Well, at least majority gas-powered, as 1064 of its 1250 total horsepower comes from the V-8, with the balance coming from the front electric motor that enables it to leap off the line quicker than the gas-only ZR1.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s electric or gas it strictly how much horsepower you put in and the weight of the car very simple, and neither have anything to do with the handling because if you don’t have that, what is the point?
Eliminate the dead weight of the V8 engine. What makes a car "fast" off the line is torque, not horsepower. And nothing beats an electric motor for efficient torque.
GM engineers understand this --- but hot rodders still cling to the rumble of ICE.
The batteries on the EV are deadweight hence the need for so much horsepower to get it moving fast, and the additional weight of those batteries and that metal tomb surrounding them is very hard on rubber tires.
That’s before you try to drift if that’s possible with most electric cars but in America, that’s ok because the only thing Americans want to do primarily is go straight fast in a drag race handling and side to side, stability at speed doesn’t matter, a former Mustang GT owner in my early 20s when I didn’t know any better.
Got rid of that ford junker for a car that had less horsepower but a hell of a lot better handling and stability at speed. And yes, it was a German car.
The fastest drag racing cars still are internal combustion. When raw speed is the goal, the torque doesn't have to be efficient, you can get it from an engine spinning away in its power band with a controlled amount of clutch or torque converter slipping.
Just when it seemed EVs would never be beat.
Well, at least majority gas-powered, as 1064 of its 1250 total horsepower comes from the V-8, with the balance coming from the front electric motor that enables it to leap off the line quicker than the gas-only ZR1.
It still needed a little electric help.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s electric or gas it strictly how much horsepower you put in and the weight of the car very simple, and neither have anything to do with the handling because if you don’t have that, what is the point?
Torque band of most engines is not flat like electric motors. So HP is not the only thing that matters for acceleration.
How to make it even faster?
Eliminate the dead weight of the V8 engine. What makes a car "fast" off the line is torque, not horsepower. And nothing beats an electric motor for efficient torque.
GM engineers understand this --- but hot rodders still cling to the rumble of ICE.
The batteries on the EV are deadweight hence the need for so much horsepower to get it moving fast, and the additional weight of those batteries and that metal tomb surrounding them is very hard on rubber tires.
That’s before you try to drift if that’s possible with most electric cars but in America, that’s ok because the only thing Americans want to do primarily is go straight fast in a drag race handling and side to side, stability at speed doesn’t matter, a former Mustang GT owner in my early 20s when I didn’t know any better.
Got rid of that ford junker for a car that had less horsepower but a hell of a lot better handling and stability at speed. And yes, it was a German car.
https://www.motortrend.com/features/tesla-0-60-quarter-mile-...
The fastest drag racing cars still are internal combustion. When raw speed is the goal, the torque doesn't have to be efficient, you can get it from an engine spinning away in its power band with a controlled amount of clutch or torque converter slipping.
This is still crazy from a road car though.
But why? Who needs this car?
https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/chevrolet/corvette/chevrolet...
US sales is 25k cars a year. Canada buys around 2-3k per year.