Dodge Charger EV won't suffer from false gearing

 

Dodge has released a slew of new information about the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system in its latest Dodge Charger Daytona EV, and the company also released a video showing the car doing donut-like and accelerating movements with sound.

The Fratzonic exhaust uses a custom canister mounted in the lower rear fascia of the car that connects to a custom amplifier that can produce up to 600 watts. Like most performance-focused electric vehicle sounds, the exhaust uses input from the driver and the car to adjust the volume.

Specifically, the Fratzonic exhaust uses inputs like acceleration and deceleration, and produces sounds when the car is starting and stopping. You can also listen to the acceleration sound, or just listen to it at idle like any gas-powered car. It will also make a distinctive noise if you use the “PowerShot” function, which adds 40 horsepower for up to 15 seconds with the push of a button.

A two-minute video released by Dodge shows the Charger Daytona Scat Pack accelerating in front of the camera before executing a torque-vectoring turn, after which we get a few seconds of the car “idling.” It sounds like a real V-8 to us, but it’s clearly still fake.

What we don’t hear is any simulated gear shifting, since after the Hyundai Ioniq 5N, we thought every electric car would have such a feature from now on, as it greatly enhances the driving experience and gives purpose to all the artificial noise. A Dodge spokesperson confirmed to Motor1 that the Charger doesn’t have any such feature.

So even if you enjoy the car’s awesome V-8 sound, you won’t find a way to slam the gears or bounce off the “redline.” It’s like someone put a single-gear CVT on an American muscle car, and that’s not fun at all.