Dodge officially unveils what it calls 'the world's first and only electric muscle car'When is a muscle car not a muscle car? When it’s electric, surely. The whole idea of a muscle car separated from an enormous petrol engine seems not just counterintuitive, but counter to the whole concept. Installing an improbably large V8 in something comparatively modest - typically with the intention of making it go very fast in a straight line - is what gives a car 'muscle'.
At any rate, it knows the writing is on the wall. If we want to have muscle cars then on a long enough timeline, even in North America, they must eventually be battery-powered. And no one could accuse it of half-arsing the first muscle car through that wall. Available as a two-door coupe and a four-door saloon, it certainly looks the part, being low and squat and lit up like a funfair.
The 400-volt ‘propulsion system’ is split between two adaptive Electric Drive Modules that both feature a 3-in-1 configuration of inverter, gearbox and motor. Naturally, there is one per axle in the Charger, each capable of generating up to 335hp and 300lb ft of torque. The main difference between the two is that the front can be disconnected to improve efficiency, while the back gets a mechanical limited-slip differential .
Owners will be able to adjust the level of regenerative braking via paddle shifts, although by some distance the most interesting thing mounted on the steering wheel is the new PowerShot button that ‘delivers an incremental 40hp for 15 seconds when activated by a throttle punch’. Additionally, you get Auto, Eco, Sport, Wet/Snow and Track drive settings, while the Scat Pack adds a Drag mode and the option of Donut and Drift Mode .
Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)
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