A not too long ago unearthed patent submitting signifies the electrical Dodge muscle automobile due in 2024 might have a Components One-style pushrod suspension.

First noticed by Muscle Vehicles & Vans, paperwork filed with the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) describe a pushrod suspension for electrical autos utilizing horizontal dampers with both transverse leaf springs or conventional coil springs. The pushrods are related to a wheel at one finish and a rocker on the different. The rocker, in flip, is related to the damper.

Shifting the dampers from a vertical to a horizontal place saves area, which is without doubt one of the the explanation why pushrod suspension is utilized in F1 (and different racing sequence). In an EV, this could additionally permit dampers to be mounted above or under an electrical motor for extra environment friendly packaging, the paperwork stated. The paperwork additionally declare this setup would cut back suspension stresses due to optimized pressure switch.

These paperwork had been initially filed in 2019 by Fiat Chrysler Vehicles (FCA), earlier than the corporate merged with France’s PSA Group to turn out to be Stellantis. On the time, engineers proposed utilizing pushrod suspension in Chrysler, Dodge, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati efficiency EVs, in response to the paperwork.

The paperwork additionally state that “the power to rearrange every steering axis alongside a path passing via the wheel heart provides the opportunity of exploiting the very excessive torque supplied by electrical motors,” indicating that engineers had a efficiency software in thoughts.

It is unclear if this suspension design will work with Stellantis’ STLA modular EV platforms, but when it does the Dodge electrical muscle automobile looks as if candidate.

Dodge plans to point out a drivable idea model of its muscle automobile later this yr forward of the 2024 launch. Whereas it’s going to imply the tip of the Hellcats, the Dodge EV might harness the capabilities of electrical motors for equally insane acceleration. And with pushrod suspension, it might have dealing with to match.