has a long history of auctioning VIN 001 vehicles from General Motors to benefit deserving charities and we are proud to have had the opportunity today to help raise funds for our nation’s classrooms.”
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