NASCAR, In Chicago Street Racing While giving a presentation on sustainability initiatives, he also introduced a prototype of a standard electric car in this presentation. for this vehicle NASCARSwedish electrification company ABB He collaborated with. The resulting car was a performance crossover reminiscent of the Ford Mustang Mach-E.

Of course, the ABB NASCAR EV prototype won’t replace the upcoming V8 internal combustion engine. Still, the powerplant’s performance is quite remarkable. According to NASCAR’s statement 78 kWh liquid cooled The vehicle has three electric motors. These motors, two of which are located at the rear and one at the front, can produce 1000 kW of power at full capacity.

The NASCAR Next Gen project comes to fruition

Actually NASCARWith the aim of switching to alternative fuels in 2022 Next generation He designed a chassis called ‘System’ and generally continued his projects on this chassis. The electric car also shares the same chassis. It is mentioned that Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota also had support during the development process.

Only a NASCAR driver has ever built the $1.5 million prototype. David Ragan lasted. Ragan said his fastest lap during his test at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia was 2 milliseconds slower than the track record lap, even though the car had twice the acceleration. NASCAR, which plans to add hybrid vehicles to the grid in the near future, could also start an alternative series similar to Formula E.