The Electric Dodge Charger Daytona’s Platform Can Do 0-60 MPH in 2 Seconds And Use A Gas Engine
Stellantis is flexing its very flexible chassis.
The automaker has dropped a bunch of images and information about the STLA Large platform that will be underpinning eight electric vehicle models launching around the world over the next four years.
It will arrive first in the U.S. underpinning the Dodge Charger Daytona, Jeep Wagoneer S and likely the Jeep Recon.
The platform can accommodate battery packs from 85 kWh to 118 kWh in capacity and vehicle lengths from 187.6 to 201.8 inches.
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It’s also designed to be used with vehicles that have ground clearances of 5.5 inches to 11.3 inches and has the ability to fit tires as tall as 32.6 inches in its wheel wells.
Stellantis isn’t getting into the specifics of each model, but said both 400-volt and higher output 800-volt electrical architectures can be used and that quickest vehicles be able to accelerate to 60 mph in the 2-second range, so expect that to be where the top of the line Charger Daytona Banshee ends up.
There will also be a sedan with 500 miles of range between charges, but it didn’t clarify if that’s on the European test cycle or the EPA cycle, which typically results in ratings that are about 20% lower.
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Stellantis isn’t putting all of its eggs in one battery-powered basket, however, and has engineered the chassis to also be compatible with internal combustion engine-based and hybrid powertrains. The rendering illustrating this doesn’t look very accurate, however.
No such models have been announced, but the Charger Daytona is widely expected to be available with the turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six-cylinder “Hurricane” engine that’s currently offered in the Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer and coming to the 2025 Ram 1500.
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