My commute is about 15 miles everyday. I can essentially run EV only 95% of the time and then long trips with the fam you get over 600 miles with a Truck that will Tow high a large Trailer and still be able to go long range and not have to sit at a charge 180 miles into the trip for 40 min to charge up! This is gonna be epic!

This is the same drivetrain concept as the Chevy Volt introduced over 6 years ago. It's an awesome setup that gives the best of EV and ICE. Looking forward to the $267,000 MSRP.

This is my dream vehicle. The acceleration and smoothness of electric, cheap to operate for my 70 mile commute, I can level 2 charge at work. We live 200 miles from family and commute frequently and own a 34 foot camper

Sure would have been cool with a little Cummins diesel generator. But the V6 is smooth, quiet and cheap to build / run, so that makes sense too.

From what I've seen they're saying it's a 27-gallon tank. In all honesty, this is the only vehicle that I've really looked forward to for some time. I have a '15 Charger Hellcat and a '19 RAM with the 5.7L eTorque hemi, so I'm a fan of ICE but electric (especially for commuting) makes so much more sense. Pure electric though is completely impractical if you're towing however because the infrastructure isn't there, at least not here in the Midwest. This is a great option while the charging infrastructure is built so I am quite confident I'll be trading in my current RAM for this when it comes out.

This combination of battery, electric drive and a gas charger gives a lot of options in how you use it. Around town, just use battery power and charge at home. If looking for maximum range, then run the gas charger from the start of the trip to keep the batteries as charged as possible throughout the journey. I really like the flexibility this provides and would expect it could do even further range if trying to hyper-mile. I hope this becomes the normal truck / ute configuration over the next decade.

In theory 80% of the time you could run the ramcharger ev only. Only using the engine on long hauls. That would reduce engine wear considerably. I know Li auto has this set up on a suv. It’s a best seller.

The wife works for Stellantis and she told me (I’m not supposed to tell anyone) but MSRP on the Ram Charger Extended RangeBig Horn is just north of $72k and that’s not bad if you think about it.

Mike, you are incorrect about the Volt EV. The engine could also power the wheels without using the battery or electric motor. It was one of the very few that could do that.

This will be a really interesting truck. Hope that someone will do this for larger trucks.

The fact the that the truck can recharge as driving is a game changer, if it does work well, many will follow. The challenge will be the price. That's the bottom line. I want to own one or lease, I don't see it happening when everything is so expensive for day to day living. I do see it changing n the coming years. This truck will not be cheap.

I have a Cadillac ELR, same setup as the Ramcharger, just smaller battery and gas tank. Been a great vehicle this Ramcharger will blow its doors off. After 120,000 miles the battery needs to be replaced. I think the Ramcharger batteries will last longer if you don't charge it everyday like I had to, it only has a 40 mile electric range on 12 Kw. A nice thing about this hybrid setup is winter driving, the gas engine turns on when the air hits 32 degrees to help warm up the cabin and batteries. When it is -20 to -40 degrees here in Minnesota, batteries don't work that well and life span is less. I have a heated garage at home but doesn't help the car when it sits in the work parking lot for 8-12 hours.

I honestly think this is the actual future of battery vehicle. Volt the precursor. Hybrid is about as efficient as you can get with gasoline I think. Look forward to plug in capability with long range gasoline option.

130 kW generator with 190 kW peak; 92 kWh total but 70.8 kWh USABLE for 145 miles which makes it 2.05 miles/kWh. -- 145 miles is a lot of normal around town driving on grid ⚡.

I appreciate you mentioning that for extended highway driving this truck is likely to get worse mpg than one with a traditional transmission. So many people incorrectly believe the opposite is true because locomotives use this sort of transmission….but reality is we built vehicles with this sort of “magnetic transmission” 100 years ago but the efficiency was terrible. “Magnetic transmission” is what I call a generator - motor drive system. since both operate using magnetism and this is what connects the gasoline engine to the wheels.

Ford got close with the Powerboost but Ram knocked it out of the park with this one. Too bad it's going to be expensive. I'll be looking for a used one in a few years lol. Btw I assume it will use the V6 as a heater?

Our 2017 Grand Cherokee with Pentastar 3.6L V6 engine has range around 600 miles with its 25-gallon gas tank. I'm very thankful that the Ramcharger will have a large 27-gallon gas tank.

I hope this generator works as a stand alone. It would really be nice on the job site to have a built in generator. Would free up some weight in my trailer/bed.

I would not want to own this out of warrenty..

I don’t believe you can charge a battery while also using it for power. This truck is designed to go 145 miles on battery and then the generator kicks in and provides power directly to the motors. Excess energy and regen can go to charge the battery. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Great video, keep up the good coverage of Ramcharger as it is brought to fruition.

These will still be super expensive. Now you need 2 electric motors, a battery and an engine. Plus if everything isn't waterproofed, you can't take it through any substantial water.

Edison Motors is offering an electric diesel conversions for full size trucks. They are a series hybrid like the Ramcharger. It uses a Cat 2.8L diesel, batteries and inverter will be in a truck box, axles will be a solid axle an equivalent of a F-450. They are targeting service trucks and older consumer trucks. They want to keep high milage vehicles that have warn out drivetrains on the road but upgrading them to a series hybrid truck.

Jury is still out if RAM can deliver on quality at a reasonable price point. Brilliant concept...Rivian still contender though!

Imagine what a Honda/toyota engine could do when they make this series BEV platform.. their engines are great

Why would anyone be unhappy with them dropping an old, higher maintenance, less powerful engine for a new, higher power, more efficient better in pretty much every way inline 6?

it would have been cool if they offered another option..... ie the 3.0 diesel

You always want a little more available power up front so your active front tires pull, as opposed to plow. This guarantees your steering is always working property. Front differentials always have a slightly different ratio in 4WD for this reason

nah, Ford & GM both have reliable V8s. Plus, GM has a diesel in the Silverado and Sierra 1500 & Ford has a supercharged V8 in the Raptor R

Has anyone heard what the range is with a 7000lb RV or box trailer (half the reported max towing load) on the hitch yet? That is really the only stat that matters because while towing a lot is great, and going 690 miles while carrying just the driver is great, neither of those mean a dam thing if the range goes to 100 miles or less while towing half the max load.

Oh, GM and Ford could’ve done this. They already have the experiments done. Look up Partnership for Next Generation Vehicles back in 1999-2001. That was GM, Ford, and Chrysler working with the government producing series hybrid diesel engined cars that got over 75 mpg. Their hearts just weren’t in the future, so GWB allowed the Big 3 to cancel the program. Toyota and Asin came out with the Prius Synergy drivetrain, and it’s been all the hybrid rage since. 130 kw generator will be fine for recharging. It would be logical to recharge during driving at a steady speed that would allow for more exhaust cooling, and the motors won’t be under heay load. There might be some people who have problems towing maximum up steep hills for long periods, but as an EV owner myself, I can tell you that planning is essential to driving EVs. Hopefully Stellantis will allow some customer input into when charging via the engine occurs. I’m personally not interested. I didn’t choose a hybrid because I’ve owned one already, and I didn’t want added complexity.

Thanks for the informative video. It would be nice to know if you took off with a full charge how far you could go before the batteries are fully depleted and you were running only on the electric generated by the V6. I thought I saw somewhere that there was a way to turn on the gas engine full time to slow the drain on the batteries. It will be nice to see this tested in real life driving across the US.

I’d still prefer a diesel plug in hybrid with the diesel the primary power source. I only need 50 miles of battery only power then have the diesel kick in. Two modes would be ideal. Battery only and battery supplementation. I could see a GM 1/2 ton diesel hybrid averaging 35-40 mpg in supplemental and for most Americans who drive 29 miles or less a day, you’d see fuel consumption drop 75-80%.

UPDATES: Recharging can add up to 50 miles of all-electric range in approximately 10 minutes with 400-volt DC fast charging at up to 145 kW. That is about half the claim in the all-electric Ram REV, which is okay since the Battery in Ramcharger is smaller and reduces component cost. All-electric range is 145 miles at which point the V6 would start to recharge the battery. The battery is low at that point, likely 20-25% remaining.

I'm interested in 4X4 performance. AWD? No transfer case? No lockers?

There was a couple of questions I have, just curious about how long the batteries wull run without the gas engine having to kick on, and if the gas engine does kick on, can you leave it running While the truck sits still and it would then replenish the batteries to continue to have more performance? I believe it's an interesting idea to at least have your range extended Because you might not need 4.4 second 0-60 performance in order to continue your journey from point A to point B. And of course, no I did not read all of the comments before posing this question.

why do they always add extra lights to EVs?

Hate carrying around such a large backup engine. Doesn’t really save me to haul that around as 90% of the time should be EV only. Most car companies dumped the backup engine plan a long while ago.

My biggest criticism is the v6... use a 3 or 4 cylinder! But i loved my i3 rex.

And you can get one too!!! Starting only at 100k, whatta deal !!!

What about 2500/3500 trucks? I need a work truck, already have a grocery getter.

So, the Ramcharger is a hybrid.

If the bev needs 229 kwh battery to get 500 miles your looking at about maybe 200 miles from this trucks 92 kwh battery and 490 mile on gas.

Geez, Lets do the math. 690 range on 27gallon tank = 25miles per gallon. I got 33miles per gallon on my Ram Eco Diesel during a 3500 mile road trip driving + 5mph over speed limits 70 T0 80MPH. Truck is a 2022 Big Horn Level 2 trim. Rides like a sofa going down the road. Price of the truck 53000. So eliminating the Eco Diesel is foolish move. They should have created a hybrid version of the Eco Diesel. Once the EV mandate gets retracted maybe things will change. In the mean time dealers are having problems selling EVs due to the high costs and the interest rates for the normal Joe. Lets get real-we are all in big trouble with what is going on. VOTE OIL

I so want one to demo. I drive from California to arkansas 3 times a year because of back issues I can’t fly because then I can’t walk for a week afterwards.

I did in mine RAM 2022 Limited 580 miles range with 5.7 V8! 😂😂😂😂

I like the idea but if the only benefit is additional range u may as well get a gas/diesel truck. I have the f150 powerboost, think it's a better design. 700 miles no plug in just play

This in a suv is going to sell if they can get it under tax credit.

I have a question please do you guys think they'll be different variants of this truck like off-road models and stuff like that

My concern would be gasoline degradation in the gas tank if youre only sporadically using the generator.

I liked my Chevy Volt, but the Volt didn't sell very well. The Pacific hybrid isn't selling very will. Why does anyone think the Ram extended range will sell any better?

8:00 I doubt is has lower output at the end of the range. Thats probably just how long it can go on EV only plus how long it can go in boost mode. until the fuel runs out.

So what, a Diesel GM 1500 can get 800 miles range

Am i the only viewer that is perplexed by a V6 engine as a generator? A lot of engine and weight to recharge a battery.

A lot to go wrong...and will.

hi, do you know if the edm is bolted or how it is connected to the pentastar?

chevy gmc already have one but they do not sale it

Hybrids have the highest rate of battery fires of any of three kinds of powertrains. This is a potential funeral pyre.

Will there be work trims of this ?, I'm interested but I'm not paying 100k for it either.

Never plug it in. Install an extra fuel tank in bed. 260 horsepower generator truck for the job site

Confused. Why a v6 for a generator? Why not a small camless engine since it's a generator. How is it so innefecient? 1.1 kW per mile? They did something wrong. It's only cheaper to operate if you charge at home.

Why can't they have a diesel option too?

Kudos for dodge!! Ford and GM 😮😮😮😮

So if your towing 9k lbs how many miles will it go?

The ONLY way Id buy this truck is if there is a 15 year MININUM warranty of all components related to that 3.6L V6 generator. Fuel, intake, exhaust, engine management, engine itself, mounting, exhaust, generator, EVERYTHING. Standard warranty is fine in the rest but I'm not about to ADD the infinite failure points and complexity of an ICE system to the infinite failure points and complexity of an EV. You buy this without a massive full warranty on that ICE component, you are asking for a brick on wheels.

I wonder if the Ramcharger will be able to use Tesla charging stations~

Wow,,,,,,, Have to have……….

My 2018 hemi gets over 1000 km on highway.

Don't think that is the Pentastar, more likely the new Hurricane 6 cyl.

Ford already has a f150 hybrid lol. Nothing to be worried about

Dodge, Ram, Chrysler and electric vehicle reliability is extremely scary!

You’d have to be a fool to believe and buy this … buyer beware

Towing range?

Overly complicated, forget DIY maintenance and repair.

The real competition for EV trucks is Cybertrucks, not GM and Ford. They had better price them lower than the Tesla or the few wanting EV complexity will move on.

It has a gas engine running a generator to extend the range . LOL LOL

ITs usless because your NOT saving any GAS. The gas motor charging the battery always runs and its always is using gas. Why not make it so it drives on just EV for 140 miles meaning you can drive 70 miles away from home drive back home 70 miles and use NO gas put it on your home charger and then recharge battery with cheap home electricity NOT USING ANY GAS. BUT still have the ability to use the gas motor on longer trips pulling a trailer or boat. RAM screwed up making it so the truck never uses battery ONLY.

It's funny that Ford and GM will copy this and then their loyalists will flock to them. I feel bad for Mopar being the innovator and putting in the R&D and all Ford and GM have to do is swap in their brand parts and up the power numbers a little and call it a day.

Ford or chevy not worried about a break down all the time dodge.. when it stops doing dodge things ram it into something collect the insurance

This plug-in hybrid Ram 1500 is a bit like an orchid. It looks really nice and is desirable but is destined to whither and fall off the stem in an untimely fashion.

Why bother with the electric part? Seems superfluous.

Ooooh, the RamCharger. Stop with the propaganda. Stellantis is a joke. First, the Charger with a fake sounding exhaust. Now they just made an EV with a V6. lmao

This vehicle DOES NOT EXIST.

The price point will off set any "savings" you may have had, plus don't it make you feel good that you plugged into a coal power plant to charge up. EV's are such a shell game.

Gm was already doing this with the volt Ram took the idea and put it into a truck. And the range still isn’t enough when you’re going long distances to your cottage or what not. Pulling a camper or boat

with the amount of EV's piling up on dealer lots, absolutely nobody is worried about a ramcharger. I also tend to agree with UTG when he explains how this truck will be a reliability disaster

This Ram charger is more expensive to run than gas. 1.5 miles per KW. Even charging at home at .16 cents per kw is .24 cents per mile. A gas motor gets about 23 miles a gal. So multiply .24 by 23 and you get 5.52 a gal equivalent. That's in elecltric mode. That's not even super charging.

Cybertruck.... will RIP all the competition...

This isn’t a threat. It’s a nightmare for the owner. Now they will have all the maintenance costs with the gas engine and also the battery degradation over time. Hybrids are the worst of both worlds. Go own or the other. Both defeats the purpose and benefits of EVs and ICE vehicles.

Just make one and stop the BS with EV's

Putting a large high-voltage lithium ion battery right next to the gas tank. Surely, this doesn't sound like a disaster waiting to happen. Dodge Ram trucks are notorius for catching fire. Don't ask me how I know...

If they could make the engine run propane it would reduce emissions and make this the ultimate truck for sure.

It gets 25mpg with a full charge going 690 miles on 27 gallons......BIG DEAL.....NOT!

Not a great idea should be just a hybrid now you have 2 propulsion systems to care about the engine is too big for a job it needs to do. I say we just go hybrid I like to pray us Or I'm waiting for a solid state battery

Imagine the regenerative breaking. 14k trailer downhill will be light work.

Why since a big motor for onboard charging .could have left the battery and put a 4cylinder engine for charging .