Dodge is taking a giant step forward on the performance brand's road to an electrified future, revealing the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT, a perception-shattering concept that reimagines what a battery electric vehicle (BEV) can be. The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept offers a glimpse at the brand's electric future through a vehicle that drives like a Dodge, looks like a Dodge and sounds like Dodge. The two-door Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept was unveiled at the 2022 M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan, during the third day of the three-day Dodge Speed Week event series, which featured announcements and reveals of Dodge performance products. The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept muscles aside the boring BEV paradigm and replaces it with an electrified vehicle unlike any on the road today. A new propulsion system drives the Charger Daytona SRT Concept with performance that exceeds the Dodge brand's famed SRT Hellcat engine, accompanied by an industry-first BEV exhaust sound.
Brotherhood, Meet Banshee
Dodge has built a unique reputation as America's muscle car brand. In the race to be faster, quicker and more powerful, Dodge is turning the page to a new chapter. The brand's first-ever electric car isn't called the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept by coincidence - like the famed Charger Daytona model that was the first vehicle to break 322 km/h (200 mph) on a NASCAR track in 1970, the Charger Daytona SRT Concept packs a performance punch. It does so courtesy of a new propulsion system that joins high-horsepower household names such as HEMI®, Hellcat and Redeye. There's a new pinnacle of performance in the Brotherhood of Muscle: Banshee. 800V Banshee propulsion system powers the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept car and screams performance, making Dodge's first electric vehicle faster than a Hellcat in all key performance measures. The standard all-wheel drive system is key to pushing beyond Hellcat performance while also improving all-weather capability.
Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust
While most BEVs embrace their virtually silent electric motors, that just wouldn't do for Dodge. The Charger Daytona SRT Concept voices a 126 dB roar that equals the SRT Hellcat, generated through a new, patent-pending Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system. Yes, Dodge added an exhaust to an electric vehicle. The industry-first Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust pushes its one-of-a-kind performance sound through an amplifier and tuning chamber located at the rear of the vehicle. The Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust represents the next generation of tactile, bone-shaking, muscle attitude, creating a visceral "Dark Matter" sound profile experience in concert with the eRupt transmission.
Dodge Design, First and Foremost
The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept features inspired design that takes on the challenge of revolutionizing the look of a BEV while offering subtle nods to the brand's muscle car past. That design principle begins to unfold up front, where the Charger Daytona SRT Concept's patent-pending R-Wing redefines the typical Dodge front end, maintaining the characteristically blunt Dodge profile while developing a more aerodynamic vehicle. The R-Wing, an homage to the original Charger Daytona design and to a key figure behind development of the original vehicle, allows air to flow through the front opening, enhancing downforce. Incorporated into this functional performance hood, the front R-Wing holds true to the brand's dramatic exterior themes while delivering an aerodynamically improved pass-through design.
eRupt Transmission
Unlike typical BEVs, the Dodge brand's eRupt multi-speed transmission with electro-mechanical shifting delivers distinctive shift points, throwing shoulders into seatbacks in true Dodge style. The Charger Daytona SRT Concept also boasts a PowerShot push-to-pass feature. Activated by the push of a button on the steering wheel, PowerShot delivers an adrenaline jolt of increased horsepower for a quick burst of acceleration.
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