Much as the outgoing Charger was twinned with the Chrysler 300, the new one will reportedly also have a Chrysler sibling, though it'll purportedly arrive a year later.īuyers will be able to choose from a trio of electric Chargers when it finally reaches the streets in the next year or two.
Perhaps more importantly to the crop of current muscle car owners, however, it also has what Dodge calls a “Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust,” which amplifies the sound of the electric motors up to a Hellcat-matching 126-dB scream.ĭodge The production Charger EV should reach the streets by 2024, with three modelsĪccording to CarBuzz, the production EV will go by the name "Charger Daytona," much like the concept unlike the concept, however, it'll allegedly be a four-door sedan, albeit one with proportions much like a coupe.
Dodge says the car has a “multi-speed” transmission - presumably, a two-speed automatic much like that found in the Porsche Taycan and Audi E-Tron GT, unless the brand has something truly odd up its sleeve. The Charger Daytona SRT packs a couple features not seen on most electric cars, however. Stellantis has promised the STLA Large platform will deliver up to 500 miles of driving range, but presumably, that’s in more efficient models than this tire-shredding machine. Dodge has promised the EV will outperform the outgoing Hellcats “in all key performance measures," so expect a 0-60-mph time of under 3.5 seconds and, potentially, a quarter-mile time in the nines. The Charger Daytona SRT boasts all-wheel-drive, suggesting at least two electric motors will be at play for maximum accelerative potential … and, if you like, four-wheel burnouts. (Think big crossovers, sedans and wagons, not off-roaders and pickup trucks.) Instead of eight cylinders, the new electric Charger packs an 800-volt electrical system, which the carmaker refers to as “Banshee,” combined with Stellantis’s STLA Large architecture designed for large vehicles that don’t use body-on-frame construction. To commemorate the end of the era, Dodge has rolled out seven limited edition “Last Call” models, ranging from the clinically ludicrous ( the 1,025-horsepower Challenger SRT Demon 170) to the slightly tacky (the fake-alligator-skin-graphic equipped Challenger Black Ghost). While they’ve received moderate to heavy updates multiple times over the years, the Charger and Challenger’s bones are still basically the same as the models that debuted back in 20, respectively … and those bones, in turn, used quite a few parts from the Mercedes-Benz E-Class that debuted in 2002. To be fair, it’s been a good run for both models. If you’re reading this now, it’s too late. Of course, that’s effectively academic, because Dodge also told dealers that they needed to submit all remaining orders for the muscle cars by July 31st. Production on the existing Charger and Challenger will absolutely, positively be wrapped up no later than December 31st of this year, Dodge told dealers earlier this summer. The Future Electric Cars We're Most Excited About The Challenger and Charger are officially dead come December, but they might as well be dead now
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