The world is changing, there’s an electric pickup leading sales of six-figure cars, an electric vehicle is the best-selling car in Europe and now Dodge is preparing to release an all-American, all-electric muscle car. Ahead of the Charger Daytona’s release later this year, Dodge has teased the wail that it will make when terrorizing your streets.
The electric Charger concept was first unveiled in 2022, when the Charger Daytona was wheeled out to much fanfare from muscle car fans across America. Back then, one of the biggest talking points around the car was its synthesized engine note, which some loved and some hated.
Since then, the discussion around the way EVs should sound has only intensified, including whether or not they should replicate internal combustion engines or sing to their own tune and make the kind of sci-fi noises that spaceships produce. Dodge doesn’t think that, and has doubled down on a synthetic engine note for its new EV.
The sound the Charger Daytona makes has been teased over on social media by Dodge, with the automaker posting a short clip showing the EV blasting out of a short tunnel and rumbling past the camera.
It’s an interesting choice, and definitely feels like an improvement over the screech that came with the initial concept. Instead of that yapping sound, there is a clear rumble that you’d expect from a car like this, which crescendos as the Charger gets closer and closer.
Same, same but different is how I’d describe it. It’s definitely not an engine, but it’s also not the sound of an electric motor. I get that noises like this will make the car more appealing to some buyers, but I can’t help but think that the wail of a motor engaging could also catch on, if we gave it a chance.
But what do you think? Head to the comments below to let us know how you feel about Dodge’s latest effort. And if you want to find out more about the kind of synthetic engine noises that could be overtaking our highways soon, head here to see what Maserati is up to.