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Opel Plans EV Rally Car Series
PSA Group's Opel unit plans to launch a rally car race series next summer that feature the upcoming all-electric variant of the Corsa small hatchback.
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PSA Group's Opel unit plans to launch a rally car race series next summer that feature the upcoming all-electric variant of the Corsa small hatchback.
The carmaker bills the series, dubbed the ADAC Opel e-Rally Cup, as the first world’s first for EVs. Plans call for 10-race season featuring 15 Corsa-e Rally cars.
The new series will replace the current ADAC Opel Rallye Cup, which campaigns rally cars based on Opel’s Adam minicar. As with its predecessor, the Opel e-Rally Cup is geared toward rookie race drivers.
The Corsa-e and the rally car version will be powered by a 50-kWh battery and an electric motor that makes 136 hp and 191 lb-ft of torque.
The street version has a driving range of 330 km (205 miles) on Europe’s Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure. Pricing will start at less than €50,000 (£46,000) when the vehicle bows early next year.
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