I am super happy to see that the Ram REV will be a more normal looking truck. The concept had me worried that they’d follow in the footsteps of some EV makers and make it weird for weirdnesses sake (‘cause EVs have to be DIFFERENT, don’t you know) even that means making it impractical and/or more difficult to use. Like leave out the driver display and such. Thankfully, this truck will have all the features we want/need and it is an incredibly handsome truck, too!! I love the looks! It doesn’t have a bad angle, the front looks very cool and aggressive enough without getting to the point of looking awkward/clunky and while also still retaining a certain elegance and the inside looks super nice as well. All in all, this takes first place for me in terms of which truck I’d get!!
Yeah the concepts tend to go nuts but for production designs they gotta follow proper mass production designs otherwise it'll be more expensive to make due to special tooling. Even with the bigger battery offering 500 miles and the range extender engine it'll be a good contender to dethrone F-150 if they're able to make them fast enough.
It's worth noting that PHEVs typically come with a big hit to performance and long range efficiency. They also have a lot more complexity which means a lot more to break.
@@directorjustin I haven't had anything break on my PHEV of 4 years and thanks to the large fuel tank, battery+electric puts max range over 600 miles. It hasn't given me any problems during 400+ mile road trips. I can charge at the office, so I only burn gas on the way to the office in the morning. 12 days normally between filling the tank and consistently averaging over 50 miles per gallon between full tanks. Zero range anxiety thanks to having the gasoline engine. So, I would be inclined to get a PHEV pickup to go with my PHEV car rather than getting a pure EV pickup. That said, this RAM's saddleback storage in the wheel arches is a very nice touch.
@@directorjustin still a very simple system since most of what tend to break in the regular cars is mechanically. And the range extender is plugged from the charging side thus not complicating anything in the shared platform, just gotta maintain the ICE with the regular oil and filter changes.
Well of course it has an estimated 500 mile range, the largest battery pack is 74 percent larger then the largest on offer in the F150. I’m not sure if anyone has watched any content on the F150 or own one, but charging one of those takes forever. Now imagine a battery 74 percent larger. Keep in mind, that is “up to 350 KW” of fast charging, a number you aren’t likely to hit unless conditions are perfect and the battery is preconditioned. I own an ioniq 5 in New England and never charge above 110 KW at a fast charger when it’s bellow 50 degrees. understand the push for electric trucks, but you can build 3 ioniq 5s with the same battery size as one of these top spec Ram REVs
Don’t worry William. 500 on battery alone, even with ECO , is a fantasy. Even Lucid, with a huge battery and super efficient motors, can’t get 500 miles and that’s a car.
As bad as I wanted to see a stand-alone Ram Rev similar to the concept, this makes more sense, both in reality and business. Costs must be kept in(relative) check, which I won't hold my breath on affordability. The big bomb is the range. 500mi is more than just about anything short of the Ecodiesel. And fast charging should be a boon, but charging infrastructure overall is still seriously lacking...
Also, while those big range numbers may seem excessive to the average EV owner, they're necessary to tow heavy loads and still maintain reasonable range.
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If I had a Chevrolet EV model truck ordered, it would be canceled immediately for the new Dodge Ram REV. That REV puts Chevrolet in the stone age. Thanks for the great report!
Ever notice how these amazing EVs that people talk about are all in the very distant future? And then you never really see them again the way that they are described. Yeah, I will stick to the great EVs of the present.
Very sharp truck since I used to own a '19 Ram 1500. I do miss the sound of the 5.7 Hemi. What nobody mentions is the price of charging these electric vehicles has gone up unless you charge at home. While every manufacturer is pushing EVs because of the stupid government, the best way to go is the hybrid versions of trucks and cars. I don't think I will ever commit to a "full electric" vehicle again. I do say again because I did own a BMW i3 at one point. Even that had the REX on it and wasn't total electric. The REX on that would only kick on what battery power was down to very low levels due to Kommiefornia laws applied to the BMW i3, forcing you to run electric 99% of the time.
I feel like the efficency is very maybe even too optimistic specially with the weight a battery that size + all those features and amenities and a suspension that can handle all that weight + another almost an extra ton and half of weight of payload , very impresive battery in the vehicle for sure but i really think if the Ultium based trucks feature the 212 kwh battery it will have longer IRL range with its more aero design and the inherit efficency improvement from being unibody-based vs frame based build. however if everything being said becomes reality and they dont pull another "here's what you want to see and here's whats actually coming to production" i'll definitely be giving it second thought. given the recent rug pull though i'm not quiet ready to cancel my Silverado EV reservation just yet.
Thanks for the great info as always! I think it looks cool and sounds cool and I’d love to own one… curious to see the price but I already know I won’t be able to afford it. Probably require your first born as a down payment to reserve a Tungsten!
That's nice, I suppose, that they want to put all the luxury goodies in there. I personally want an PHEV/EV pickup that is simply a two-door cab, long bed, work truck. It doesn't need any of the bells and whistles to make it a pseudo luxury car. I just want it to be able to get the job done AND have fantastic gas mileage/range, be it a PHEV or pure EV.
@@makatron Well, that means there is a chance that I could get the "bare bones" PHEV/EV work truck that I seek as fleet vehicles do, sooner or later, make it to the market for individuals.
@@makatron Yes. Sadly too many people wanted trucks to be cars inside the cab and the manufacturers accommodated them. That's just a natural outcome with the free market economy. Sedans faded but mark my words, proper sedans will return one day once enough people demand it.
It's a great competitive upgrade. At least they can surprise us with a truck looking like the concept in the future and it will be for EV and ICE. I drive a minivan, maybe they can pass those electric improvements to the Pacifica?
I have the 2019 Laramie, I hope they bring the special tailgate and hopefully its easier to find with one, unlike now, GMC has most of their trucks with the special tailgate, i will wait for this truck but not sure if doing an EV, not sure if im ready for an EV for a truck
The Cybertruck will still have native access to the Supercharger network. The Ram _might_ have access to a select number of Supercharger stalls and _might_ charge well on them. Not all EVs are having such luck.
After firing several hundred employees to build a truck for this niche B.S. market, it better be significantly better than what is currently being produced. 500 mile range...driver, no passengers, no cargo, no towing, AND perfect 70-degree sunny weather.
I'm sure it will be even more STUPID expensive than they already are. Rather than buy a new truck I think I'd rather get 70's square body and rebuild it. A 74 Chevy rebuilt from the ground up....Glorious!
like it I tow a 5800lb airstream 850 hitch 26' what t do I do on a trip and need to recharge un hitch ? how much Elec. im going to use in a head wind or over the IKE on I 70 ?
The quad motor Rivians don’t have a differential to disconnect so it’s not quite the same thing. The dual motor models don’t appear to have a differential disconnect feature in this way. Rivian does un clutch the motors in the quad motor models but that’s not a direct corollary to dual motor competitors
I can't wait for the inevitable Ford F150 Lightning charging a Ram REV/vice versa pictures (just like how I saw some pictures of a Samsung Galaxy phone charging an iPhone).
So an extended battery and range extender would be the perfect EV truck. They're talking about 500 miles with the bigger battery pack and paired with a range extender engine would put this beyond the 1k miles range. For regular people would mean putting gas every other months or longer.
Up to 500 miles down hill or wind to your back and less than 150 towing. Battery pack is a 1900# dead weight to lug around. Put three 55 gallon drums in the trunk of your car and fill them up with water and drive it around will give you an idea of that extra battery weight.
This is a 3D rendering. If they don't even have physical prototypes ready to show, it's hard to call this competition. Though I suppose it does qualify as a competitor to the Nikola Badger.
@@hellkitty1014 That may well be true but I'm responding to this video. What we're seeing here, in this video, is 3D renderings. And not particularly good ones.
People are gonna forget this is even an ev with an engine in it. Probably use it more of an ice than ev. Until there is a simple ev charging network like Tesla non Tesla will be frustrated. I know I've seen a lot of electrify america users at Walmart just pissed off.
I like it, but as with most EV's it's gonna cost alot. I just wish companies would think about the actual "normal" person can pay before they design these EV's. Kia did it right, their GT model is only $2000 or $3000 more expensive than their GT-Line model for the EV6. For is charging $76,000 (before mark-ups) for the Mach-E GT, they're not thinking about making them for normal people.
That still doesn’t change the fact that we see the concept truck with lots of cool stuff only for the production version to be almost a carbon copy of the gas powered model. I mean come on. What is this?
@@AAutoBuyersGuide seriously you waste time replying to the trolls in this channel.... but you don't address serious comments, about EVs in the EV channel... Is kind of disappointing....
Personally, I don't want a combustion engine in my EV. 2025 is a long way away, so battery tech can change a lot. GM has also stated that there will be a version of the SilveradoEV that can tow 20000 lbs. We'll see.
If this were 2015 it would be a great truck. This is 2023 and this is just not worth the time of day. Look elsewhere. Stellantis will be bankrupt before 2025 anyway
They're just taking the Ford F-150 Lightning approach. The concept REV will be like Ford's Project T3, they'll build it after they get the factory in order. Looks like RAM is 2 years behind Ford. This will just be a last hurray for the old body on frame 1500 truck chassis. Just give it everything until the real EV platform debuts.
It's about time they made that screen bigger at 14 in the whole entire industries make me screens much bigger I mean it'll make any sense later on that same old screen for so long
