2025 Dodge Charger Daytona EV Scat Pack Observe Bundle

• 630 base hp. 670 hp when deploying Energy Shot
• 627 lb.-ft. of torque
• Twin motors: Entrance and rear axles every have a 250 kW motor
• AWD commonplace
• 0-60 mph: 3.3 seconds
• 1/4 mile: 12.6 seconds. Prime Pace: 135 mph
• AER: 241

Ed notice: Dodge is reportedly juggling the Daytona EV lineup for 2026. Some fashions, such because the top-of-the-line efficiency mannequin Banshee, have been cancelled in accordance with some formally unconfirmed reviews.

A Efficiency EV With Effectivity

Not an oxymoron.

Clear Fleet Report drove the all-electric 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Observe Bundle 224 miles by Southern California, averaging a really respectable 3.1 miles per kWh. Respectable as a result of the temptation to drive less-than-than conservatively was solely a easy push of the Energy Shot button away. That provides an instantaneous 40 hp, unleashing all 670 hp and 627 lb.-ft. of torque to all 4 wheels.

The Environmental Safety Company (EPA) charges the AER at 241 miles. That is low for an EV, however contemplating the 6,000-pound weight and the huge efficiency numbers it’s fairly affordable. We took the battery to close zero earlier than recharging, so we all know the EPA quantity may be very conservative.

Charging

The first technique to cost the 100.5 kWh battery (93.9 kWh usable) is by plugging in and utilizing the onboard 11.0 kW inverter. A Stage 1 (120V) frequent family plug shall be lengthy and sluggish, so investing in a Stage 2 (240V) house wall charger or utilizing one at a public cost station makes extra sense. It should take as much as 6.8 hours. DC Quick charging is the best way to go. At 175 kW, the Charger Daytona will go from 5-80% in 52.4 minutes, however on a 350 kW charger it speeds alongside at 24 minutes.

The North American Charging Normal (NACS) plug is commonplace with an adapter for Mixed Charging System (CCS) chargers.

The second technique to cost is thru regenerative braking that converts kinetic vitality into electrical vitality when making use of the brakes or coasting, and shops it within the battery. The energy of the regeneration is adjusted with the steering wheel mounted paddles, making it straightforward to drive along with your fingertips below most situations.

Dodge provides new house owners two charging plans. One when you plan on doing most of your charging at house and the opposite when you cost principally whereas on the street.

• The Free2Move Residence Charging Bundle features a 48-amp Stage 2 house charging station that gives 11.6 kilowatts of energy. The associated fee to put in the house charging station by knowledgeable electrician just isn’t included.

• The Free2Move Cost-To-Go Bundle delivers house owners $600 of charging credit. Accessed by the Free2Move Cost app, it may be used at greater than 94,000 public charging stations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The Enjoyable Stuff!

It’s all the time thrilling getting right into a automotive designed for top efficiency due to the unknown issue of what to anticipate. To whet our anticipation, Dodge proudly stated the Charger Daytona is the “World’s solely all-wheel drive electrical muscle automotive.” Clear Fleet Report has pushed and reviewed just about all the electrical vehicles and may attest now we have pushed some quick and fast ones. However, none have been designed as a muscle automotive, which is the place the comparability ends.

The Charger Daytona has a number of driver-controlled settings to up the monitor and street capabilities. Bear in mind to solely use these on a drag or street course monitor or a closed-course.

• Launch Management that lets the motive force set the torque for max acceleration from a cease
• Observe Mode optimizes the velocity and dealing with efficiency on a street course
• Race Prep is used to arrange the Charger Daytona for both monitor or street racing by adjusting the battery temperature for optimum efficiency
• Drift/Donut Mode sets-up the automotive for drifting, together with in snow. These embrace:
  • Switches to rear-wheel drive, which is what makes drifting and donuts doable
  • Optimizes the facility distribution to the rear wheels
  • Enhanced Management offers dealing with and stability
  • Efficiency Enhancements embrace adjusting the regenerative braking and traction management
• The Drive Expertise Recorder allow you to maintain an correct accounting of your monitor time

Hey, What’s That Noise!

The Dodge Charger Daytona has the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system. Proper off the bat, it’s complicated as an EV doesn’t have any exhaust! Branding and advertising apart, the Fratzionic system mimics conventional engine sounds with a chambered field. The field and two massive audio system are mounted below the rear fascia. The Charger Daytona needed to look, really feel, drive and sound like a standard Dodge muscle automotive. So does it? Checkout this video and tell us what you assume.

What you get are deep and resonant rumbles which might be affected by how aggressively the accelerator is depressed and which drive mode (Observe and Drag are the loudest) is chosen. Vibrations transmit by the automotive, including one other ingredient trying to appease the hardcore muscle automotive crowd that’s used to gasoline engines producing these sounds naturally. Will they be glad with the identical 126-decibels produced by the V8 Hellcat?

The engine sounds don’t include simulated gear shifts like on the performance-oriented Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. This retains the Charger Daytona driver from being absolutely engaged, left to cruise together with the sound blasting from the audio system. We additionally discovered driving round city it grew to become annoying, so we turned it off. It isn’t a gimmick, however a cool know-how connecting the longer term with the previous.

Aerodynamics and Grip

The primary (aerodynamics) improves effectivity and creates downforce, and the second (grip) handles it. The Dodge engineers put an R-Wing on the far entrance of the hood. This design ingredient helps with effectivity, but additionally offers downforce preserving the entrance wheels planted at excessive speeds. It’s helpful when coming off the road utilizing Launch Management and hitting the Energy Shot button on the steering wheel, which delivers an incremental 40 horsepower for 10 seconds. There’s a 30-second recharge earlier than utilizing the Energy Shot once more.

The R-Wing will earn its maintain when taking corners at twice their posted velocity restrict or hitting the drag strip. Dodge says the R-Wing reduces entrance carry by 30% and drag as much as 3%, which is vital for maximizing high velocity.

Grip and cornering are dealt with by the 305/35 Goodyear Eagle Sport Efficiency all-season tires, on 20-inch Luster wheels, and the multi-link entrance and impartial rear suspensions with adaptive dampers. Dodge calls this a Widebody Competitors Suspension. The heavy battery pack helps, situated in the midst of the physique construction, beneath the ground.

Driving quick is straight associated to stopping quick. The Charger Daytona has Brembo ultra-high-performance brakes, painted in vibrant crimson, obtrusive out of the wheels. They stopped easily and didn’t fade or have longer pedal journey after repeated laborious use.

Clear Fleet Report put the Charger Daytona by about as rigorous set of challenges we may legally do on public roads. Had we been on a closed course, our expertise would have turned it up a notch or two. Dodge has packed the Charger Daytona Scat Pack with the Observe Bundle containing all of the bits and items to permit it to be pushed on the sting. It’s conceivable you’ll do this when you take it to your native drag strip, however most certainly you’ll do what we did and simply have a blast pushing it to the authorized limits.

100% American Muscle Automobile Design

The Charger Daytona is true to muscle automotive design heritage. Nevertheless, Dodge has taken it a bit additional. It’s 17-feet lengthy, 6 1/2-feet vast, has a 121-inch wheelbase and at its highest level, barely scrapes 59 inches. It has a 5.6-inch floor clearance and a downward rake. The sum of the design is energetic, assured, smooth, dynamic, handsome and well-proportioned. Essentially the most attention-grabbing design ingredient is the afore-mentioned R-Wing, sitting on the finish of the hood the place it creates that aerodynamic downforce so vital to this muscle automotive with as much as 670 hp.

The Charger Daytona has two doorways, however Dodge is taking orders now for a four-door sedan model. There are eight exterior colours with six at an extra price of $795, together with ours in After Darkish that featured a glass roof. All premium colours have the choice of a black metal roof.

The nostril appears nice with bi-function LED reflector head lamps peering from the slim higher grille, which has the illuminated Dodge emblem and an LED gentle strip. All the pieces is easy on the physique, ending on the vast tail. LED tail lights, with an illuminated Dodge emblem, run the total width of the keyless hands-free energy trunk lid. That is no common trunk because it opens like a hatchback. Very distinctive and helpful for accessing the cargo space.

The Charger Daytona is sans badging save for the ‘Banshee’ badge on the entrance fenders that signifies this Charger is galvanized. [Ed. note: The Banshee also signaled a coming super performance model that now may or may not have been cancelled. Stay tuned.]

Pop the hood and the frunk (entrance trunk) is a welcome and safe cupboard space.

Driver-Centered Inside

The again seats are massive and accommodating for 2 adults. When the rear 60:40 break up seat is down, the cargo house actually comes into view. If you’re headed to the monitor, it is going to simply deal with an additional set of racing tires and wheels, and loading them is straightforward on this hatchback.

The screens and gauges angle in direction of the motive force. The 16.0-inch driver-configurable instrument show has carbon fiber and is wrapped in suede. (The 1968 Dodge Charger had neither!) The ten.25-inch infotainment touchscreen is house to the Alpine 18-speaker sound system with UConnect. Included are AM/FM HD radio, wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, SiriusXM, Amazon Alexa integration and TomTom navigation. The flat-bottom, heated, leather-covered steering wheel has controls for the radio, cruise management, drive modes and the Energy Shot button.

The middle display additionally shows local weather controls and is the media hub for Bluetooth, streaming audio, and automobile settings and different controls. Extra options embrace wi-fi cellphone charging, a common storage door opener and a head-up show. There isn’t a Auto Maintain button, however the Charger Daytona can come to a whole cease by regenerative braking by choosing the ‘Creep Off’ setting within the middle display.

Our Charger Daytona has the Scat Pack Stage 2 and Plus Group bundle ($8,195 choices) that included ventilated entrance seats that have been 12-way energy adjustable with warmth and 4-way energy lumbar and reminiscence. The rear outbound seats are additionally heated. The Carbon and Suede Bundle ($2,995) included leather-based and suede seats, suede headliner and door panels with carbon fiber inserts.

Pricing and Warranties

The 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona is available in two variations with a number of accessible choices and packages. Together with the $1,995 vacation spot charge, these are the bottom costs.

•  Daytona R/T                    $61,590
•  Daytona Scat Pack          $75,980

Clear Fleet Report drove the Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Observe Bundle. With $18,675 in choices and packages, and the $1,995 vacation spot charge, the MSRP was $86,460.

The 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona comes with these warranties.

• Excessive-Voltage Battery – Eight years/100,000 miles
• Electrical Powertrain – Eight years/100,000 miles
• Fundamental – Three years/36,000 miles

Observations: 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona EV Scat Pack Observe Bundle

Expectations Met?

The Dodge muscle automotive DNA runs so deep they branded ‘Brotherhood of Muscle’ for its iconic highly effective fashions just like the Viper, SRT, Hellcat and Demon. Going again a number of many years it was the Tremendous Bee, Barracuda, Dart and the OG Challenger and Charger. So what’s our conclusion of the Charger Daytona EV, particularly does it proceed the muscle automotive heritage for Dodge?

The efficiency was thrilling and the all-electric driving vary respectable for such a strong and heavy coupe. The design faithfully revisits the 1960-1970 muscle automotive period, however with all the fashionable electronics and tech.

So how does the Charger Daytona EV match into all this? We discovered it to be a enjoyable high-performance electrical muscle automotive that deserves extra respect from the “if it ain’t gasoline, it isn’t a automotive” crowd. True, there shall be no greasy fingers tuning and modifying the Cost Daytona (though modified efficiency chips all the time appear to be a chance), however chalk that as much as Dodge providing its prospects one thing completely different, however very a lot the identical.

If you’re curious what a very reimagined muscle automotive appears like within the twenty first Century, take the time to go to a Dodge seller and take a check drive in one of many Charger Daytona EVs.

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Story by John Faulkner. Images by John Faulkner and Dodge.

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