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2025 Ram Ramcharger - Built By The Insane For The Gullible
Uncle Tony's Garage ^
| 2023/11/09
| Uncle Tony
Posted on 11/10/2023 9:53:17 AM PST by old-ager
Sez Uncle Tony: "When we heard that the new for 2025 Ram Ramcharger EV was going to be equipped with a gasoline powered generator to be used as a "range extender", it seemed like a practical and novel answer to the issue of range anxiety. " The reality is they've created an over stuffed, over complicated, oversized Frankenstein that has no accurate classification within the current world of vehicles. It's not an EV, It's not a Hybrid and it's not anything that could ever be considered sustainable."
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: electric; ev; firetraps; frankenstein; fronkensteen; mopar; ram; ramcharger; truck
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Sez Uncle Tony: "When we heard that the new for 2025 Ram Ramcharger EV was going to be equipped with a gasoline powered generator to be used as a "range extender", it seemed like a practical and novel answer to the issue of range anxiety. " The reality is they've created an over stuffed, over complicated, oversized Frankenstein that has no accurate classification within the current world of vehicles. It's not an EV, It's not a Hybrid and it's not anything that could ever be considered sustainable."
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posted on
11/10/2023 9:53:17 AM PST
by
old-ager
To: old-ager
Includes a 3.6 liter V6 to power on-board electric generator. The engine has no mechanical coupling to the drive train.
Nothing to go wrong here.
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posted on
11/10/2023 9:54:20 AM PST
by
old-ager
To: old-ager
So what’s the price gonna be on this junk?
$80,000?
$100,000 for the top of the line?
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posted on
11/10/2023 9:55:30 AM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: old-ager
That’s a hell of a generator.
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posted on
11/10/2023 9:57:29 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: old-ager
2025 Ram Ramcharger EV Sounds like something Dodge would roll out at the Boots & Saddle in NYC’s Greenwich Village on Gay Pride Day.
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posted on
11/10/2023 9:57:35 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
To: old-ager
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posted on
11/10/2023 9:58:05 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: old-ager
On another thread about this vehicle, somebody called it a “locomotive.” That’s a good description...except locomotives don’t carry huge battery plants.
But the “loco” part certainly fits.
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posted on
11/10/2023 9:58:47 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: old-ager
The Prius actually works like that, so it can be done.
But I wouldn’t trust Chrysler with that level of complexity. Especially a brand new model.
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posted on
11/10/2023 9:58:56 AM PST
by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: shotgun
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:00:00 AM PST
by
old-ager
To: Reverend Wright
> Prius
I believe the Prius connects the engine to the wheels.
This truck does not. It’s more like a diesel electric locomotive.
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:01:04 AM PST
by
old-ager
To: old-ager
How many Starbuck moms buy Ram Chargers?
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:03:11 AM PST
by
bray
(You can tell who the Commies fear.)
To: old-ager
Sorry Uncle Tony, but the concept of an electric truck with an onboard ICE generator range extender isn't exclusive to Ram.
Edison Motors had a great build series on YouTube documenting the construction their electric logging semi that also has a built-in Caterpillar diesel generator as a range extender. All the generator does is charge the batteries when required.
The Edison Motors electric semi has a unique and I think clever use case, in that the truck is designed to go up a mountain empty using battery power, then come back down the mountain loaded and using regen to charge the batteries. Range can be extended by the onboard Cat diesel generator.
https://youtu.be/an6e2Lh9u58
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:03:32 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: old-ager
Sounds like a bomb waiting to explode.
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:05:36 AM PST
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: old-ager
Not a bad idea if it were a ship. The Navy used tenders with diesel generators to power electric propulsion for the propellors. It has its advantages. Electric motors get 100% of torque at 0 rpm.
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:07:05 AM PST
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Yo-Yo
stupid truck. ridiculous.
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:07:45 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: old-ager
having dodge on the front of this one is appropriate...
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:08:29 AM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: old-ager
“Includes a 3.6 liter V6 to power on-board electric generator.”
Why do they need a generator that large?
To: alternatives?
Why do they need a generator that large?
that's what she said.
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:10:29 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: old-ager; All
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:14:57 AM PST
by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: old-ager
Despite his dismay, this may not be such a far-fetched idea. Electric motors may produce more power and torque to drive the vehicle then a gas engine. They should rightfully call us a hybrid, but they are probably trying to squeeze it in under the category of an electric vehicle, because of states like California.
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posted on
11/10/2023 10:16:14 AM PST
by
Reno89519
(It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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