Electric 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Has 320 HP And Looks Great
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General Motors‘ big debut at the 2019 SEMA Show was the Chevrolet E-10 Concept, a battery-electric truck based on a 1962 Chevrolet C-10, which utilizes production-spec Chevrolet Bolt EV batteries and motors.
While the Chevrolet E-10 may have gotten lots of attention at SEMA this year, it wasn’t the only vintage Chevy with an electric powertrain in attendance. Taiwanese company XING Mobility had their own fully electric Chevy at the aftermarket show in the way of a handsome 1969 Camaro Convertible.
Similar to how the Chevrolet E-10 previews a concept line of eCrate electric crate powertrains from GM, this 1969 Camaro was built to preview a plug-and-play electric powertrain setup from XING Mobility. The Taiwanese company’s system consists of a modular battery stack and a high-power AC induction motor, along with a direct transmission adapter that allows hot-rodders to use a large variety of transmissions with the fully electric setup.
XING Mobility’s “Immersio Modular Battery System” allows the battery cells to be assembled in a building block-style way, with tuners able to add cells to fit the range requirements of their specific build. The liquid-cooled, stacked batteries provide energy for the 320-horsepower AC induction motor that comes with the simple plug-and-play kit. The company says its transmission adapter will be immediately compatible with all GM LS-series transmissions, with a larger range of transmission adapters set to be released at a later date.
“We’re excited about the prospect of helping an increasing number of car builders to electrify their projects,” said XING Mobility co-founder, Azizi Tucker. “Our customers know mechanical installations but are often unfamiliar with battery and high-voltage systems. With XING Mobility’s conversion products, we provide a system that is as close to a conventional crate engine as possible in terms of being fast and safe to install, leaving our customers to focus on what they do best: making, driving and racing high-performance, high-quality builds.”
XING Mobility’s new electric crate powertrain setup will compete directly with the GM eCrate, should GM decide to launch the eCrate, that is. While only a concept for now, the GM eCrate setup is more powerful than XING Mobility’s offering, with the dual-motor setup providing up to 450 horsepower in the E-10 Concept. Similar to XING Mobility, the eCrate hooks right up to a conventional transmission, with the E-10 featuring a SuperMatic 4L75-E automatic. The E-10 concept also uses two 60-kWh battery packs for a total of 120 kWh.
Electric crate powertrains like these may become more popular in vintage builds going forward, allowing builders to have a torquey powertrain in their vintage build without the emissions or potential hassles of keeping up an older engine.
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I love the e-crate concept!!
I love the e-vehicles and the after-market products I am hearing about. I want to convert my 2008 HHR in a few years. What do ou think about applying this process to front wheel drive cars?
I await the news that there is a conversion which will Fit my HHR
Front wheel drive can actually be easier. In some cases, you can remove the transmission entirely and swap in a motor and transaxle from something like a Nissan Leaf.
That said, for an HHR, unless you’re really attached to that particular car, I would strongly recommend just buying a used factory-built EV instead. Converting a car is almost always more expensive and difficult than buying one, and the HHR isn’t the most solid platform to start with.
That’s just wrong. I have no issue with electric cars, but really!? A classic Chevy muscle car!? And a 1st-gen Camaro no less. Just wrong. And by a Japanese company no less.
uh, you mean Taiwanese company…lol
But yeah, I agree 100%. Fully half of the draw and impact of the older cars, or any hi-po ICE car; is the sound feel and fury of the power-plant that moves it.
Going electric with a car like this shows you don’t understand the appeal of it in the 1st place.
Kinda like Disney’s take on Star Wars.
Neither of you get it. What other people like is not up to you.
Don’t like the idea of an electric Camaro? Fine, don’t build one. I love the styling of classic cars, but the noise and smells of ICE propulsion are just an annoyance to me. I’d much rather have a classic Camaro powered by a clean, quiet, reliable electric motor. And the instant torque of electric motors cannot be matched by any ICE. The electric conversion makes an old car actually usable as a car, and more enjoyable to drive (at least for people who aren’t addicted to the smell of gasoline).
And by the way, the Disney Star Wars movies are quite enjoyable to anyone who isn’t a complete snob about Star Wars. If you want the original trilogy, just go watch the original trilogy, but complaining that the new movies aren’t exactly the same as the old ones is completely missing the point of the new ones.