{"id":56768,"date":"2018-11-02T12:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T19:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=56768"},"modified":"2018-11-05T08:52:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T16:52:55","slug":"copo-gets-electrified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/copo-gets-electrified\/","title":{"rendered":"COPO Gets Electric?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XSbd5rr8gUg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Usually, when someone hears the word COPO a long history burnt fuel and loud engines come to mind. Chevrolet is about to throw a wrench in all that.\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b>Fifty years after the first COPO Camaro&#8217;s hit the streets, Chevrolet\u2019s eCOPO Camaro Concept presents an electrified version of drag racing. General Motors along with electric racing team Hancock and Lane Racing developed the eCOPO\u00a0concept race car.<\/p>\n<p>The eCOPO\u00a0&#8211; which is based on the 2019 COPO Camaro &#8211; has a fully electric motor pumping out the equivalent of 700 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque. Chevrolet estiamtes\u00a0that the eCOPO\u00a0can hit the quarter mile in the 9-second range.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe eCOPO Concept is all about where we go in the future with electrification in the high-performance space,\u201d said Russ O\u2019Blenes, director, Performance Variants, Parts and Motorsports at General Motors. \u201cThe original COPO Camaro program was all about pushing the envelope, and this concept is an exploration with the very same spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project exemplifies Chevrolet and General Motors\u2019 commitment to engaging young minds in STEM education,\u201d said O\u2019Blenes. \u201cIt also represents our goal of a world with zero emissions, with the next generation of engineers and scientists who will help us get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The motor powering the eCOPO\u00a0is based on a pair of BorgWarner\u00a0HVH 250-150 motor assemblies, each generating 300 lb-ft of torque, completely replacing the gas engine. Helping put the\u00a0power to the ground is a conventional \u00a0racing-prepared \u201cTurbo 400\u201d automatic transmission that channels the motor\u2019s torque to the same solid rear axle used in the production COPO Camaro race cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Usually, when someone hears the word COPO a long history burnt fuel and loud engines come to mind. 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