The Ram 1500 Ramcharger is essentially the most extremely anticipated car of 2025. The supply of pleasure comes from its electrical powertrain, which is supplemented by an onboard, V-6-powered fuel vary extender. Whereas the Ramcharger guarantees a lot of functionality, it is also extraordinarily heavy, with a manufacturer-quoted curb weight of seven,507 kilos.
That makes the Ramcharger the heaviest 1500-series truck from Ram, ever. The one trim that probably comes shut is the all-electric 1500 REV, although Ram has but to launch an official curb weight for that truck. The following closest mannequin is the supercharged V-8-powered 1500 TRX, at 6,866 kilos.
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It isn’t terribly shocking to listen to that the Ramcharger pushes 4 tons. Underneath the pores and skin you may discover a 91.8-kilowatt-hour battery pack supplying two electrical motors, supplemented by a 3.6-liter V-6. Issue within the 27-gallon gasoline tank, the air suspension, and all the cooling wanted for the V-6 and the batteries, and you’ll see the place all that weight comes from. That is regardless of the very fact the engine has no mechanical connection between the engine and the wheels; it exists solely to behave as a generator to cost the battery.
That heft comes with some critical capabilities, no less than. Ram says the Ramcharger makes 647 horsepower and 610 pound-feet of torque, sufficient for a claimed 0-60 time of simply 4.5 seconds. Towing capability is 14,000 kilos, whereas payload capability within the mattress is 2,625 kilos—each the best of any Ram 1500.
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Eagle-eyed readers will discover these energy numbers are a bit lower than Ram estimated when the truck was first revealed in 2023. The ability was reduce to make sure the Ramcharger may obtain its most vary of 690 miles, in response to the model. That vary is calculated utilizing the battery pack and all the onboard gasoline.
Ram has but to disclose crucial a part of the Ramcharger puzzle: pricing. Rumors counsel it may begin within the mid-$60,000 vary, which might make it extremely interesting to a variety of consumers. Deliveries are anticipated to begin within the second half of 2025, so we cannot have to attend lengthy to search out out.
