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I spent some time talking to some people that are a lot closer to this than I am and they passed on some very interesting thoughts.

1. That sound. The information I had before that the sound will be naturally generated based on speed of the car IS ACCURATE, but for who knows what reason, that was not clearly said last night. The artificial sounds we heard last night are not the sounds this car would make in production.
2. Because it is a CONCEPT they were not able to demonstrate it at speeds that would demonstrate the dynamic sound feature. That’s the only reason they pumped the sound in.
3. The overall point is Dodge intends to deliver a performance / muscle car EV that addresses the biggest complaint that performance car enthusiasts have with EVs… lack of a soul
4. They will do that by providing an EV that generates engine exhaust type sounds, but naturally generated by taking advantage of airflows around the car creating the sounds, not by artificial sound generators.
5. They also intend to calibrate in distinctive shift points, though I’m still not clear on how they will do that.

I should also add that they swear to me that it did not sound as horrible in the room as it did over YouTube. I was talking to people who were in the media briefing last week and in the room last night during the reveal. Then they heard the YouTube replay and said, to a person, that is NOT what we heard.