And Dodge is building battery factories with…who? Pleasing Its Baseĭodge is not getting out of the internal combustion game entirely. Ford is building battery factories with SK Innovation. The first question informed readers will ask is, “Where is Dodge getting its batteries from?” GM is building battery factories with LG Energy Solutions. With Ford and GM also about to introduce electric pickups, it can’t afford to be left out of that market. After all, the current Chrysler Pacifica is available as a plug-in hybrid.Īnd of course, Dodge is also working on a battery electric version of its popular Ram 1500 pickup truck. Logic suggests that the PHEV will be an SUV/minivan. “The third one is going to be a very, very, very, significant car at the end of the year,” he says.
There is also supposed to be a plug-in hybrid and a third vehicle with a plug that Dodge is being very hush-hush about.
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Reportedly it will have a potential range of 500 miles, but that will depend a lot on how hard and how often the driver presses the go pedal. The electric muscle cars - marketed under the eMuscle banner - will be built on the STLA Large platform, one of four electric car tool kits available from Stellantis group. It will be a high performance, drivable, testable concept, one that will feature a number of new electric vehicle patents. 3 New ModelsĪ concept of a pure electric Dodge muscle car will be revealed as early as the first quarter of 2022, but not later than the second quarter. But, backlit and in 3D, “it looks cool and high-tech and modern and looks like it represents electrification.” It will be the designated logo for Dodge electric cars going forward.
“It still means absolutely nothing and has no relevance or significance as to why we’re using it now either,” Kuniskis says. The name was made up because they had to call it something when it was first used. Oh, that lighted red logo that looks a little like the rotor of a Wankel engine? It’s called a Fratzog and it was used on some Dodge models in the 60s. If you loved the first show, you are going to adore the sequel! The message is that the company is not knuckling under to some wimpy tree-hugging climate nuts, it is taking automotive performance to the next level. Dodge is clearly telling us that whatever cars that follow the Charger/Challenger twins will be all-wheel drive beasts capable of gobbling up huge chunks of asphalt at the touch of your right toe. Want to know more? Check out this entertaining and very tongue-in-cheek video from Dodge, and pay particular attention to the last few seconds.ĭid you see it? No? OK, go back and watch the last part again and tell us how many tires are pouring out smoke? If you said “four,” go to the head of the class. Kuniskis will not say if the new models will keep their old names, but he knows there is a lot of equity in names like Charger and Challenger, just as Ford has leveraged the Mustang name for its first electric SUV, the Mach-E. The legacy cars will be replaced by new vehicles on new platforms. The exact date of their demise is still up in the air and there will be vehicles still in inventory on dealer lots, but Dodge will stop building the current lineup by the end of 2024 - maybe sooner. “These cars that you know today will go out of production by the time we get to 2024,” Kuniskis says. My job is to provide confidence, over the next 24 months, that we’re gonna do this.” The problem is no one knows when they will converge. “I’m juggling knives because I’ve gotta keep two different huge factions happy because at some point those two factions will converge. Kuniskis says he has received death threats because of the news. The news has not been well received among the Dodge muscle car faithful. Dodge Brand CEO Tim Kuniskis tells MotorTrend that the Dodge Charger sedan and Challenger coupe will go out of production in 2024 and will be replaced by new battery-electric vehicles on new platforms.
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