NASCAR driver turned pundit Kevin Harvick remains unimpressed with NASCAR's 1,300-horsepower electric prototype
NASCAR has unveiled a 1,300-horsepower electric vehicle prototype designed to represent the future of stock car racing in America — but not everyone is impressed by the new display of technology.
The NASCAR EV was available for several show runs during the Chicago street race weekend — and one run even included a standing start, something not done in NASCAR, to highlight the vehicle’s instant torque. Fans have expressed worries that electrification will do harm to many of the aspects they deem critical to stock car racing: Loud exhausts and the acrid scent of gasoline. A fully electric car, then, would be antithetical to the very concept of NASCAR as those folks see it.
“I think it’s great to see that you have something, but I think NASCAR was so far down the line with the EV project being pushed by the manufacturers that they finished it. But the EV revolution hasn’t quite hit the way many expected. Electric vehicles are more expensive right out of the gate than a combustion vehicle, and projected ranges haven’t increased as intended. Paired with a poorly funded charging infrastructure, many folks once interested in buying an EV have decided against it.
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