The eCOPO Chevy Camaro concept will be on view at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas

In celebration of 50 years of the original COPO Chevrolet Camaro production race car, the carmaker has announced an electric concept version of the car with over 700 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque.

***UPDATE: Video of reveal added below.

The Detroit automaker, best known around the EV community for the Chevy Volt and Bolt EV, is dipping their toes (at least as a concept) into the electric sports car with the eCOPO announcement. The car is expected to have a 9 second quarter-mile time although testing is still in process.

If this is achieved it would blow away the quarter-mile time of the Tesla P100D and perform nearly as well as the upcoming Tesla Roadster. But not quite.

We have seen plenty of conversions of Chevrolet Camaros and even more powerful Chevy's such as the pricey Corvette Genovation GXE. Now that we have an electric Camaro concept from Chevy itself, we hope this is a peek at the automaker's future product portfolio.

We have been teased over the years by electric concepts that never made it to market. However, we did spot a decidedly Camaro shaped vehicle when GM announced 20 production EVs around this time last year. Perhaps there is hope that this one enters production.

The full press release is below: