Electrification is shouldering its approach into motorsports simply because it has with our on a regular basis new automobiles. With full electrics in Formula E and hybrids in IMSA GTP, a racecar with out some form of electrical propulsion is much less regular than it was even 5 years in the past. NASCAR has hinted at getting into the all-electric foray by displaying off a “uni-branded” prototype lower than a 12 months in the past and, simply final month, Ford debuted its model with the Mustang Mach-E NASCAR Prototype. Now, simply earlier than the beginning of the Daytona 500, Chevrolet has gone and debuted one in every of its personal: the Blazer EV.R NASCAR Prototype, which lands alongside the Blazer SS Pace Car.
The Blazer EV.R, identical to the Chevrolet Camaro Cup automobile, is predicated on the NASCAR Next Gen race car with a unified chassis, wheels, brakes, sure elements of the bodywork, and aerodynamic options just like the splitter, wing, diffuser, and undertray. Because of this the Blazer EV.R is actually the identical because the Ford beneath its pores and skin. It’s going to additionally make the most of the identical 1,300-hp tri-motor powertrain (single motor up entrance, two within the rear) and liquid-cooled 78 kWh battery pack.
What’s going to make it distinctive from the opposite OEMs would be the nostril, hood, aspect physique remedy and rear panel together with the decal variations of its lighting. It’s going to even be the one “two-door” model of the brand new Blazer in existence because the frequent portion of the greenhouse makes all manufactures create two-door our bodies, just like the Cup cars. Although, now it’s making us wish to see what a avenue automobile model of the EV.R would appear to be in actual life—a tallish, next-gen Camaro EV, anybody? Hey, Ford form of did it with the Mustang Mach-E…
Additionally making its public debut is the Blazer EV SS Daytona 500 Tempo Automobile. Whereas not fairly on sale but, this represents the primary alternative for followers to see the all-electric SS rolling underneath its personal energy, forward of the NACAR Cup subject and in manufacturing guise. This consists of the 615-hp, 650-lb-ft powertrain, entrance Brembo brakes, 17.7-inch infotainment display screen, and GM Tremendous Cruise. This Blazer EV SS might be joined with the Corvette Stingray and Silverado RST as tempo automobiles for NASCARs Xfinity Sequence and Craftsman Truck Sequence races, additionally collaborating throughout the Daytona 500 weekend.
