Let’s face it, muscle cars and masculinity often go hand in hand like V8s and vocal exhausts, however, Audrey Moore is rewriting the automotive rulebook – one electron at a time.
The Stellantis vice president and chief engineer has just been crowned with the What Drives Her Trailblazer Award at the 2025 Chicago Auto Show, and boy, does she deserve it. With a 25-year career that reads like a Greatest Hits album of automotive excellence, Moore has been the mastermind behind some of the most electrifying developments in modern muscle car history.
Speaking of electrifying – let’s talk about her latest masterpiece. Moore has been the chief conductor (pun absolutely intended) of the all-new Dodge Charger multi-energy lineup, including the face-melting 670-horsepower Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack. This isn’t just any muscle car; it’s the world’s first electric muscle car, proving that you can indeed teach an old dog new electric tricks.
But wait, there’s more! For those who still prefer their horses under the hood to be fed with premium unleaded, Moore’s got you covered. Coming in hot for the second half of 2025 are the SIXPACK variants – the 550-horsepower H.O. and its slightly tamer 420-horsepower S.O. sibling, both powered by the 3.0L Twin Turbo Hurricane engine. Because sometimes you need options, like choosing between a lightning bolt or a hurricane .
“The role of the chief engineer at a brand like Dodge or Jeep is critically important,” says Scotty Reiss, founder of A Girls Guide to Cars, “but to see a woman in that role opens the eyes of legions of young women who believe they can do it too.” And isn’t that just the perfect cherry on top of this high-performance sundae?
The What Drives Her event, now in its eighth year, isn’t just another automotive industry back-patting session. It’s a celebration of the women who are quite literally changing the game from the inside out, proving that the future of automotive isn’t just electric – it’s electric AND inclusive.
Moore’s achievement isn’t just about horsepower numbers or acceleration times (though those are pretty impressive). It’s about blazing a trail for the next generation of automotive engineers who might just happen to wear heels instead of steel-toed boots. And if that’s not worth celebrating, we don’t know what is.
So here’s to Audrey Moore – the woman who proved that you can have your electric cake and eat it too, all while making the automotive world a better place for everyone. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we need to go sign up for that test drive in the new Charger Daytona. For research purposes, of course.
