Dodge will unveil its electric muscle car tomorrow. It is promising that muscle care fans won't be disappointed. We have details on how you can watch the unveiling live!
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Dodge will introduce its all-new Dodge Charger EV tomorrow. Dodge is releasing few details, only another tease photo that shows the vehicle’s taillights. Dodge says the brand “Is on the clock and just a day away from revealing to the world the brand’s all-new, next-generation Dodge Charger muscle car.” Dodge said in an earlier tease “The smoke will clear on March 5 — that’s the date Dodge has set to electrify performance lovers around the word with the reveal of the brand’s all-new, groundbreaking Dodge Charger muscle car.” The vehicle, which is expected to be a 2025 model, will make its global debut online on Dodge.com.
Dodge Planning a High-Horsepower EV Muscle Car
As I reported in 2022, when Dodge was phasing out its 2023 Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger muscle cars, it debuted an electric muscle car concept called the Dodge Charger Daytona EV. The Dodge Charger Daytona concept harkened back to the old Charger muscle cars with a longer nose.
I reported last month that the new Dodge had been spotted out testing and muscle car fans were giving it mixed reviews. Many loved the design but were hoping that it would be available with a HEMI rather than as an EV.
Dodge Charger Daytona Concept Showed Great Promise
When the concept vehicle was revealed, in August of 2022, it came with a number of exclusive production designs.
R-Wing: Front aerodynamic wing creates a longer nose on the vehicle that harkens back to the Dodge Daytona of the 70s. The nose retains the 1968 Dodge Charger profile while improving the aerodynamics.
Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust: For the first time, a special exhaust system gives the EV the sound of a performance vehicle. It will be as loud as the SRT Hellcat, but it will be different. That is why it carries a Banshee logo.
eRupt: The muscle car EV will have a multi-speed transmission with an electro-mechanical shifting experience similar to an ICE vehicle.
The Charger Daytona SRT Concept was supposed to be powered by a new 800V Banshee propulsion system. There would be other performance levels offered, like a less powerful 600V and 400V system. Dodge will offer performance upgrades through its Direct Connections Parts division and Power Brokers Dealers, so buyers can have up to nine different levels of performance.
At the time, Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand chief executive officer said “The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept exists because performance made us do it. Dodge is about muscle, attitude and performance, and the brand carries that chip on its shoulder and into the BEV segment through a concept loaded with patents, innovations, and performance features that embody the electrified muscle of tomorrow. The Charger Daytona SRT Concept can do more than run the car show circuit; it can run a blazing quarter-mile. And when it comes to product cycles, it outruns Darwin. Charger Daytona does more than define where Dodge is headed, it will redefine American muscle in the process.”
We’ll find out tomorrow if any of the special modifications on the Dodge Charger Daytona concept EV actually make it into the final production car. The global debut of the Dodge muscle car can be viewed online at dodge.com on March 5, 2024, starting at 11 a.m. ET.
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