Dodge announces first electric muscle car in Charger lineup
Dodge on Tuesday announced that it delivered the «world's first and only electric muscle car» with the release of its lineup of new 2024 Dodge Charger sports cars.
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Dodge on Tuesday announced that it delivered the «world's first and only electric muscle car» with the release of its lineup of new 2024 Dodge Charger sports cars.
With Stellantis opting to supplant the HEMI V8 with the Hurricane inline six-cylinder engine, there was a gnashing of teeth from Mopar fans who viewed the change as unpleasantly European. The manufacturer is well aware of this and has been fielding special editions of V8-powered models to profit as much as possible off the larger displacement engines before they’re discontinued.
What's worse? A world where six-cylinder Ram TRXs exist or one where V-8 TRXs have gone extinct. Both answers will likely appeal to different audiences, and since Ram doesn't want to offend either side (read: relinquish market share), it's simply releasing a new version of the high-performance pickup truck under a different name and with a less powerful engine. RHO Replaces the TRX Think of the upcoming Ram 1500 RHO as the TRX's alter ego. Instead of having a 702-hp supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 under its hood, the RHO has a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six with 540 horsepower. That's the same power produced by the high-output Hurricane engine now available on the refreshed 2025 Ram 1500. Others will note that power figure is a significant 162 ponies shy of the outgoing truck's beloved Hellcat engine, which will become a fossil after t
The 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger attempts to solve two of the biggest hurdles buyers have about transitioning from gasoline to electric: range anxiety and the lack of charging infrastructure.
The 2025 Ram 1500 completes the brand’s future truck lineup after debuting the Ramcharger PHEV and the REV battery-electric truck. With all the bases covered, it’s time to tackle the elephant in the room, the next-gen Ram 1500.
We knew the Ram 1500 TRX would be killed off when Ram announced a special edition send-off, and we knew Stellantis was officially killing the Hemi V8 at the end of this year. So when Ram briefed the media ahead of the reveal of the 2025 Ram 1500 facelift, the affirmation that the TRX was dead was nothing new. But the good news came that while the TRX is gone, Ram does have a pseudo-successor coming as part of the facelift, the Ram 1500 RHO.
Ram's approach to marketing the new Ram 1500 Ramcharger seems a bit questionable at best. At worst, it's deceptive.
Stellantis has officially introduced the new 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger pickup truck.