electrifying
Chevy charges up its COPO Camaro racer.
A new trend appears to be brewing in the world of drag racing. General Motors’ Bowtie division recently revealed an electric COPO Camaro. The acronym stands for Central Office Production Order, the form ingenious Chevy dealers figured out in 1969 they could use to special order Camaros with Corvette engines from GM. Let’s just say that, for those who like to race fast Camaros, it caught on in a big way.
The so-called ECOPO swaps out the race-prepped gas-powered V-8 for a pair of Borgwarner electric motors plus an 800-volt battery pack that weighs 700 pounds.
The resulting combo makes “more than” 700 horsepower (that’s as specific as Chevy is getting for now) and 600 pound-feet, which is sent to the rear wheels through a three-speed automatic transmission. Actual production plans are unknown.