Four-door Dodge Charger Daytona shown at SoCal Spring Fest ’25
Automotive photographer Anthony Carter was on hand at last week’s SoCal Spring Fest 2025, where he captured a number of hot electric Mopar muscle cars – and one of those cars was the first publicly shown 2026 Dodge Charger Daytona sedan.
When Stellantis’ first-ever muscle car made its debut back in 2024, it was shown along with a four-door variant as well. Subsequent delays pushed the sedan’s arrival past the expected Q1 2025 timeline, but production is finally set to begin in May 2025, the four-door Daytona is finally making its way into the lineup as a 2026MY vehicle.
At last week’s SoCal Spring Fest 2025 car show, what’s believed to be a pre-production version of Stellantis’ new 2026 electric sedan made its public debut wearing the new, “Bludicrous” shade of blue our own Peter Johnson first covered last month.
And, as soon as the big sedan rolled to a stop, noted automotive photographer and Mopar enthusiast Anthony Carter was all over it.
2025 Spring Fest attendees received a surprise guest delivered from @Dodge and got first look at a pre-production 4-door Dodge Charger Daytona R/T in recently released color, Bludicrous.
DO YOU PREFER FOUR-DOOR OR TWO-DOOR?#GoWestForSpringFest #SFLX25 #SpringFest2025 #Dodge pic.twitter.com/JkemSHKPj4
— Anthony Carter (@IAmTurboBuckeye) March 25, 2025
The 2025 even was the first SoCal Spring Fest held since the 2020 lockdowns shut down most enthusiast events five years ago, and marked the first such event to be visited by a production electric Mopar like, at all – and there are several electric Mopars for EV enthusiasts to get excited about, all over Anthony “turbobuckeye” Carter’s insta feed …
… but we’re not here to ooh and aah over some Richard Petty tribute rides, right? No matter how bada** they might be, we’re here to talk about the four-door Charger Daytona, which starts at $59,995 with up to 496 hp in R/T trim, and $73,190 in 670 hp “Scat Pack” trim capable of sprinting from 0-60 mph in just 3.3 seconds
As for how the Bludicrous paint looks in person, the turbobuckeye has us covered there, too. Check out Anthony’s take on the new Charger Daytona R/T electric sedan at Spring Fest 2025 for yourself in his video, below.
If you’re not into either sedans or waiting, you can pick up a $7,500 National Consumer Cash rebate from Stellantis and combine it with a $3,000 National Dodge Performance Days Combo Bonus Cash and a $2,000 conquest cash offer for qualifying customers. That means new Mopar buyers could save up to $12,500 on a new Charger Daytona.
Other offers include 0% interest financing for up to 72 months and a $3,000 Bonus Cash Allowance or monthly leases as low as $519/mo.
Electrek’s Take
The Charger Daytona is a weird thing. As a product, it’s an electric vehicle designed to appeal to people who love V8s – and, in doing so, has managed to alienate both the people who love V8s and people who love EVs (the electric “exhaust” noises too, are laughable). That said, in my brief experience behind the wheel of a two-door Charger Daytona, I kind of liked it. With a vintage, NASCAR-style high wing, an aerodynamic nosecone, and Hugger Orange paint, I might have even been a player.
The stupid exhaust is unforgivable, though. Head on down to the comments and let us know if you agree that it’s a fatal flaw in Dodge’s plan.
SOURCE | FEATURED IMAGE: turbobuckeye Anthony Carter; via Mopar Insiders.
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Hyundai is about to launch a new electric SUV in China. With its big debut coming up, Hyundai just dropped a sneak peek, and it looks like it could be the IONIQ 4. Check it out for yourself in the video below.
Is Hyundai teasing the IONIQ 4?
We caught our first glimpse of the new EV model last month after Beijing Hyundai released a few official “spy” photos.
Despite the camouflage, you can see a few design elements, like a light bar across the front, slim LED headlights, and a closed-off grille. At first, it almost looks like a smaller version of the IONIQ 9, Hyundai’s first three-row electric SUV, but with a much sportier, shaped profile.
Beijing Hyundai released a new teaser for the upcoming electric SUV this week. The video shows “a wave of high-end operations” as the vehicle dances across the snow.
The video highlights features like real-time torque control, high-speed cornering, and the SUV’s impressive body control while driving around cones.
Hyundai’s new electric SUV is being called “OE” internally, according to The Korean Car Blog, suggesting it could be an IONIQ model.
All other Hyundai IONIQ EV models were also codenamed with an “E” internally, which is raising speculation that this could be the IONIQ 4.
Like most global OEMs, Hyundai is fighting to compete in an intense Chinese EV market, which is dominated by domestic automakers like BYD.
Hyundai opened its first overseas R&D center last year in China to spearhead its comeback. It will work with local suppliers and tech companies to develop EVs designed for Chinese buyers. The new electric SUV is expected to launch in China later this year, followed by three new energy vehicles, including EVs and EREVs.
Beijing Hyundai will release more information on April 16, with the electric SUV set to “challenge the limit of driving performance.”
What do you think of Hyundai’s new electric SUV? Is this the IONIQ 4? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Charge point provider char.gy has secured a £130 million contract to install 6,000 curbside EV chargers for Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC) – the UK’s largest installation of its kind.
London-based char.gy has also been awarded a 15-year contract to operate and maintain the charging network.
Installing Level 2 chargers curbside, where most drivers in the UK park, will enable more people to take advantage of cheaper charging rates while juicing up their EVs overnight. (charg.gy’s pay as you go night tariff, between midnight and 7 am, is £0.39/kWh, compared to its £0.59/kWh day tariff.)
John Lewis, chief executive of char.gy, said the project is “a huge moment for the UK and its EV ambitions. This partnership alone will empower thousands of residents to confidently make the switch to electric vehicles, knowing they have easy access to chargers.”
Brighton and Hove City Council is among the first to tap into the government’s Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund, designed to help English local authorities roll out charging solutions for residents without off-street parking. Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood said making EV charging as accessible as possible is “crucial to making the switch to electric a success.”
The UK now has over 75,000 public EV chargers, according to the Department for Transport—and it looks like the country’s on pace to hit its 2030 target. Back in December, the National Audit Office said the rollout is “on track” to meet the DfT’s estimate that at least 300,000 chargers will be needed by the end of the decade.
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