SEMA 2022: Electric Dodge Charger Daytona SRT packs up to 500kW

Dodge has used the 2022 SEMA Show to reveal a series of running upgrades and extra details for its Dodge Charger Daytona SRT concept – including nine possible power outputs – as the US car-maker inches towards the launch of its first battery-electric muscle car.

Presented at the show in a new ‘Stryker Red’ paint finish, the Charger Daytona SRT’s 400V battery-electric powertrain is claimed to be good for anywhere between 340 and 500kW of peak power depending on the trim and ‘estage’ tune (there are six possible combinations).

However, Dodge also stipulated an 800V version is in the works and it should elevate performance outputs even further.

At least some of the technology in this 800V electrical architecture could be derived or even pinched straight from the 610kW/800Nm Maserati GranTurismo Folgore.

Maserati has said previously it would share its technical know-how and technology with other brands within the Stellantis group, and at this stage it seems Dodge is the perfect candidate for just such a collaboration.

Dodge muscle cars have long been about standing quarter-mile times and brutal straight-line performance – both things the tri-motor Folgore powertrain can provide given the all-new GranTurismo coupe is said to reel off the 0-100km/h sprint in just 2.7 seconds.

This point is hammered home by the tyres fitted to the SEMA Daytona SRT show car: 305mm drag radials encompassing 18-inch carbon-fibre ‘concept’ wheels sourced from Direct Connection Performance.

Dodge is also using the SEMA Show to workshop its innovative if ultimately unnecessary ‘Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust’ with consumers in an effort to find exactly the right tone.

“The SEMA Show is one of the great gatherings of the performance culture, and Dodge isn’t going to shy away as we develop the next generation of muscle car – one that just happens to be fully electric,” said Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis.

“Technology moves forward and the customisers and tuners move right along with it.

“We’re demonstrating how old-school hot-rodding will thrive in an electrified muscle-car future.”

Many of the design elements, innovations and technical highlights – and much of the public feedback – that emerge during the development of the Charger Daytona SRT concept will be implemented directly into Dodge’s upcoming battery-electric Charger production car, due in 2024.

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