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Dodge puts a price on its first electric muscle car

Dodge puts a price on its first electric muscle car

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The Dodge Charger Daytona EV will cost at least $61,590 when it arrives at dealerships later this year.

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Dodge has put a price on its first all-electric vehicle, the Charger Daytona, and it won’t be cheap for the mean, clean, neighborhood-disturbing machine. The 2024 Daytona two-door models will start at $59,595 for the R/T and $73,190 for the Scat Pack — both excluding a $1,995 destination fee.

Both Daytona models are starting production this summer, and four-door models will be built in the first half of 2025. You can check out the models heading to dealerships online starting in the fall, and they should make it to lots by the end of the year.

The two-door models are launching first.

The two-door models are launching first.

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At launch, you’ll get a stage 1 upgrade kit included for the R/T model that boosts it to 496 horsepower and 404 lb-ft of torque, while the Scat Pack’s stage 2 kit zaps out 670 horsepower and 627 lb-ft of torque. Both run on a two-motor 400-volt system.

Of course, the real feature of the Charger Daytona is the “Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust” that adds noise to make the EV feel and sound like a gas-burning disturbance.

The patent-pending Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system for Charger Daytona models uses two passive radiators to a create a unique exhaust profile with Hellcat levels of sound intensity that shatters the preconception of a typical quiet BEV and instead delivers a sound worthy of the Brotherhood of Muscle. Sound intensity is tied to higher performance, with a stealth sound mode also available. Distinct vehicle sounds assist in providing driver feedback, especially at the track and at elevated speeds, and enhance the immersive in-car feel.

We’ve heard demos of the simulated rumble over the last year, but the finalized Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust sounds will be revealed at a press event on Friday ahead of Dodge’s Roadkill Nights media event.

Mopar fans will appreciate those vroom noises most inside the higher-performing Daytona Scat Pack model with exclusive track features like Donut and Drift modes, plus a performance heads-up display (HUD). Scat Pack can deliver 0-60mph acceleration in 3.3 seconds — which matches the latest Ford Mustang Mach-E GT.

Both the R/T and Scat Pack models won’t be eligible for the $7,500 tax incentive through purchasing, but it can be applied in a lease.

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