The electric vehicle (EV) onslaught has claimed another victim in the factory-built performance world. Dodge recently announced that production of the Hellcat supercharged 6.2L V8 Hemi will end in 2023. The plan is to fill that void with the planned line of eMuscle EVs with performance numbers that are definitely impressive, but without the rumble of a high-horsepower V8 that can be heard before the car is even seen. And that gives us pause to ponder some aspects of this EV push.
ABOVE: Since the first Hellcat version came out, Dodge has installed the supercharged Hemi V8 in the Challenger, Charger, and Durango SUV. Some of the most powerful factory-built vehicles to ever leave the Dodge factory,
