The brand-new all-electric 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona was revealed Tuesday as the world’s very first electrical muscle automobile, which like its gas-powered predecessor will preserve its severe speed– and its popular piston-engine noise. Picture thanks to Stellantis
March 5 (UPI)– Dodge has actually revealed the world’s very first electrical muscle automobile in its brand new Dodge Charger, which, like its gas-powered predecessor, will preserve its severe speed and high-octane noise.
The brand-new all-electric 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona will provide up to 670 horse power to go from 0-60 miles per hour in 3.3 seconds, Stellantis revealed Tuesday, as the carmaker revealed its brand-new line of Dodge Charger multi-energy options, which will continue to provide gas-powered alternatives.
Moving its muscle vehicles into all-electric variations lines up with the Stellantis Dare Forward 2030 tactical strategy to cut the carmaker’s worldwide carbon footprint by 50% within the next 6 years, as the business drives towards its objective of net carbon no by 2038.
“This is a Dodge. It is a direct connection to the spirit of the past while powering this brand name into tomorrow,” Dodge brand name president for Stellantis Timothy Kuniskis revealed in a video revealing the brand-new vehicle.
“It’s sustained by the brotherhood, however powered by lithium. I’m discussing batteries driving electric-drive motors to provide immediate torque to all 4 wheels.”
“In 2025, the brand new Charger will likewise be readily available as a six-pack with a twin-turbo Hurricane [engine]This is a story of American resourcefulness to construct a structure and a bridge to the future,” Kuniskis included a video post on X.
While the brand-new electrical Chargers will keep the famous engine sound connected with muscle vehicles, it will depend on the chauffeur to identify how loud to blast those noises– produced by air pulses required through pipelines– to the outdoors world.
“We’re simply going to utilize electrification to make it quicker, not more political correctness,” Tim Kuniskis, ceo of Dodge, stated in 2015 when the Charger principle was exposed.
While gas-powered Chargers will continue to be produced next year, they will no longer be readily available in a V8. Petroleum-burning Chargers will now be powered by turbocharged six-cylinder engines.
Both the gas and electrical variations of the brand-new Charger will have four-wheel drive. And for the very first time, motorists will have an option of 2 doors or 4 doors.
In addition to the all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack, amazed designs likewise will consist of the 496-horsepower 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T.
“The amazed 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack provides Charger Hellcat Redeye levels of efficiency and reveals its existence through the world’s very first Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust, while Hurricane engine-powered Dodge Charger Six-pack designs will provide the Brotherhood of Muscle a gas choice that produces much better horse power and torque numbers than the outbound 5.7- and 6.4-liter HEMI engines,” stated Kuniskis.
“The next generation of Dodge muscle has actually gotten here.”
