Car Wearing: Dodge promises there will be muscle in our EV future

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Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Is the Electric Muscle Car

In one of its most significant moves for the automaker in the EV era, Stellantis took the wraps off the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT electric concept. The reveal took place the same week the automaker confirmed the current Charger and Challenger will depart after the 2023 model year, in a grand curtain call for the automaker's two muscle machines. The announcement had been anticipated for some time, but still drew plenty of emotion from enthusiasts.

The Charger Daytona SRT concept itself appeared close to production-intent, featuring plenty of classic styling elements. The sharp-edged EV pays clear homage to Chargers of yesteryear, and targets a segment that hasn't seen many entries, as current EV makers are intent on focusing on crossovers of various sizes.

Among other things, the Charger Daytona SRT concept is promised to be "faster than a Hellcat in all key performance measures." Given that it features an 800-volt architecture (in contrast to the 400-volt hardware currently used by many EVs), this promise sounds readily achievable, especially with EV launch times.

Speaking of making those launches happen, Dodge is going against the EV grain by keeping a transmission. Dubbed eRupt, the electro-mechanical unit promises very distinctive shift points, thereby recreating the driving experience of its gas-engined siblings. The concept will also sport a rumbling soundtrack, courtesy of what Dodge calls the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system.

Read on to find out what else to expect.

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The Lincoln Model L100 Is a Wild Electric Show Car

Yet another futuristic concept unveiled this week came from Lincoln, with the automaker looking much further down the road with the Model L100 show car. Impossibly smooth and streamlined on the outside, the Model L100 concept features an interior more suited to a sci-fi film, while offering a decidedly new approach to doors and other opening elements.

Officially, the concept pays homage to the century-old 1922 Model L, which was the automaker's first luxury model.

Lincoln notes the concept uses a next-generation battery cell and pack, promising nothing short of "game changing energy density" as well as structural integration—an approach automakers have only just started to toy with, making the battery a structural element to save weight and improve body rigidity.

Read on to find out more about the technology promised by the concept.

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BMW M Is Testing a Quad-Motor Setup in the i4 M50

BMW may have given EV fans a more powerful i4 in the form of the M50, but it's not really designed to be the M car of the range, despite being positioned above the i4 eDrive35. Instead, Munich has something else in the works that should live up to the M badge.

Say guten morgen to the quad-motor M prototype currently undergoing testing that, among other things, gives a new meaning to the term "four-wheel drive." Based on the i4 M50 four-door, the prototype features a wider stance with flared wheel arches, but most of the innovation is under the skin.

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