I kind of like this solution by RAM. It’s like bringing diesel-electric drive trains to consumer vehicles. A 3.6 Pentastar is an interesting choice, but I get it. Probably the cheapest motor they can put in, that gets the job done for just generating electricity.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45734742/2025-ram-1500-ramcharger-revealed/
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I like the solution… reliability is a different animal 
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This is interesting because they say the ICE motor is just meant to charge the battery and the drivetrain is all electric motors.
Not sure what the efficiency is on that regarding fuel consumption.
14k tow rating?
For a stripper with no bed, single cab, bench seat and roll up windows maybe.
Add any decent options and it is under 8-10k all day at best.
A lot of larger ships and submarines use this combination. Electric motors actually turn the propellers, but they have ICE engines generating the electricity.
My back math is 690 miles total - 145 miles electric, for 545 miles on ICE / 27 gallons. Gives about 20 MPG in that range max scenario. Not great on its own, but might be the most cost optimal for now. I’d think the 3.0L eco diesel would be better, but then again diesel is quite a bit more expensive than gas right now and comes with its own complexity for emissions.
Yeah, I wouldn’t hold my breath on that 14k past the tradesman trim.
Tundra can do around 20 Mpg with their hybrids now. Not sure what the point of making it go all electric is unless it’s to get some sort of tax credit or carbon quotas. I guess short commutes they can do all electric though
Tundra was never a gas-saving vehicle anyway.
Yeah I wish they did a little better on their hybrid but I guess all that torque just chugs gas.
Renewable diesel is supposed to be more friendly. I used it exclusively for a year on my Silverado.
It’s interesting. Ram originally quoted ~500 miles with a 229 kWh battery or 350 miles on 168 kWh with the full BEV. I’d have to imagine this PHEV will be much cheaper than the 229 kWh and potentially around the same price as the 168 kWh.
This PHEV with 690 miles of range, basically kills any need for the 229 kWh version. I wouldn’t be surprised if RAM dropped the larger battery version. I suppose there’s enough people that don’t want to deal with ICEs to still have a use case for the smaller BEV though.