# RAM 1500 Ramcharger **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Created:** [November 7, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762 "2023-11-07T14:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/1 "2023-11-07T14:58:56Z")
Stellantis is bringing out a RAM 1500 series hybrid called the Ramcharger. It uses a 3.6 L 6 cylinder ICE to recharge the battery in much the same way the Chevy Volt did. The range before the ICE kicks in is up to 145 miles, pretty stout for a hybrid. There’s lots of power too at 663 HP and 613 lb-ft torque, applied to all four wheels with separate motors on front and back. Comments? Anyone interested in buying one? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/2 "2023-11-07T15:00:24Z")
I assume it’s a plug-in hybrid, correct? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/3 "2023-11-07T15:15:39Z")
Yes, it is. Here’s the article I read this morning about it. I’m sure that there is more in the internet too. [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/business/stellantis-ramcharger/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/business/stellantis-ramcharger/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/4 "2023-11-07T15:18:41Z")
Here’s a more in depth article from C and D. > **[2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger Avoids the Range Anxiety of EV Trucks](https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45734742/2025-ram-1500-ramcharger-revealed/)** > > Along with a 663-hp AWD powertrain, Ram's plug-in-hybrid pickup has a 14,000-pound tow rating and targets 145 miles of electric range. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/5 "2023-11-07T15:24:58Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > 663 HP and 613 lb-ft torque Well that got my attention… lol But I wish all these people revamping old names, would stop unless it is like the Challenger was… ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/6 "2023-11-07T15:54:58Z")
Trucks are designed to haul things. Pull trailers. Not move people. They should be exempt from cafe standards. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/7 "2023-11-07T16:02:56Z")
Most trucks seem to only haul people. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/8 "2023-11-07T16:06:42Z")
If only pickups were sold to haul stuff. Most aren’t used for that now, so MPG regs need to apply to them. ---
**Author:** ![Rainflurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cab0a1/32.png) [@Rainflurry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rainflurry)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/9 "2023-11-07T20:09:47Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > Trucks are designed to haul things. Pull trailers. Not move people. They should be exempt from cafe standards. 3/4 ton trucks and above (\>8,500 GVWR) are exempt from CAFE standards. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/10 "2023-11-07T22:49:06Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Anyone interested in buying one? No, I already have a truck. But I’d consider that one if I were looking to buy a new truck. I don’t really need that much power, so I couldn’t justify paying extra for it. In other words the cost-factor would probably move my interests to a different make/model of truck. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/11 "2023-11-07T22:51:35Z")
Price is estimated to be $65,000 - $100,000. I bet most will be at the upper end to start. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/12 "2023-11-07T22:57:09Z")
Maybe somebody will enter one in the _America’s Truck Night_ tv-show competition … lol … I’d watch that! ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/13 "2023-11-08T13:43:01Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > _America’s Truck Night_ tv-show Do you think that RAM would do a product placement and would the network accept it? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/14 "2023-11-08T20:26:40Z")
No idea, but it would be interesting to see how it compares to the mostly vintage home-brew competition. My guess, it would do pretty good as long as the truck’s safety systems didn’t kick in & interfere. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/15 "2023-11-08T20:31:29Z")
I’m not familiar with the show. I suspect the do some outlandish hooning like jumps and I doubt that RAM would be interested in anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/16 "2023-11-08T20:39:58Z")
I receive that show on an over-the-air channel. I think it is also available for free internet viewing via u-tube. Yeah, it is hard to understand how the trucks even hold up to all that punishment. Most of the trucks in fact don’t, and either are removed from the show completely or need some repair mid-show. They have a multi-bay repair shop on site. Part of the show’s interest is how the damage is fixed by hook or by crook, and quickly. They only allowed an hour, usually involves welding something that broke. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ram-1500-ramcharger/193762/17 "2023-11-08T20:57:07Z")
Off-road challenges with old, modified trucks, there is no reason for someone to want to abuse a new truck like that. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/9/a93a3e700589552577d5f05c090926d38ed61112.jpeg)