SammyChevelleTypeS3
$50 site donor 2023
An electric Sports car to me is like a Bird with no feathers.
Consider the first generation Cadillac Escalade was 5,572 lbs. So it weighs more than a suv from a few years ago.Impressive considering the weight.
"The 2024 Charger Daytona is listed at a porkier 5,838 lbs."
670hp and an 11.5 1/4-mile? Not exactly impressive times.
Like oil is clean lol.I’ll still take my gas guzzling V-8 over a lithium and cobalt guzzling EV. Especially in light of how those resources are mined.
Didn’t say it was. Just saying EV’s aren’t as clean as advertised and how are those batteries being recycled? lol.Like oil is clean lol.
The batteries are being recycled. What do you mean how?Didn’t say it was. Just saying EV’s aren’t as clean as advertised and how are those batteries being recycled? lol.
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I guess that depends on the definition of recycling. Tesla isn't ripping batteries apart and breaking them down to base elements in house, but they're reusing cells for their home solar solutions. I guess that's just repurposing though.Currently?
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Lots of info in the press release.
• Challenger name is gone, for now.
• EV and Gasoline models. EV comes first.
• 2-door and 4-door models. 2-door comes first.
• AWD standard on all models.
• V8s are gone. Twin Turbo 3.0 I-6 only gasoline option.
• 100.5 kWh Prismatic cell pack
• Production starts mid 2024.
• “The Dodge Charger Daytona R/T is expected to deliver more than 317 miles of range, while the higher performance Charger Daytona Scat Pack provides 260 miles of all-electric range.”
“The next-generation Dodge Charger electrifies a legend. The Charger will retain its title as the world’s quickest and most powerful muscle car, led by the all-new, all-electric 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack, which delivers 670 horsepower and is expected to reach 0-60 mph in 3.3 seconds and to run the quarter-mile in an estimated 11.5 seconds. Electrified models also include the 496-horsepower 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T.
The all-new Dodge Charger features standard all-wheel drive for all models and will offer performance choices via multi-energy powertrain options — the 550-horsepower Dodge Charger SIXPACK H.O. powered by the 3.0L Twin Turbo Hurricane High Output engine and the 420-horsepower Dodge Charger SIXPACK S.O. fueled by the 3.0L Twin Turbo Hurricane Standard Output engine.”
Most powerful versions coming.
https://media.stellantisnorthamerica.com/newsrelease.do?id=25742&mid=1
Disappointingly bland looking in my opinion.. The concept looked better.
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That would be good. Why go through all the trouble of mimicking the original design, especially a two door version, then drop the Hemi and put in a straight six. Chrysler was famous for their slant 6 but not in a performance car.Rumor is the V8 could now make a return
I agree with your point on the F150 Lightning, but I beg to differ when it comes to this new Dodge Charger. I remember seeing on one of the online Mopar forums, it might have been Mopar insiders or some such. There were photos or spy photos taken of the chassis of this vehicle as it was being developed, and from the beginning, it’s my understanding that FCA/Stillantis always planned from the beginning for this vehicle to be both EV and ICE capable. That should hopefully allow them to maximize both formats which Ford was not able to do as well given the good points you made about the Lightning. (our local Ford dealer has tons of those sitting on the lot and is unable to move them) My work is in sustainability research and the ebb and flow of the transition to EV’s has not been surprising to me at all. Whenever there has been a major technological shift in any product category, there is always a transition with bumps along the way. And I think that transition is going to be at least a little longer than what was originally predicted. The remarkable increase in the sale of hybrid vehicles is one of the illustrations of this. Transitioning from liquid fuels to EV forms of energy in vehicles is a trend that will continue. Efforts such as this where you can have a platform that allows the flexibility for the manufacture to offer both EV’s as well as traditional ICE drivetrains will help the manufacturers as the transition unfolds. Transitions in consumer markets are always impacted by numerous variables. Increasing instability in climate and weather, political legislation, and consumer tastes all tend to evolve, but at different rates. The speed of the transition will be based on variables as well, including how quickly charging networks are built and how people actually drive. For some, owning two hybrid vehicles, for instance, might be an answer. For other households, such as my own, owning one vehicle that is ICE powered while also owning a pure plug-in EV is another “hybrid approach“I understand the decisions that got it there and I do think it'll be an interesting car in both forms, but I'm sure that will affect the EV version in ways that will affect range and some other drivability in the same way that the F150 Lightning suffered drawbacks of using an ICE platform. I think it'll still be a good car, but may not be as good as it could have been. I'm definitely at least curious depending on price and possibly could be interested in either version in the 4 door.