2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack EV
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DETROIT — Dodge won’t abandon its traditional, gearhead, high-octane Charger and Challenger owners with its next-generation muscle automobile.
The automaker on Tuesday revealed the brand new Dodge Charger as an all-electric vehicle in addition to a next-generation gas-powered muscle automobile. It’s going to be the primary all-electric automobile from Dodge.
The normal automobile has been in query since late 2022, when Dodge said production of the longstanding Charger and Challenger can be discontinued at the tip of last yr. At the moment, the corporate said an EV would replace them, declining to debate the potential for future gas models.
Offering EV and gas-powered versions of the vehicle will allow Dodge to be more flexible in terms of production, as sales of all-electric vehicles have been growing more slowly than expected. More gas- and electric-powered Chargers, including a “Banshee” EV, will follow the initial vehicles.
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack EV
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Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis called the EV a “game changer within the industry.” The brand new gas-powered models, meanwhile, will outperform their V-6 engine predecessors, in addition to a number of the V-8 variants.
“We’re taking the performance of the ‘golden age’ that you realize today that you just judge all the things by and we’re taking the technology of the long run to make sure that [the Dodge brothers’] legacy doesn’t die,” Kuniskis said during a media briefing. “The Banshee goes to be our ultimate performer.”
Two- and four-door models
The 2024 Charger EV, often known as the Daytona, is anticipated to go on sale this summer with as much as 670 horsepower, 627 foot-pounds of peak torque and a 0-60 mph time of three.3 seconds.
The 2-door EV versions can be first, followed by four-door models in the course of the first quarter of next yr. The gas-powered Chargers with a recent inline-six engine are expected to go on sale in 2025.
All models of the next-generation Charger will eventually are available in two- and four-door variants to interchange the four-door Dodge Charger and two-door Challenger.
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Pricing for the EV and gas-powered models can be announced closer to their production, Kuniskis said. Current starting prices for the Charger and Challenger gas models range between roughly $33,000 and $96,000.
Each the EV and gas models will eventually are available in two- and four-door variants to interchange the four-door Dodge Charger and two-door Challenger. That change is anticipated to scale back parts and costs — following a mandate from Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, which owns Dodge, to his brand executives.
Dodge said all EV and gas models will share interior and exterior designs, which also should help with production complexity and lower costs.
When asked whether the EV can be profitable, Kuniskis reiterated comments made by Tavares that the corporate won’t sell electrified vehicles at a loss as a way to boost sales or meet federal fuel economy standards.
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack EV
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As many brands in recent times switched to smaller and more fuel-efficient engines, Dodge rolled out Hellcat models and other high-performance vehicles. Such models helped generate attention for the brand but didn’t help the automaker’s carbon footprint, forcing it to purchase carbon credits from automakers similar to Tesla.
Stellantis’ “Dare Forward 2030” strategic plan includes moving toward electrified and more efficient propulsion systems, cutting its global carbon footprint by 50% by 2030 and leading the transportation industry by achieving net carbon zero by 2038.
Kuniskis said there are not any plans for V-8 or plug-in hybrid electric models for the brand new Charger, which can be produced at a Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario, in Canada.
Dodge Charger Daytona
The Charger Daytona EV will initially be offered in “R/T” and “Scat Pack” models with 496 horsepower and 670 horsepower, respectively. The ranges on a full charge are expected to be 317 miles for the R/T and 260 miles for the Scat Pack, Dodge said.
A feature called “PowerShot” can be standard on Charger Daytona models, delivering an extra 40 horsepower for 15 seconds when activated.
Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis unveils the Charger Daytona SRT electric muscle automobile concept on Aug. 17, 2022 in Pontiac, Mich.
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“We’re going to displace superchargers and replace them with kilowatts and PowerShots,” Kuniskis said.
The design of the brand new Charger is heavily based on an idea automobile Dodge revealed in August 2022. It’s a contemporary, yet retro, version of the present Dodge Challenger with a more aerodynamic design that is still muscular. Most notably, the front end incorporates a large opening for air to go through, which the corporate is looking an “R-Wing.”
Kuniskis said the concept automobile was the “production automobile hiding in plain sight” in an try to get customers used to the brand new design.
Dodge continues to be working on how the EV will sound, Kuniskis said. The goal is to try to retain the roaring sound and driving characteristics of Dodge’s current gas-powered Charger and Challenger.
The “Fratzog” logo on the “R-Wing” of the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack EV.
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While EVs might be fast, with a “linear acceleration” that produces astonishing 0-60 mph times, they often lack the driving dynamics that many performance automobile owners enjoy. It’s an issue auto executives have privately been attempting to resolve because the industry transitions to EVs.
The gas-powered Charger can be powered by a 3.0-liter twin turbo “Hurricane” inline six-cylinder engine that powers other Stellantis vehicles similar to the Jeep Wagoneer and Ram 1500.
A difference within the EVs and gas vehicles might be using a “Fratzog” split deltoid logo for EVs quite than Dodge’s current dual racing stripes. Kuniskis said the corporate continues to be determining whether to make use of the Fratzog — a made-up word initially utilized by Dodge from 1962 through 1976 — for the gas models.
