Dominic Toretto's first EV - Stellantis debuts 2024 Dodge Charger, with artificial V8 engine sound

Stellantis has announced an all-new 2024 Dodge Charger. The range-topping Daytona variant will drop its iconic V8 engine, and is now sold exclusively as a battery EV (BEV) model. The lower range Sixpack variants will be introduced later, powered by a 3.0-litre turbocharged ‘Sixpack’ inline 6-cylinder.

Dodge says the electric Charger Daytona is the world’s first and only electric muscle car, and the brand’s first multi-energy muscle car.

Prices will be announced later this year, after the model enters production in mid-2024, at the Windsor plant in Canada.

Previously, the Charger was a 4-door sedan, while its 2-door coupe twin was called the Challenger. With this all-new 2024 model, both the sedan and coupe will be named Charger, sharing the same wheelbase. At the time of publishing, photos of the Charger sedan - which will only enter production in Q1 2025 - were not yet available.

With the Charger’s iconic V8 engine no more, Dodge says the electric Charger Daytona features a patent-pending Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust – a fancy marketing name for artificial engine sounds played through the car’s speakers – that delivers Hellcat levels of sound intensity.

All-wheel drive is now standard. When equipped with the Scat Pack, the Charger Daytona makes 670 horsepower, with a 0-60 mph (96 km/h) acceleration time of 3.3 seconds. It is estimated to complete a quarter-mile run in 11.5 seconds.

The regular R/T pack makes 496 horsepower.

Both the R/T and Scat Pack models use a 100.5 kWh battery, which Dodge says will deliver ‘more than’ 317 miles (510 km) of driving range. Models with the higher performance Scat Pack can do 260 miles (418 km).

The model supports up to 11 kW of AC charging, and 350 kW of DC fast charging.

The Charger is also the first model to be built on Stellantis’ STLA Large platform (400V), a flexible BEV-first multi-drivetrain platform, meaning that the platform’s design prioritizes fully electric drivetrains, but it can also accommodate a combustion engine.

The Dodge Charger is only available in left-hand drive, so no, it's heading our way.