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Dodge Teases New Charger Pursuit on Instagram

Dodge Teases New Charger Pursuit on Instagram​

Law Enforcement Community Awaits Potential All-Electric Daytona Pursuit Model...​


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Dodge has recently stirred some excitement within the law enforcement community with a teaser post on their official Dodge Law Instagram page. The post, featuring a shadowy image of the upcoming 2025 Dodge Charger adorned with a police livery, was accompanied by a cryptic caption: “Surely you didn’t think we’d forget about a legend. Stay tuned for more details. 😎 Concept model. Not available for purchase.” This subtle hint suggests that Dodge might be planning to reveal a new Charger Pursuit model, potentially continuing its legacy as a preferred choice for police fleets across North America.

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Dodge Teases New Charger Pursuit on Instagram

Dodge has recently stirred some excitement within the law enforcement community with a teaser post on their official Dodge Law Instagram page. The post, featuring a shadowy image of the upcoming 2025 Dodge Charger adorned with a police livery, was accompanied by a cryptic caption: "Surely you...
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I wish stellantis would hurry up and figure it out already.
 
In my last 11 years as a Police Officer, I was the Fleet Director for my PD, due to my car background. (Needed to get a desk job for my final years! lol)
In that time Ford ended the Crown Vic run and we were scrambling for its replacement. Seeing our PD was brand loyal with Fords since the end of the Plymouth Gran Fury in 1989, I set my goal on the Chargers. We split the order between the Explorer and V6 AWD Charger Pursuit.
The Chief left it up to the officers to decide which of the two they wanted for the next fleet. Overwhelmingly the cops on my department wanted to Charger. We stepped up to the Hemi for 2016 and ran them until 2020. Due to an issue with the Dodge dealer that had the state bid we ordered our Fleet from my department ended up going back to the Explorer for 2021.
I have seen since that time a lot of departments nationwide were moving towards the Charger. A lot of departments after the Charger ended production last year started buying/using the Durango police package in its place. I’m hoping the Durango stays in production until the new Chargers come out. If there is a gap, most departments will have to switch over to the Explorer or the Chevy Tahoe and Dodge may lose out totally. So I hope they get their act together and get this going soon. I do know a lot of departments love the Charger police car and I’m hoping a new version EV or ICE is just as good as the previous versions that we’ve been running.
I do know from being the Fleet Director doing bids and how much money is budgeted for police cars isn’t much. I think a lot of departments may be very reluctant to spending 50 to 60 grand per car for an EV. I guess we’ll see how it plays out with the tree huggers.
 
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Here in KY most departments have already switched. GM's Tahoe and Ford's Explorer are the two main choices that I see daily. That's pretty much the only things they order and it's been that way for almost two years now. I think they figured out that the SUVs are just as fast as a Charger, handle just as well as a Charger, get the same MPG as a Charger, but they offer more utility, room, and ability to leave pavement during pursuit if necessary.

I don't see an EV patrol car working except for in urban areas. Even on the fringes of urban areas places to charge quickly are few and far between around here. As it is now, a trooper can radio in that he's out of service for 5 minutes while getting fuel. With an EV car he'd be pretty much done with his shift for the day. That’s a definite no-go (no pun intended).
 
Well fortunately it's only a concept because I see two glaring issues, notwithstanding charging: the pitiful 137 mph top speed (at least until the Banshee) and it's very heavy weight which would be even heavier in actual police trim
 
In CARB states this is a must, as it pretty easy for those who try to tell the entire populus what they must buy, to tell government agencies what they have to buy.
 
javid said:
Well fortunately it's only a concept because I see two glaring issues, notwithstanding charging: the pitiful 137 mph top speed (at least until the Banshee) and it's very heavy weight which would be even heavier in actual police trim
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"You can't outrun a radio." This phrase popped up well before today's ever present traffic cameras.

Law enforcement needs are different than consumer preferences. The needs for all the various individual municipal police departments can differ widely based on geography, population density, and mission. Ma Mopar built a number of full size police cars equipped with slant six power. There were even police packaged K-cars offered, although they weren't sold in huge numbers. Slant six Fury 1 units were never intended for pounding the interstate highways hours on end, and very few big block wedge powered cruisers were piloted by meter maids :oops: parking monitors.

What I think will happen with those large municipal police departments, covering greater a population density, will become the most likely users of battery electric law enforcement vehicles. After a trial of a few sample units, orders will be placed for multiple vehicles with provisions for charging stations as well. This will be closer to the Rivian vans for Amazon which were customized to that fleet's needs. Ram is also using that strategy to sell their ProMaster electric vans to large fleets. The battery size in these vans are tailored to the purpose, task, and coverage area. They are smaller than what is found in the new Charger EV or a Tesla. The charging network for the Amazon fleet is private, using level 2 chargers also tailored to their specific needs. I expect an urban police department to use a similar strategy.

What everybody seems to have missed with last winter's "dead robot" EV catastrophe is that while the severe cold weather in Chicago that week significantly reduced range, the problem was mostly with the charging stations and not the cars themselves. Yes there was the issue of charging preparation, but a number of the Teslas involved were leased to Uber and Lyft drivers. Up until that week, EVs were successful taxis. Battery electric fleet vehicles can still be successful as taxis and urban patrol police cars with a dedicated private charging network.
 
The issues with electric cars and SUVs keep revealing themselves and Dodge has another problem to deal with because they might lose a considerable market in Police vehicles. I doubt that Police departments will go electric on a full basis anytime soon or ever as a matter of fact. I think turbo powered police vehicles also will be shunned because turbos in heavy use suffer from heat soak related issues and the repair potential on these would turn them off.
I have given this thought and I feel that Dodge MUST add two engines to future products, an updated and cleaner Hemi V-8 and Pentastar V-6 or they will lose half or more of their customers. The Hemi is for enthusiasts and the Pentastar as a base engine for budget conscious customers where a less powerful and more reliable engine is a must. These powerful Hurricane engines will bridge the gap effectively for many buyers but not the police or budget minded customers.
If the Charger and Durango remain with just two engine choices it will evaporate customers on both ends of the spectrum.
If the STLA Large platform can handle the engines only a fool in denial would ignore the facts and reality of this opinion.
 
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The issues with electric cars and SUVs keep revealing themselves and Dodge has another problem to deal with because they might lose a considerable market in Police vehicles. I doubt that Police departments will go electric on a full basis anytime soon or ever as a matter of fact. I think turbo powered police vehicles also will be shunned because turbos in heavy use suffer from heat soak related issues and the repair potential on these would turn them off.
I have given this thought and I feel that Dodge MUST add two engines to future products, an updated and cleaner Hemi V-8 and Pentastar V-6 or they will lose half or more of their customers. The Hemi is for enthusiasts and the Pentastar as a base engine for budget conscious customers where a less powerful and more reliable engine is a must. These powerful Hurricane engines will bridge the gap effectively for many buyers but not the police or budget minded customers.
If the Charger and Durango remain with just two engine choices it will evaporate customers on both ends of the spectrum.
If the STLA Large platform can handle the engines only a fool in denial would ignore the facts and reality of this opinion.
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Wonder what the range of these glorified vacuum cleaners is at full throttle , or………. Switch, whatever you call the go pedal on these things? Full throttle happens a lot in emergency services, even with all the radios and modern tech.
 
My neighbor is a State Trooper here in CT. CSP started using Explorers when the Taurus ended production several years back. Just recently CSP started to phase in some hybrid Explorers. Have had nothing but issues. When running the radio, emergency lights and other equipment they have been running into power failure. CSP just ordered several Durangos to test in patrol. They currently run Chargers and Durango’s for ADMN and Major Crimes Divisions, and Explorers for patrol. We will see how the Durango’s play out in patrol.
 
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