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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona EV: This Is It

The next-generation Dodge Charger is right here, and the rumors were true. Electric and combustion-powered Chargers will coexist going ahead. Electric fashions are all Charger Daytonas, whereas fuel Chargers get “Sixpack” branding. But Dodge would not need patrons to see electrical or fuel vehicles right here. In the eyes of Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis, the brand new Charger is a muscle automobile no matter how the ability is made.

He makes a compelling case. When 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona manufacturing begins this 12 months, the least highly effective model could have as much as 496 horsepower. There’s additionally a 670-hp model, every sending energy to all 4 wheels. The ICE Charger can be AWD, coming into manufacturing subsequent 12 months with 420 hp or 550 hp. At launch, the quickest Charger Daytona reaches 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and goes 11.5 seconds within the quarter-mile. Dodge claims the brand new Charger Daytona is the quickest and strongest muscle automobile on this planet — barring the bonkers 800-volt Banshee that comes subsequent 12 months. 

2024 Dodge Charger Daytona
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona

Charger Daytona Deep Dive

The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona launches in two trims: R/T and Scat Pack. Both have a 400-volt structure and share the identical dual-motor format, powered by a 100.5-kilowatt-hour battery pack with a discharge charge of 550 kilowatts. R/T is the starter trim, with Scat Pack serving because the range-topper for now. It’s the primary automobile to journey on Stellantis’ STLA Large platform, and with all of the EV elements plugged in, Dodge says the Charger Daytona has a close to 50/50 weight distribution.

Dodge additionally says the new Daytona weighs 5,838 pounds, making the outdated Charger appear positively mild by comparability. To assist handle the heft, Dodge provides the Daytona the biggest tire package deal ever supplied on a manufacturing unit Charger. Scat Pack trims with the Track Package get 20-inch wheels carrying 305/35-series tires in entrance and 325s on the again. Behind these entrance wheels are 16-inch Brembo brakes with six-piston calipers. All Charger Daytonas get a mechanical limited-slip differential in its rear electrical drive module (EDM), too.

At the entrance, the EDM has a wheel finish disconnect designed to enhance vary and effectivity. Dodge says the R/T has a variety of 317 miles, whereas the Scat Pack and its further horsepower handle 260 miles between fees. Juicing up on a 350 kW quick charger can refill vary from 20 p.c to 80 p.c in roughly 27 minutes.

The Scat Pack is what you may want to achieve 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and run the 11.5-second quarter mile. The R/T trails at 4.7 and 13.1 seconds, however it’s truly a bit quicker total. Stay on the throttle and the R/T will prime out at 137 mph, versus 134 mph within the Scat Pack. Each has one variable-ratio gear, although Kuniskis says a dual-speed setup is coming for the Banshee.

2024 Dodge Charger Daytona
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona

The Charger Daytona rides on a multi-link entrance suspension with an unbiased rear setup. Dual valve semi-active suspension with adaptive dampers is non-compulsory on the Scat Pack with the Track Package, and on this case, observe would not merely imply drag strips. A brand new race prep system is designed to present the battery a colder beginning temperature, permitting drivers to show extra laps earlier than warmth turns into a difficulty. There’s a barely completely different prep system for quarter-mile racers, and you may even have interaction line lock to warmth up the rear tires earlier than launching. Or, you’ll be able to nix all of that and get sideways with Donut or Drift Mode.

Variable Horsepower

Here’s the place the caveats are available in. The Charger Daytona Scat Pack launches with 670 peak hp and 627 pound-feet of torque, whereas the R/T has 496 hp and 404 lb-ft. However, these numbers are achieved solely when urgent the “PowerShot” button on the steering wheel whereas at full throttle. Doing so provides a 40-hp enhance from the electrical motors for 15 seconds, not in contrast to a nitrous-oxide system on a gas-powered automobile. After every press, it’s a must to wait 30 seconds earlier than grabbing one other shot. Without it, the Charger Daytona Scat Pack has 630 hp whereas the R/T goes right down to 456 hp. But wait, there’s extra.

For 2024, the Charger Daytona is just out there with Dodge Direct Connection improve kits already put in from the manufacturing unit. The R/T will get a Stage 1 equipment that provides 40 hp over inventory, so primary math tells us it generates 416 hp in customary guise with out the PowerShoot figured in. The Scat Pack has a Stage 2 equipment that provides 80 hp, so it falls to 550 hp earlier than the PowerShot. We requested Dodge for some clarification concerning the energy figures; a spokesperson defined that the utmost rankings all the time embody the PowerShot enhance, and for 2025 the improve kits will not be customary. Take that as you’ll.


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Guardrails Are No Match For Heavy Electric Vehicles, Testing Shows

Electric automobiles are heavier than their combustion-powered counterparts. The large battery packs these automobiles require are hefty items of kit that sit within the ground and decrease a automobile’s middle of gravity. This may enhance dealing with, but it surely may current a problem for the prevailing highway security infrastructure if current assessments are any indication. 

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln not too long ago catapulted a Rivian R1T electrical pickup truck at a typical metal guardrail at 60 miles per hour to see the way it’d maintain up. It didn’t.

The scary footage reveals the hefty Rivian blasting via the metal guardrail as if it wasn’t even there, ripping it aside. The electrical pickup nonetheless had sufficient momentum to then vault over a concrete barrier located behind the guardrail.

The college additionally examined a Tesla Model 3, and the barrier additionally didn’t cease the sedan. The Model 3 lifted the guardrail, passing beneath it. Additional crash assessments are deliberate towards the Midwest Guardrail System, which has been examined with automobiles that weigh as much as 5,000 kilos, a weight ranking many EVs exceed.

The Rivian R1T suggestions the scales at simply over 7,000 lbs. The Ford F-150 Lightning, whereas lighter, weighs over 6,000 lbs. The Hummer EV is heavier at over 9,000 lbs, however even smaller EVs just like the Mercedes-Benz EQE sedan break the 5,000-lbs mark.

The US Army Engineer Research and Development Center is sponsoring the analysis effort on the college. Not solely is the testing getting used to enhance our highway security infrastructure, however the Army can be evaluating how finest to guard navy installations and different delicate authorities websites from hostile actors who may use a hefty EV to bypass safety measures.

More than 100,000 automobiles undergo from run-off crashes yearly. With extra EVs hitting the highway, we’re sure to see points rise with the security infrastructure. These assessments will assist inform states about how finest to guard light-weight gas-powered vehicles and heavy EVs on the similar time.

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Porsche Macan to remain in UK as EU gross sales finish

Porsche will take away the combustion-powered Macan from sale within the EU in spring 2024, because it will not meet new cybersecurity guidelines, however it’s going to stay out there within the UK. 

The standard SUV, on sale since 2014, was developed earlier than the specifics of the regulation had been finalised. It shall be taken off sale within the EU in April, earlier than the laws come into power on 1 July. 

Porsche instructed Autocar: “In the EU, the combustion-powered Macan is not going to be out there indefinitely. The important cause for that is the General Safety Regulation of the European Union, to which the platform is not going to be transformed. Any fashions that don’t meet these necessities will now not be eligible for brand spanking new registration within the EU after 1 July 2024.

“As a outcome, sale of the Macan with an internal-combustion engine is predicted to be discontinued within the EU through the spring, thereby making certain that the automobiles may be delivered to prospects and registered by the deadline.

“In areas exterior the EU, the Macan with an internal-combustion engine can stay out there for longer.”

On the Macan’s future within the UK, a Porsche spokesperson stated: “The Macan is expected to remain on sale in the UK throughout 2024.”

The ICE automobile is ready to get replaced by the new electric Macan, which is technically unrelated and compliant with the brand new guidelines.

The laws included a sub-clause known as UNECE WP.29, which considerations cybersecurity and stipulates that every one new vehicles within the EU should have a cybersecurity certificates and be fitted with electronics to guard them from hackers.

Each automobile should show that it is protected in opposition to 70 vulnerabilities, together with cyber assaults throughout improvement, manufacturing and post-production.

Manufacturers will face a wonderful of as much as €30,000 (£25,732) per car if they do not adjust to the regulation.

The Macan has been a vastly vital automobile for Porsche in Europe, with 20,117 examples offered to date in 2023, based on Jato Dynamics. This compares with 8205 for the Range Rover Velar and 10,076 for the Alfa Romeo Stelvio – two of its closest rivals.

Produced at Porsche’s plant in Leipzig, Germany, the Macan is presently supplied in 4 guises: Macan, Macan T, Macan S, and Macan GTS, with the previous two powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine and the latter two a 2.9-litre twin-turbocharged V6.

Production of the Macan for markets exterior the EU is unaffected, based on Porsche. Accordingly, the combustion Macan is scheduled to be produced at Porsche’s Leipzig plant in Germany till the tip of 2025.

ANE additionally reviews that the UNECE WP.29 regulation is the rationale why Volkswagen will take the e-Up off sale subsequent 12 months, as a result of it could be too costly to combine a brand new digital structure to permit the 12-year-old metropolis automobile to stay compliant.

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Ever Wanted A Bentley-Inspired Ducati? No? Here’s One Anyway

Bentley’s final inner combustion-powered mannequin is the $2.1-million Batur coupe. Just 18 of the 740 horsepower grand tourers might be made, and to rejoice, Ducati is constructing 550 bikes. Sound just a little bizarre? Well, no less than the bike appears good.

If you did not know, Ducati is a subsidiary of Lamborghini, which is, in flip, part of Audi. Audi is a part of the VW group, after all, which additionally consists of Bentley. That’s the connection that makes collaboration between a British luxurious model and an Italian bike firm potential. The reply is at all times Germans.

Ducati D4 Diavel For Bentley

The bike itself is a beast even earlier than it will get any Batur-inspired touches. The Diavel V4 packs 168 horsepower from a 1.2-liter V4 “Granturismo” engine. It’s reworked right into a Bentley-branded bike with a number of aesthetic modifications.

The Scarab Green colour is straight out of Bentley’s ultra-luxury Mulliner Palette, for example. The Forged wheels additionally match these discovered on the Batur very intently. Beyond that, Ducati and Bentley designers labored collectively to try to match the 2 and four-wheeled autos collectively as a lot as they might. Components just like the air intakes, entrance mudguard, fairing, and gasoline tank had been all sculpted to be paying homage to the $2.1-million coupe.

Ducati D4 Diavel For Bentley
Ducati D4 Diavel For Bentley

A complete of 500 normal examples of the bike might be constructed at a value of $70,000 a chunk, however a further 50 so-called “Diavel for Bentley Mulliner” bikes might be obtainable for Bentley Mulliner clients. Those purchasers will be capable of customise their bikes’ colour and trim to their liking, with tons of potential choices. You’ll want $90,000 to get your palms on one. 

Ducati’s CEO Claudio Domenicali anticipates that “by the end of the week it will be completely sold out.” The firm is at present taking deposits on the bikes, with deliveries set to start in the summertime of subsequent 12 months.

Photos: Jeff Perez For Motor1

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Porsche 911 Drag Races Taycan And Panamera In Turbo S Fight

Porsche has been using the Turbo S name on its combustion-powered vehicles, as well as on the electric Taycan. Despite the absence of an actual turbocharger in an electric car, Turbo S now signifies a certain level of performance in Porsche’s lineup. The 911 and Panamera models also offer a more powerful Turbo S version.

The team at Autocar India decided to test the performance of the Turbo S models with a standing-start drag race between the Taycan, Panamera, and 911. While these three vehicles are very different, they are all extremely quick on the drag strip. Let’s take a look at the numbers to see which car has the advantage.

The Panamera Turbo S is equipped with a 4.0-liter V8 engine producing 630 horsepower and 605 pound-feet of torque. Power is sent to all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic gearbox. The car weighs 4,586 pounds (2,080 kilograms).

The Taycan Turbo S is the heaviest among the three, weighing 5,060 lbs (2,295 kg). However, it is also the most powerful, with a peak output of 761 horsepower (625 hp without overboost) and 774 lb-ft of instant torque. This power is generated by a dual-motor electric setup paired with a two-speed automatic transmission.

Lastly, the 911 Turbo S is the lightest of the trio at 3,615 lbs (1,640 kg). It boasts 650 horsepower from a 3.8-liter turbocharged boxer engine and sends power to all four wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission.

Now that you have all the basic numbers, which car is your favorite? If you’ve seen previous drag races involving these three vehicles, you probably have an idea of their speed. Feel free to place your bets in the comments section below.