Chevrolet has joined Ford in launching an electrical NASCAR prototype. It’s known as the Blazer EV.R, and it makes over 1,300 horsepower with three electrical motors and a 78-kilowatt-hour liquid-cooled battery on board.
Chevy says it constructed the EV utilizing chassis and suspension parts from NASCAR’s Subsequent-Gen vehicles racing right this moment. Nonetheless, not like these V-8-powered race vehicles, the EV has a programable all-wheel-drive system, delivering the ability with Goodyear Racing Eagle tires, identical to the ABB NASCAR EV prototype that the racing collection launched final 12 months.
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The prototype borrows styling cues from the Blazer EV SS, the 615-horsepower crossover pacing the Daytona 500 this weekend. The road-going EV can hit 60 miles per hour in 3.4 seconds, with simply half the ability of the NASCAR prototype and road rubber.
Final 12 months’s NASCAR Xfinity Sequence Champion and Group Chevy driver Justin Allgaier examined the automotive in January on the Carolina Motorsports Park in South Carolina, saying, “I’m used to figuring out my pace via gearing and listening to engine revs, so I needed to completely change how I decide nook entry pace.” He additionally famous that the regenerative braking “has a big effect on braking sections and cornering stability.”
Ford launched its Mustang Mach-E NASCAR prototype on the finish of January with the identical specs—it simply appears like a squished model of Ford’s EV. The prototypes preview what’s potential in meshing new powertrain know-how with NASCAR’s present platform. After they’ll really race one another is anybody’s guess.
