It might seem strange to think that the next Dodge Charger will still have a combustion engine, but there is a limited amount of information about the car, including its electric motor. Dodge had already hinted that the car would have a lot of power and all-wheel drive, but now that we know more about the Hurricane’s inline-six engine, we have a good idea of what the battery-electric version will be like. Like how we learned about the car’s combustion engine, our source decided to talk to us about the next-generation Charger program without giving their name. They gave out information that proved who they were and what their position was. The employees taught us a lot about the car’s different electric drivetrains. One Charger EV level will run at 800 volts, while the other two will run at 400 volts. There will almost certainly be at least one with a single electric engine that drives only the back wheels. Rumor has it that the base model EV will cost more than a regular Hurricane-powered car and have 300 kilowatts, about 402 horsepower. Dodge suggested that the base EV would have 455 horsepower when discussing the Charger Daytona SRT Concept, which debuted at SEMA last year. But this could only be done by briefly making the electric motor’s current flow faster. This car only has rear-wheel drive. The source says that the middle grade is an all-wheel-drive version of this car with a front motor that can boost performance to 500kW (670 horsepower). It can also work at 400V. But Dodge has mostly sold the powerful 800V type. The engine is said to have 660kW (885 horsepower) of power, and all four wheels are driven. With 800 volts, it will take a lot of electricity to get that power to the ground. Besides the Hummer EV, Tesla Model S Plaid, and Lucid Air Sapphire, most other EVs that get as much power from the battery are three-motor cars. It is possible to make a quad-motor Rivian-style setup, but this is a guess. It needs to be clarified whether these numbers are set in stone for production or just goals that will be tweaked further since EV power rates are so flexible. If they stay the same, the base gas form of the car might have a better power-to-weight ratio than the base electric car. The Charger’s basic straight-six engine should make 420 horsepower. The more powerful 510-hp ICE version might also have a better power-to-weight ratio than the 670-hp EV model. The six-cylinder models won’t go as fast, but because they have all-wheel drive, the change might not be as noticeable. The main result is that all new Chargers should have good performance and a lot of choices, just like the old ones. Because the electric and turbocharged drivetrains can be set up in so many different ways, I can only imagine the trims and limited versions Dodge will make. Stellantis is about to start a storm that is focused on muscles.
