The 2024 and 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona will be Dodge’s first battery electric vehicles (BEV) since the 1990s’ TEVan and EPIC minivans. Many people will hate this car simply because they hate the push to electric vehicles, but for Dodge fans who are even remotely accepting of EVs, the new Charger is a glorious departure from the boring electric crossovers that are flooding the market from every other automaker.
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Coupe Performance Details
The new Dodge Charger is scheduled to arrive in “mid-2024” as the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona two-door coupe, explaining rumors about pilot cars coming down the assembly line. The first two trim levels will be the R/T and Scat Pack, which are powered by a 400V propulsion system with a 100.5 kW battery and an electric drive module (EDM) generating up to 350 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque at each axle, leading to stunning all-wheel-drive performance capabilities. This system’s discharge rate of 550 kW was “specifically designed to maximize acceleration by allowing the motor to utilize the most power the battery can output in the span of a quarter mile.”
Once the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona lineup is complete sometime next year, the R/T and Scat Pack will each be sold with three levels of performance – one standard level and then two Direct Connection stage kits for each trim level.
The standard Charger Daytona R/T will deliver 340 kw, Stage 1 will lift that number to 370 kW and Stage 2 will lead to 400 kW of power. The standard Charger Daytona Scat Pack will come with a 440 kW output with Stage 1 offering 470 kW and Stage 2 yielding 500 kW. The Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust is standard on all models.
However, when the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona goes on sale later this year, the R/T will come standard with the Stage 1 (370 kW) package and the Scat Pack will come standard with the Stage 2 (500 kW) upgrade package from Direct Connection. The full spectrum of power options will be available in the 2025 models, but for first coupes coming later this year, both the R/T and Scat Pack will come with extra power from the Direct Connection catalog.
If you aren’t familiar with BEVs and their terminology, all of that kW talk might not make much sense, so here are the key details in terms of horsepower and torque.
When the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T goes on sale later this year with the Stage 1 (370 kW) package, it will deliver 496 horsepower and 404 lb-ft of torque while the 2024 Charger Daytona Scat Pack with the Stage 2 (500 kW) package will pack 670 horsepower and 627 lb-ft of torque. That power level will allow the Charger Daytona R/T to sprint from a stop to 60 in 4.7 seconds en route to a quarter mile time of 13.1 seconds—easily beating the original 1969-70 Dodge Charger Daytona supercars.
As for the much stronger Charger Daytona Scat Pack, the Stage 2 upgrade will move this electric coupe from a stop to 60 miles per hour in just 3.3 seconds while the quarter mile takes just 11.5 seconds.
The company has only issued the full details for the 2024 models, so we don’t have the full power or performance numbers for the other 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona models with the standard or other stage kits, but we can figure out the horsepower based on the kW numbers. The Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with the standard 340 kW output will offer 456 horsepower while the Stage 2 Direct Connection kit with 400 kW will deliver 536 horsepower.
As for the Charger Daytona Scat Pack, the base 440 kW model will offer 590 horsepower and the Direct Connection Stage 1 (470 kW) package will lift that number to 630 horsepower. Since all models come with front and rear drive modules, all new Charger Daytonas are all-wheel-drive.
The 2024 Dodge Charger R/T with the standard Stage 1 power level has an advertised range of 317 miles while the 2024 Scat Pack with standard Stage 2 will go 260 miles on a fully charged battery. As for charging times, when using the standard on-board charging system, the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona (R/T and Scat Pack) can go from 5% battery power to 80% in a little under 7 hours.
For those who have access to a DC charger, a 175 kW charging station will get the new Charger Daytona 400V models from 5% to 80% in a little under an hour while a 350 kW charging station will take the battery from 5 to 80% in just over a half-hour. The table below runs through all of the charging information provided by the brand.
In addition to offering impressive acceleration, the Dodge Charger Daytona is engineered to handle the corners as well. The R/T and Scat Pack both come with standard monotube shocks, with the Scat Pack coming with a slightly stiffer setup, but those Scat Pack buyers who opt for the Track Pack will get Dual Valve adaptive dampers that will offer the best possible combination of grip and ride quality based on the drive mode chosen.
For the R/T, those drive modes include Auto, Eco, Sport, Wet/Snow and Track while the Scat Pack models come with those five along with Drag, Drift and Donut modes. As you might expect, Drag mode enhances all systems to yield the best possible launch and the best quarter mile times. Donut mode is basically a burnout mode, with the rear EDM providing all of the power while the front wheels remain stationary and Drift mode offers three settings of “slip angle” making adjustments to the suspension, the power delivery and traction control systems to allow the car to spin all four tires and drift like a pro.
Furthering the Scat Pack’s abilities at the drag strip are the Line Lock, Launch Control and Race Prep systems. Line Lock and Launch Control are familiar, but the Race Prep system is new to the BEV Charger and it actually applies to racing in a straight line or a road course.
“The new Charger debuts Dodge-exclusive methods for race prep, for drag racing or track racing. With energy demand shorter in drag racing, the race prep system supports optimum energy output through a warmer battery. Track-racing needs require a longer energy drain which heats the battery, prompting the race prep system to achieve a colder start temperature, allowing more time for the battery to heat up and allowing for more track time. Race prep pages include information on the battery level, thermal level and the time remaining for the battery to achieve race readiness”
The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona also has pretty huge brakes across the board. The Charger Daytona R/T brakes measure 354mm up front and 350mm out back while the standard Scat Pack brakes feature 380mm front rotors and 360mm rear rotors. When buyers opt for the Track Pack, the Scat Pack gets 410mm front and rear rotors under 6-piston calipers – and at 16.1 inches, these are the biggest brake rotors ever offered on a Dodge Charger.
The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T will come with 18×8-inch silver wheels, but the Blacktop adds “Black Noise” 20×10-inch wheels. The Daytona Scat Pack comes with 20×11 inch wheels in Satin Carbon but the Track Pack adds “Luster” 20×11 front wheels and 20×11.5 rear wheels. Those wheels are wrapped in Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3 measuring 305mm wide in the front and 325mm wide out back. The Scat Pack Track Pack has the biggest brakes, the biggest wheels and the biggest tires ever offered on a Dodge Charger from the factory.
A Recognizable Design
The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona that will go on sale later this year is nearly identical to the SRT Banshee Concept in terms of the exterior dimensions and sculpting. There are some minor changes, but for the most part, the body of the R/T and Scat Pack are more or less identical to the 2022 concept car.
This includes the R-Wing design up front and the slippery hatch out back, and when the sedan arrives for 2025, it will share the same wheelbase and the same basic exterior characteristics – just with rear doors. The most noticeable difference between the concept and the production models is the wheel design, as the R/T and Scat Pack do not use the center-lug design from the concept, instead opting for a traditional bolt pattern.
The entire 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona lineup will come with the illuminated Fratzog logo in the grille, white LED trim lighting around the grille and a red LED “race track taillight design out back. A black painted roof is standard, but there is a full glass roof option as well. At launch, the 2024 Charger Daytona is available in eight exterior options: After Dark, Bludicrous, (late availability), Destroyer Grey, Diamond Black, Peel Out, Redeye, Triple Nickel and White Knuckle.
All other available exterior specifications are listed below.
The New Daytona Cockpit
Finally, the interior of the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona closely follows the design from the concept car, starting with the unique flat-bottomed and flat-topped steering wheel. Beyond that sporty steering wheel is a dynamic, configurable gauge cluster, with a standard 10.25 inch screen in the R/T or the standard 16-inch screen in the Scat Pack, along with a 12.3-inch infotainment screen mounted in the center stack that is angled towards the driver to bolster the cockpit feel.
Furthering that design approach is the center console, which has a “carved out” area with the shifter, the start button and the parking brake control, along with a pair of cupholders – all of which feels very similar to the design of the previous generation Dodge Challenger.
UConnect 5 and the Dodge Performance Pages system are standard, while a head-up display is optional. The Track Package also adds the new Dodge Drive Experience Recorder, which includes a front-facing camera that records in 1080p at 60 frames per second, a built-in microphone, and a USB port for recording storage with synchronized logging of audio, video and vehicle data.
One other bit of very modern tech that is new to the Charger is the Dodge Digital Key, which uses your smartphone or an NFC Smart Cart to access the vehicle. The app, which serves as a digital key, can also show you the location of the nearest charging stations and the vehicle’s battery level.
The entire cabin of the new Dodge Charger Daytona has a high shoulder line that runs from the top of the doors and across the top of the dashboard, creating a very sporty looking layout, but just below the surface of this dominant design line is what Dodge calls “Attitude Adjustment interior lighting”. This LED lighting system has 64 different color options and stretches 270 degrees around the front seats for a very immersive feel. A 9-speaker, 506-watt Alpine sound system is standard, but there is also a premium Alpine system with 18 speakers and 914-watts of power, available in the R/T and Scat Pack.
Cloth and vinyl bucket seats are standard, but there are heated Black or Red Nappa leather seating packages as well as the high-backed sport seats that come with the Plus Package, Track Package and Carbon & Suede Package. Below is a full list of the available specifications for the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona coupe.
Frankly, there is so much to talk about with the 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona coupe that I may have missed something, but we will be continuing to talk about the new electric muscle car in the coming weeks. For now, this is all of the key information on the high performance battery-powered two-door Dodge Charger.
