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Dodge adding a simulated engine rumble to an upcoming EV

Teslarati

Electric vehicles (EVs) don’t make nearly as much noise as vehicles with gas engines, though one automaker is looking to simulate the sound of a gas vehicle in one of its upcoming EVs. The patented systems include “Active Vibration Enhancement” (AVE), which will make the car vibrate as if there was a V8 engine inside.

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Faking It: 2025 Dodge Charger EV To Simulate Vibrating 'Engine'

InsideEVs

Dodge is engineering an “Active Vibration Enhancement” system into its upcoming electric muscle car.

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Dodge unveils its first electrified performance vehicle: Dodge Hornet R/T PHEV

Green Car Congress

Dodge unveiled the all-new 2023 Dodge Hornet compact SUV in R/T and GT trims with a lineup of multi-energy powertrains. The Dodge Hornet R/T PHEV, representing the brand’s first electrified performance vehicle, delivers 285-plus horsepower and 383 ft-lb (519 N·m) of torque. 2023 Dodge Hornet GT.

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2024 Dodge Durango Also Getting Limited Production 'Last Call' Editions

The Truth About 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. It’s now the Dodge Durango’s turn, with Stellantis announcing “last call” editions of the V8-equipped SUV.

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Lancer ES Turbo

The Truth About Cars

One of the rarest types is the 1985-1989 Dodge Lancer , and I've found an example in a Silicon Valley self-service wrecking yard. The Lancer was the Dodge-badged version of the Chrysler LeBaron GTS hatchback sedan , priced between the Aries and 600 sedans. liter turbocharged engine , rated at 146 horsepower and 170 pound-feet.

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

Though the extended Chrysler K Family had many members (including minivans and Maseratis ) and stayed in production deep into the 1990s, there were just five true K models sold in the United States: the Plymouth Reliant, Dodge Aries, Dodge 400, Dodge 600 and Chrysler LeBaron (though not all the LeBarons and 600s were genuine Ks).

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Junkyard Find: 1948 Dodge Custom Sedan

The Truth About Cars

Chrysler managed the feat for the 1949 model year; we admired a Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan from that year in a Colorado car graveyard last summer, and today we're going to take a look at an example of one of the last of the stopgap postwar Chrysler products : this '48 Dodge in a yard just south of Denver. liter) version with 95 horses.

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