In the electrified era, joint acronyms EV, HEV and PHEV. Get used to a brand new term: Reev.
Ram presented its recent Range Extender Electric Vehicle (Reev) on Tuesday, the 2026 RAM 1500 Ramcharger. The Ramcharger is a truck for purchasers who want electric vehicles (EV) elderly, but with the realm of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). His internal internal combustion engine (ICE)-a 3.6-liter Pentaststar V-6 act as a generator and begins with the battery tile. It is sort of a gas generator that’s connected to your home when the electrical power starts.
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Tim Kuniskis, CEO of RAM, calls it the Goldillocks Truck: It is good for the electrified customer, EV performance and ice use. It can be just the best thing for Stellantis NV that was exposed to massive fines for the sale of too many V-8-Ices and never enough green electric vehicles.
Kuniskis made it clear that the foundations of the federal government forced the industry to make EVs with a purpose to “comply with the regulations”.
“Who calls the recordings? The government? Or is it the customer who used to be the case? “He said that the Ramcharger, 7,507-pound-free, said.
In view of the bet of the auto industry/the state bet on EVS and electrical truck sales, RAM is determined to make an electrified collection that will satisfy both its master, its consumers and his bureaucrat. Therefore, it increased the production of the Ramcharger to the second half of 2025 due to the “overwhelming” consumer interest, while indefinitely postponed the so-called RAM REV-PICKUP. The Ramcharger fulfills the California Sulev III regulations of California, which will target the entire electrical turnover by 2035.
Here are five things about the Ramcharger.
1) How Reev works. In contrast to a HEV or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), the Ramcharger is an EV with a gas engine assist-no gas engine with an electrical assist.
As with an EV, the BIG 92 KWH battery of the Ramcharger (approximately the size of a long-distance Tesla model X) supplies twin engines, one on each axis. Only when the battery is exhausted does the generator also come known as the V-6 one to supply the battery with electricity and generate enough juice to turn the engines. There is no direct connection of motor to wheels.
Download the battery overnight and the Ramcharger delivers about 145 miles electrical reach. When this deteriorates, the ice occurs for an estimated total electric gas range of 690 miles. No long stops on charging stations on road rides. No reach.
“Charge? Who is that interested?” said Kuniskis. “It runs from the generator.”
2) truck performance. With the electrical output, the 400-volt architecture items of the Ramcharger, formidable numbers with 647 hp and 610 pound foot torque, which makes it the most powerful RAM on the market, with the RAM RHO RHO RHO performance truck 521 pound foot of the torque with a torque of the RAM (discounted). Ford Lightning EVS 3.8 seconds.
As for the Pickup utility, the Ramcharger advertises a maximum payload of £ 2,625 and a towing capacity of £ 14,000.
3) Eight lug bikes. The provider power of the Ramcharger requires high equipment. In addition to the high-strength steel rails to carry almost four tons of weight, the pickup drives on wheels with eight lugner-typical for high-performance trucks, not the light colleagues of the Ramcharger.
4) Drive modes. Jeep has a lot of experience with PHEVS, and the Ramcharger offers drive modes similar to its Stellantis Staffate. In Electric + mode, the Ramcharger maximizes its battery edition before the generator (at about 145 miles) is called up for support. Or you can choose e-SAVE mode to carry out the engine/generator alone. Or you can select the ECO mode to maximize the electrical area.
5) Toys, toys, toys. In accordance with other HEV and EV trucks, Ramcharger can charge another EV, charge your home during a blackout and supply several electrical devices on a tailgate with electricity. Ramcharger has signature-RAM elements such as smooth rides, a rear rear suspension with multi-link and hands-free help for supported driving on these long, 690 mile trips. You will know the Ramcharger through its unique, carseful fascia and updated RAM badge.
Ramcharger-like Most EVS is aimed at luxury buyers with Rams Posh Interior, including 14.5-inch touchscreen, 12.3-inch instrument cluster and 10.25-inch passenger screen. All of this hardware is not cheap. Expect a starting price north of $ 70,000 if it is offered for sale later this year.
Due to the gas engine on board, Ramcharger needs more maintenance than a conventional EV, but the managers said that they will take longer between oil changes and other routine expectations because the generator does not run constantly. The ice is occasionally increasing automatically if it did not run in a certain time to protect the engine's health and ensure that water does not infiltrate in the engine oil.
“With unlimited battery-electric range, the RAM 1500 Ramcharger is the highlight of the sunshine pickup truck segment and the last word electric automobile,” said Kuniskis. “The recent Ramcharger is a beast (without) zero need for a public charger.”
(Staff Writer Luke Ramseth contributed.)
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