I agree it should be a fantastic tow vehicle and be a fully electric daily driver. I just hope it’s not crazy expensive.

I fully believe that the best route to reduced emissions with work vehicles like pickup trucks is to go plug-in hybrid. The new Ramcharger looks great, hits the mark, and hopefully convinces a lot of buyers to consider PHEV. Great video guys.

I have been waiting to see how it does. To me it replaces diesel. (1) Pulls easier (2) can go a reasonable distance (3) powers the travel trailer (4) easy gas maintenance compared to diesel (5) electric truck around town

Canceling my 2024 King Ranch and going to hold out for this. I do a lot of long distance travel and need a truck, this is perfect.

I have the Chrysler PHEV Pacifica, I regularly get +60mpg most of the year. In the Upstate NY winters the engine runs more to warm the cabin. If my commute was shorter (+60 miles round trip) the mileage would be even higher. We love it, it’s perfect for our needs. I agree the press does not understand the market. Only Toyota (I guess Stellantis too) seems to get it.

I've been running some numbers, and I'm not sure if I'm doing the math right. These numbers can't be right. There has to be a catch where the Ram Charger is efficient at range extending, but not at recharging the battery. 225 km / 96kWh = 2.343 km per kW OR 96 kWh / 225 km = 0.4266 kW per km 1100 km - 225 km = 875 km 875km / 102L = 8.57 km/L or 20 MPG. 875km * 0.4266 kW per km = 373.275 kWh 373.275kWh / 102L = 3.659 kWh per L OR 102L / 373.275kWh = 0.273 L per kW If gas is $3 per gal, or 3.785 liters, then $3 / 3.785/L = $0.79 per L I hope you see where I'm going with this.... 0.273L per kW * $0.79/L = $0.21 per kW tl;dr I dare you to find a gas generator that makes power at a lower price. For example, the EU6500 Honda Gas Inverter generator makes at most about 5.5 to 5.9kWh/gal. 3.785L/5.9kWh = 0.641L per kW. 0.641L * $0.79/L = $0.50 per kW. $0.50 per kW vs $0.21 per kW. If the Ram Charger comes with a large inverter capable of delivering 7kW like the Ford Lightning, it'll be absolutely insane. 7kW is enough to power a house. Especially in places like California where electricity is $0.33 to $0.45 per kW in some places. Or Texas, where that winter storm in 2021 knocked down their entire electrical grid when their natural gas supply shut down. The price per kW hit something like $9 per kW. In those kind of situations, having a Ram Charger as a backup power source for your home and it only costs $0.21 per kWh would be insanely useful.

I'm seriously considering selling my Ram 2500 6.4L Hemi to get this when it comes out. I've got a 2500 because my trailer (Rockwood 2509S) was right on the line between half ton and 3/4ton capabilities once you factor in the tongue weight and all the passengers and cargo and compare to the truck's payload capacity. The Ramcharger says it starts at 2,400lbs of payload (I'm hoping to hear real world number later this year) which should sufficient for my trailer. Home electricity is cheaper than gas, and I actually have a small solar setup (6kW) that I can take advantage of to keep the truck topped off. The giant battery can help backup the home during an outage, and even just regularly overnight when the sun isn't shining. Then the ability to export power will be great when camping off-grid so I don't have to take a dedicated generator or invest in tons of portable solar. I think this setup makes a ton of sense for a lot of people, even if their uses are a bit different from mine. This sort of PHEV setup would be great in a midsize truck too, perhaps with half the battery size and maybe a 4 cylinder engine. My prediction is the Ramcharger is going to convert a ton of people that are hesitant to go full EV, and usher in a new way of PHEV. I don't like the government forcing people to do anything, I've always believed the merits of the platform should let the market decide. And the merits are strong here.

Range-extended EVs seems to just make so much sense. Give me a 50-100 km EV car with extended range up to or beyond 500 km with fuel generation, without a combined powertrain, and I would be quite interested.

I would certainly, regularly let the engine charge up the battery. One of the problems with the Chevy Volt was, people would only run electric all the time. The engine would just sit there with all of its fluids and seals, never running, and would rot.

All this information is great. I totally agree with you guys on getting this out to market. The question for everyone I feel that everyone should be aware of is cost. How much each model of this truck will cost. I don't think that people are willing to payout $70,000 on a truck.

Greatest video I've ever seen

The truck should do better than 250 miles towing. If you cut both the battery range and the gas range in half, you come up with a total of about 300 miles.

I think the auto industry pundits don't understand that most of us are only going to have one vehicle and a PHEV let's us have an EV daily driver that can also travel across county and tow your trailer. I've also been interested in the electrified trailers put out by Bowlus and being developed by Airstream and Pebble. With the tough travel trailer market since Covid, i wonder if the big RV makers are willing to invest $10,000 a trailer in electric propulsion.

I am waiting for the Edison Motors diesel retrofit. I have a RAM 4500 and it is either retrofitting it to the Diesel/Electric hybrid or deleting the emissions.

This will be a home run for Dodge/Chrysler/Ram. This is basically similar to Voltec Technology. It's smart how Dodge is marketing it!

I'm glad someone finally figured out that this is the sweet spot & I'm hearing that ford has a similar concept in the works~ now we just need someone to come out with a full sized suv with this type of drivetrain.

Full EV works fine for cars...just not for towing until batteries are cheaper

Just buying less gas while driving this thing is going to make drivers smile. I tried a Qashqai with regenative breaking and a generator on board. Driving it in Ireland it was very impressive. I couldnt use up more than 25% of the tanks fuel on any given trip. I pay 150 avg canadian per week on diesel. With a truck like this it would cost 35$ dollars in gas,Granted that changes with gas prices

Love this concept of the ramcharger but i looked at the skematics. Im worried about reliability. Series hybrids are relatively new and to put one in big truck that gets abused scares me. There are a million points of failure on this thing. The longevity doesnt scare me. The battery and pentastar should last a long time but my predictions is that this thing gonna spend some time in the shop.

Remember, once battery is “depleted” this vehicle will rely entirely upon the pentastar to drive the wheels….when pulling a 14k pound trailer this thing is likely to be a real dog. It uses what I call a “magnetic transmission” to couple the motor to the wheels. Automakers used this tech 100 years ago. It didn’t catch on because there is a big efficiency penalty to pay when the gas engine turns a generator that powers an electric motor.

Give me a rebel version

If you can’t find a handy charging station, can you run this truck off gas alone?

Will they offer this in a 6.5’ bed?

Thanks for this take. The Ramcharger seems to be sparking a LOT of new debate on the whole EV industry. I personally am very excited for this. I am looking at a truck to set up for overlanding with my family. And I think this is a GREAT option. Especially since the other 90% of my driving is within that electric range. So I can get the benefits of an EV for most of my driving with the assurance of gas power for long trips. So when I drive out to Big Bend State Park (which I would NOT do in a F150 Lighting), I don't have to worry about range. And I can get some close to best-in-class towing and payload with it, for towing the MDC XL15-4E that I am eyeballing.

Have you ever thought about it?

Ramcharger lost me when I heard they had eye focus sensors and cellular uplink

When they bring this to a Class B+ RV… that will redefine a failing industry.

Dodge ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dodge has had ZERO to do with RAM’s for 14 years dude.

Lol. No thank you.

Any vehicle with a battery is a failure. The cost of a battery replacement at best 8 to 10 years will be more than the vehicle is worth. Used battery 🪫 s still a cost tua makes it not worth the vehicle. Stop with electric vehicles and talk about Hydrogen or Ammonia fueled.