The Academy Awards drew consideration to Irish legend with the nomination of the movie The Banshees of Inisherin, which borrowed a part of its title from the fairy whose shriek is a warning of impending demise.
For its shift from its thundering Hemi V8 combustion engines to electrical energy, Dodge goals to retain its present high-volume character, which is probably the explanation the corporate has tapped the notoriously noisy spirit to call the 800-volt electrical drive system in its next-generation muscle automobiles.
So what’s a banshee? In accordance with the authorities at IrishMyths.com, “the banshee is believed to be a remnant of the reign of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the gods of Eire who have been defeated and pushed underground by the invading Milesians (who represented the arrival of Celtic tradition in Eire). Every member of the Tuatha Dé Danann subsequently went on to occupy a mound or hill generally known as a sídhe. Thus, the once-gods grew to become generally known as the aes sídhe (trendy: aos sí, that means “individuals of the hills”), and have been relegated to fairy standing.”
Dodge, then again, isn’t being pushed underground by the demise of combustion energy. “Dodge isn’t going to draw back as we develop the following technology of muscle automobile – one which simply occurs to be absolutely electrical,” stated Tim Kuniskis, Dodge model chief government officer on the announcement of the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT idea. “Know-how strikes ahead and the customizers and tuners transfer proper together with it. We’re demonstrating how old-school hot-rodding will thrive in an electrified muscle-car future.”
A few of us may recall the basic movie Darby O’Gill and the Little Individuals, which featured a distinguished function for a banshee. Should look ahead to the Dodge model to see the way it compares, as to this point no specs have been launched. The corporate did launch particulars on the lesser 400-volt drivetrains that don’t earn the Banshee moniker.
400-volt Output Ranges
340 kilowatt (kW) – base trim (455 hp)
- eStage 1 – 370 kW (495 hp)
- eStage 2 – 400 kW (535 hp)
440 (kW) – base trim (590 hp)
- eStage 1 – 470 kW (630 hp)
- eStage 2 – 500 kW (670 hp)
