08-19-2022, 10:39 PM
.....Daytona SRT....coming in 2024....
Dodge unveils new electric muscle car concept that could replace the Challenger and Charger
Dodge on Wednesday unveiled a new concept car called the Charger Daytona SRT as a preview of its first all-electric muscle car, expected in 2024.
The concept vehicle is a two-door coupe that looks like a futuristic, yet retro, version of the current Dodge Challenger.
It features a multispeed transmission and exhaust that give the car the feel and sound of a gas-powered muscle car.
....Dodge on Wednesday unveiled a new concept car called the Charger Daytona SRT as a preview of its first all-electric muscle car, expected in 2024.
The two-door coupe is the first look at what the forthcoming vehicle, which will replace Dodge's current gas-powered Challenger and Charger muscle cars, is expected to look like. The car also features several new technologies meant to make it feel and drive like a traditional muscle car.
"This car, we believe, will redefine American muscle," Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis, who's known for over-the-top vehicles such as the brand's 700-plus horsepower Hellcat models, said during a media briefing.
The concept vehicle looks like a futuristic, yet retro, version of the current Dodge Challenger with a more aerodynamic, but muscular, design. Most notably, the front end features a large opening for air to pass through, which the company is calling a "R-Wing."
The front wing as well as the vehicle's "Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust" and "eRupt" multispeed transmission – names fitting for "Back to the Future" movies – are patent pending, according to the company.
The multispeed transmission and exhaust are especially unique, since electric vehicles drive in only one "gear" and are relatively silent aside from required safety noises.
'Not a science project'
Automakers routinely use concept vehicles to gauge customer interest or show the future direction of a vehicle or brand. The vehicles are not meant to be sold to consumers.
However, Kuniskis says many of the Charger Daytona SRT's technologies and design elements are expected to make it into a production vehicle.
"This is not a science project," he said. "It looks like a Dodge, sounds like a Dodge and drives like a Dodge."
Kuniskis said the 2024 production electric muscle car is expected to launch with three different performance levels but eventually expand to nine. The concept car features an 800-volt "Banshee" propulsion system.
Dodge declined to release expected performance metrics for the concept car or the yet-to-be-named production muscle car.
The forthcoming EV in 2024 will replace Dodge's gas-powered Charger and Challenger muscle cars, which the automaker on Monday said would be discontinued at the end of 2023.
New tech
The car's patent pending technologies are meant to retain the sound and driving characteristics of Dodge's current gas-powered Charger and Challenger for any forthcoming all-electric muscle cars, according to Kuniskis.
While EVs can be fast with a "linear acceleration" that produces astonishing 0-60 mph times, they often lack the driving dynamics that many performance car owners enjoy. It's a problem auto executives have privately been attempting to solve as the industry transitions to EVs.....
new.......car......replacement......?!
Dodge unveils new electric muscle car concept that could replace the Challenger and Charger
Dodge on Wednesday unveiled a new concept car called the Charger Daytona SRT as a preview of its first all-electric muscle car, expected in 2024.
The concept vehicle is a two-door coupe that looks like a futuristic, yet retro, version of the current Dodge Challenger.
It features a multispeed transmission and exhaust that give the car the feel and sound of a gas-powered muscle car.
....Dodge on Wednesday unveiled a new concept car called the Charger Daytona SRT as a preview of its first all-electric muscle car, expected in 2024.
The two-door coupe is the first look at what the forthcoming vehicle, which will replace Dodge's current gas-powered Challenger and Charger muscle cars, is expected to look like. The car also features several new technologies meant to make it feel and drive like a traditional muscle car.
"This car, we believe, will redefine American muscle," Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis, who's known for over-the-top vehicles such as the brand's 700-plus horsepower Hellcat models, said during a media briefing.
The concept vehicle looks like a futuristic, yet retro, version of the current Dodge Challenger with a more aerodynamic, but muscular, design. Most notably, the front end features a large opening for air to pass through, which the company is calling a "R-Wing."
The front wing as well as the vehicle's "Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust" and "eRupt" multispeed transmission – names fitting for "Back to the Future" movies – are patent pending, according to the company.
The multispeed transmission and exhaust are especially unique, since electric vehicles drive in only one "gear" and are relatively silent aside from required safety noises.
'Not a science project'
Automakers routinely use concept vehicles to gauge customer interest or show the future direction of a vehicle or brand. The vehicles are not meant to be sold to consumers.
However, Kuniskis says many of the Charger Daytona SRT's technologies and design elements are expected to make it into a production vehicle.
"This is not a science project," he said. "It looks like a Dodge, sounds like a Dodge and drives like a Dodge."
Kuniskis said the 2024 production electric muscle car is expected to launch with three different performance levels but eventually expand to nine. The concept car features an 800-volt "Banshee" propulsion system.
Dodge declined to release expected performance metrics for the concept car or the yet-to-be-named production muscle car.
The forthcoming EV in 2024 will replace Dodge's gas-powered Charger and Challenger muscle cars, which the automaker on Monday said would be discontinued at the end of 2023.
New tech
The car's patent pending technologies are meant to retain the sound and driving characteristics of Dodge's current gas-powered Charger and Challenger for any forthcoming all-electric muscle cars, according to Kuniskis.
While EVs can be fast with a "linear acceleration" that produces astonishing 0-60 mph times, they often lack the driving dynamics that many performance car owners enjoy. It's a problem auto executives have privately been attempting to solve as the industry transitions to EVs.....
new.......car......replacement......?!
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