Dodge's Fratzonic Exhaust Won't Sound The Same On All Electric Muscle Cars

With traditional ICE-powered muscle car sales drawing to a close, fans of cars such as the Dodge Challenger and Charger are starting to face the reality that their favorite hot rods will be electrically motivated in the near future. One of the most common reactions to this is that people will miss the roar of a mighty V8 engine, but Dodge has come up with a pretty nifty solution to that issue in the Charger SRT Daytona Banshee Concept.

This concept car promises a lot of things: it will be better than an SRT Hellcat in all measurable areas and even promises to sound good while doing it. In a recent Instagram post, we revealed what the new car sounds like, courtesy of its innovative Fratzonic exhaust, but Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis recently told fans during an Autoline After Hours live stream (which you can watch at the bottom of this story) that the design team isn't finished with the sound and that there's more to come.

The reception of the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT EV has been mixed, and that includes the wild sounds it generates. When Dodge set out to design the car that would represent its muscle-bound EV future, it wanted it to produce a car that stimulates ALL of the senses.

We don't have an idea of the exact horsepower figures this cool-looking machine delivers just yet, but what we do know is that it comes with an actual transmission that shifts and a real exhaust system which should add a good dose of immersive fun. Dodge calls its new exhaust system the 'Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust,' and it's not just some speaker system emulating sounds as you get on the new Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E Performance.

This cool new concept takes the sound of an electric motor and amplifies it through a special chamber to produce a sound that is just as loud as a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat (around 126 decibels) and actually sounds amazing.

Kuniskis is adamant that his team has the ability to change the sound according to the wants and needs of Dodge customers, and some of his ideas sound pretty awesome. "The sound is not done; I mean, we're still working on the sound. We've got plenty of time to keep tuning it and tweaking it," he said on the Autoline After Hours live stream. The current idea is to bring a bit of Dodge's V8 heritage into the overall sound by emulating the bassline of a Hemi V8 at idle and revving while sounding totally unique, but more sounds, such as a turbine jet engine, could become available at a later stage. Kuniskis also said that each power level (there'll be nine of them) will have a unique sound, in much the same way the current Charger's V6 sounds different to the 5.7- and 6.4-liter V8s

Manufacturers, customers, and the feds are all a bit confused as to the future of EV sounds at the moment. Manufacturers are offering solutions that include harmonious soundscapes and ICE-emulating soundtracks, while the feds want all EVs to sound the same or constantly emit soul-crushing warning sounds like we're in some sort of dystopian Blade Runner remake. All we know is that no one else is doing what Dodge is doing, and if this is the future of EV sounds, then count us in.