SHOCKING: Meet The All-New Ram 1500 REV Battery-Electric Pickup!

[HSKR R/T]

And how long do you think that will last with the way the eco-libs are running the country.

As long as people keep their ICE vehicles running. And definitely until the charging network gets big enough to support cross country driving anywhere in the US, or battery technology advances enough to extended ranges.

 

[theblet]

And how long do you think that will last with the way the eco-libs are running the country.

If we get another 4 years of this sick regime, might be soon.

 

[jimothy]

Ram might have bad timing on the REV.

Recent headlines from TFL Truck:

• GM’s Electric Pickup Truck Expansion Is Delayed By One Year Due to ‘Evolving EV Demand’​

• EV Startup Volta Trucks is Bankrupt​

• Ford Cuts F-150 Lightning Shift and Lays Off 700 Amid Sluggish Sales, Confirming UAW Memo​

 

[Darksteel165]

Ram might have bad timing on the REV.

Recent headlines from TFL Truck:

• GM’s Electric Pickup Truck Expansion Is Delayed By One Year Due to ‘Evolving EV Demand’​

• EV Startup Volta Trucks is Bankrupt​

• Ford Cuts F-150 Lightning Shift and Lays Off 700 Amid Sluggish Sales, Confirming UAW Memo​

Never going to be a good time for the Ram EV truck.

 

[theblet]

Never going to be a good time for the Ram EV truck.

Nope. They should stick to small cars for commuting. Seems like towing/hauling anything with an EV is always going to be crap, unless the vehicle has 2 extra tons of batteries to provide more range, which will shorten the range due to weight, and take 3 days to charge.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Nope. They should stick to small cars for commuting. Seems like towing/hauling anything with an EV is always going to be crap, unless the vehicle has 2 extra tons of batteries to provide more range, which will shorten the range due to weight, and take 3 days to charge.

The RAM REV is still supposed to have the range extender options which everything thinks will be a small ICE enginez basically making it a plug in hybrid

 

[Darksteel165]

The RAM REV is still supposed to have the range extender options which everything thinks will be a small ICE enginez basically making it a plug in hybrid

The it wouldn't be an EV, it would be a hybrid which it isn't advertised as which is really odd.

 

[theblet]

A hybrid would make more sense than a full EV for a truck.

 

[OCD Solutions]

The main difference between a hybrid and an electric vehicle is how each is powered; a hybrid switches seamlessly between electric energy and a blend of petrol and electric power, whereas an electric vehicle runs on battery power alone. If there is an ICE motor to charge the batteries only, it's technically still an EV.

 

[theblet]

Every time you charge EV batteries with fossil fuels Greta Thunberg kills a kitten

 

[Rick3478]

Nope. They should stick to small cars for commuting. Seems like towing/hauling anything with an EV is always going to be crap, unless the vehicle has 2 extra tons of batteries to provide more range, which will shorten the range due to weight, and take 3 days to charge.

We could require all trailers to have generators coupled to the wheels, so that they charge the truck on the fly. And if the generators are big enough, you'll never need to plug into the grid to charge. I'm pretty sure most of the liberals would vote for that.

 

[HSKR R/T]

We could require all trailers to have generators coupled to the wheels, so that they charge the truck on the fly. And if the generators are big enough, you'll never need to plug into the grid to charge. I'm pretty sure most of the liberals would vote for that.
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Would be more simple to just have the front wheels be the drive wheels and hook the rear wheels up to a generator so you make your own power as you drive. Should be endless supply of power.

 

[theblet]

Would be more simple to just have the front wheels be the drive wheels and hook the rear wheels up to a generator so you make your own power as you drive. Should be endless supply of power.

And put a windmill on the roof.

 

[HSKR R/T]

And put a windmill on the roof.

****z didn't even think of that. Add wireless charging capability and you can wirelessly charge other cars around you with all the extra electricity you would be making

 

[Belvedere]

Keep going... I'm writing this down. Meeting with my patent attorney this weekend.

 

[Eighty]

Keep going... I'm writing this down. Meeting with my patent attorney this weekend.

I'm working on a way to harness the excess energy from my hellcat engine, and gather it into a laser beam that "shares energy" with the tires of EV cars. Write that one down.

 

[Darksteel165]

The main difference between a hybrid and an electric vehicle is how each is powered; a hybrid switches seamlessly between electric energy and a blend of petrol and electric power, whereas an electric vehicle runs on battery power alone. If there is an ICE motor to charge the batteries only, it's technically still an EV.

That's crap and you know it.
Name a single vehicle that fits the description you just made up.

If it has an ICE engine in it and electric power then it's a Hybrid.
The current Ram 1500 with eTorque is considered a (mild) hybrid and the battery does jack all to power the ICE engine.

Seems like you are trying to explain a perpetual motion machine. Using an ICE motor to charge EV batteries makes 0 sense especially if you understand anything about how batteries charge, the losses gained would be worse then just converting it over to run on the ICE engine by itself with no EV power at all.

 

[HSKR R/T]

That's crap and you know it.
Name a single vehicle that fits the description you just made up.

If it has an ICE engine in it and electric power then it's a Hybrid.
The current Ram 1500 with eTorque is considered a (mild) hybrid and the battery does jack all to power the ICE engine.

Seems like you are trying to explain a perpetual motion machine. Using an ICE motor to charge EV batteries makes 0 sense especially if you understand anything about how batteries charge, the losses gained would be worse then just converting it over to run on the ICE engine by itself with no EV power at all.

You've never studied how diesel electric locomotives work have you? The diesel engine isn't used for propulsion. They are used to spin generators creating electricity for the electric motors that turn the wheels

 

[theblet]

That's crap and you know it.
Name a single vehicle that fits the description you just made up.

If it has an ICE engine in it and electric power then it's a Hybrid.
The current Ram 1500 with eTorque is considered a (mild) hybrid and the battery does jack all to power the ICE engine.

Seems like you are trying to explain a perpetual motion machine. Using an ICE motor to charge EV batteries makes 0 sense especially if you understand anything about how batteries charge, the losses gained would be worse then just converting it over to run on the ICE engine by itself with no EV power at all.

Charging and EV with carbon is counterintuitive anyway. You’re just displacing the emissions and pretending to save the planet. Especially with the carbon penalty from making the EV, you’re in the carbon “hole” for at least 400k miles. By then you’ll have changed the batteries 5 times and your bank account will be in the hole as well.

 

[theblet]

You've never studied how diesel electric locomotives work have you? The diesel engine isn't used for propulsion. They are used to spin generators creating electricity for the electric motors that turn the wheels

Where are the batteries in this scenario? In the conductors flashlight?