This weekend went down some special in the desert outside Las Vegas: Two EVs for the first time won 400.
Since the Mint 400 was launched back in 1969, the cars have been strengthened by the dead dinosaur in the famous desert race. Spectators and breed participants are used for the same way races in the air as the V8 -affected trophy truck to the Class 11 Stock Vox wagon burning on top of the jumps, clutches over the rocks, and the flat on the bed of the dried lake.
It all changed in 2024 when a group of Plus entered the Revenue R1T, and Matt Martley, the mint administrator, formed an EV production class. This year, Chevrolet joined the game and an edited version of its truck EV, Silvarado EVZR 2 off -road Race truck concept. The concept revealed when Chiyi is preparing to launch a various type of EV -based EV -based 2026 Silado EV Trail Boss this summer.
Although Raven is a very high stock truck that saves 35 -inch BF Goodraich tire upgraded, Silvarado EV has found a significant part.
Long -control weapons were taken from the Hamar EV to allow a 13 -inch travel journey. The suspension of the air was nurtured in favor of dual coil springs in the front-whose spring rate was 1,600 pounds per inch per inch-and single coil springs in the back. They do not need to support so much weight and do not need to sit at 978 pounds/inch. Hey, this is when the truck weighs about 10,000 £ 10,000.
Long -long Springs and 37 -inch BF Godrich tire means that Silvarado EV Race truck is sitting 15 inches from the ground. However, the truck itself is so large that I actually estimated it only 11 or 12 inches high. There is such a power of proportion.
Hummer also has a tri -motor system, with two motors in the back and one in the front. Shevrolet says everyone produces 1,100 horsepower and 11,500 pounds of torque together.
Although not too much about this torque number. Chevrolet is talking about the Wheel Tark, which is not meant to use the industry to talk about the torque. The company has not abandoned all numbers to do mathematics, but it is safe to say that motors manufacture more than a thousand pounds feet. Still, there is nothing to sneeze.
Chi did not replace the 205 kW battery. In the street truck, which is quite good at 440 miles, the theory is enough to race four laps in 400. However, the height of the ride, the size of the tire, the walking and the air pressure, and the dirt are all suffering from their numbers.
In a limited amount of testing, the average of the truck is in a limited quantity of the test .5 miles/kWh is in a limited quantity of the test. But he did not really know how the battery and drive units would react to the rigorous desert race.
Not enough square off
The opportunity to see the Raven and the modified Chiyyeedo EV Square on the mint was influenced by a technical ability. Although both vehicles ran, they were in different classes.
Raven participated in the EV production class. Chevrolet, as a car that is currently not presented to the public, was in the EV Open class. And every truck was in one class.
The bad thing is, Raven R1T is 73 miles away, two laps, the chevrolet found in just one lap. It is common to get less lap for production vehicles compared to large trophy trucks, but I was hoping that both trucks would eliminate two laps to test both performance and charging.
When I asked Martley about this contradiction, he said, “Revenue has already been race and has completed a lap in the last year’s race. When we are shedding in any new class, we try to make them easier. We do not want them to fail. It is not good for anyone to do so.
Calls it a mint 73
As soon as the truck descended from the opening line, I immediately. Silvarado EV Chevrolet went to the stock, lending me to driving the weekend.
The first pit is in Race 21, and the first part of the course is very fast. Teams are flat on the lake bed, some through parts and some deals with sandy washs. When I first arrived in the pit, I remembered the truck.
The second pit area is a sharp drive of chase cars, but Chii only has to take 16 miles race race courses. We’ve just found a place to park over time so that they can quietly see the zoom around the zoom in the coat cloud around the corner outside the pit area.
The truck crossed the final line with 40 % of the state. This means that its average average is.6 miles/kW – the team is slightly better than expected. The team took 2 hours 10 minutes to complete the course, so their average speed was 34 miles per hour. Not much Shebby for a big truck.
After the race, the driver Chad Hall and the co -driver Mark Still were both in good emotions.
“We just traveled.”
For Raven, this mint is 146
After leaving Chiyi, I handed it over to the US chargers to check the revenue.
Yes, Raven has to charge his 149 kW battery to make both laps and fortunately a 350 kW charger is just a quarter mile from the race course. The team only has to enter the course and get out.
I reached a scene of control chaos.
R1T blew the wind in the race mail 50 or more. The team was busy repairing it when the truck charged.
Driver Nick Paris told me that he had arrived at the charging station with a 20 State State of Incharge, which had kept the performance of 1 in his lap as a heavy salivardo at the same .6 miles/kW.
He confessed that at a distance of 110 miles per hour on the dry lake, he confessed to having a little lead. Co -driver Brett Racer said, “We saw Chii in front of us.” And we said, ‘Come’ and Zop! “Raven passed and the race was running.
90 % received, Raven went to his second lap. The vehicle blew the front dumper, but was just down for 15 minutes.
The Rivia team reached the closing line with a 10 -State state charge and pushing the truck at the lake to 128 miles per hour, their lap 2 performance is .6 miles/kW.
It is difficult to get an average speed with their charging timeout, but I will keep it slowly with Chevrolet. Chad Hall, however, is a professional race truck driver. The Revenue team is just a group of nerve private people.
Regardless of this, since both trucks are gone, both are considered to be a class winner and will take the house to the first position.
Where are Ford, Jeep, Tesla?
Although battery density and charging infrastructure means that it will not be competitive with electron -powered rig ice races cars and trucks, there is definitely the capacity to enter the EV field to test their charging speed, range and stability.
Ford Performance – When are you entering electricity? Hey Jeep, what do you think about entering the Vegoner next year? Hack, I will also be in favor of Uncle Elon entering the cyber truck. The GMC can throw it in the harmony, maybe the Porsche Technic can take the cross -tours to the field. I helped a few years ago to get ID4 to ID4 in Baja in Mexican 1000, so let’s bring this little boy in. Imagine the spectacle of all these vehicles fighting for the supremacy of electricity.