700 HP Chevrolet Camaro eCOPO Electrical Idea Is Up For Grabs
Ideas hardly ever go up on the market, and each time a few of them pop up, usually older fashions.
That’s definitely not the case with the Chevrolet eCOPO Camaro idea which was unveiled solely final yr and will probably be auctioned off by Russo and Steele in Monterey, California on August 16th.
The auctioneers itemizing doesn’t say a lot concerning the automotive, however we do know that it was launched at SEMA to have fun the 50th anniversary of the unique COPO Camaro and show an “electrified imaginative and prescient for drag racing.”
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Based mostly on the 2019 COPO Camaro and inbuilt partnership with Hancock and Lane Racing, the eCOPO was first GM car to make use of an 800-volt battery again. It consists of 4 completely different 200-volt modules, every weighing roughly 175 lbs (79.four kg), they usually have been strategically positioned all through the automotive to optimize weight distribution.
The battery pack powers an electrical motor that produces greater than 700 HP (522 kW / 710 PS) and 600 lb-ft (813 Nm) of torque and is related to a race-prepped Turbo 400 automated transmission that sends energy to the rear wheels. This setup allows the cocnept to do wheelies and run the quarter mile in 9.51 seconds at greater than 140 mph (225 km/h).
One of many extra attention-grabbing options concerning the automotive is that the electrical motor has the identical bell home mounting sample and crankshaft flange as GM’s household of LS engines. On the time, GM mentioned the idea “factors to a future that might embody electrical crate motors for racing, and even your avenue rod.”
Whereas the automotive will possible go to a collector, Russo and Steele famous it doesn’t must be to a trailer queen, as they will prepare assist and coaching for servicing and operating it.
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