Dodge has added a fake exhaust system to an electric vehicle that is supposed to offer its drivers a more authentic muscle car experience.
The system does generate a sound, but it is anything but genuine — even if the car itself looks pretty sharp.
Fox News reported the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Banshee electric concept car is on display at the Chicago Auto Show.
Its sounds are created by a technology Dodge calls “fratzonic chambered exhaust.”
Give it a listen:
Who says an #EV can’t have a muscle car exhaust note? @Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept not only looks badass, it sounds like it. EV purists won’t like it, but this is not for them. #CAS2023 pic.twitter.com/YUKcSVzNPg
— Robert Duffer (@DufferRobert) February 8, 2023
It sounds like Motor City madness to me.
In any event, Fox reporter Gary Gastelu noted the tech “generates noise with the help of a series of tubes, similar to a pipe organ, that give it a more natural sound than just playing a synthetic engine note through a speaker, as some electric vehicles do.”
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