Here comes RAM! Again?
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From: Central KY
I said it then and I'll say it again now, I hope that gas generator is optional and not standard. I don't need or want it. All I want/need is something to get me to homedepot, work, and the ocassional fishing hole and I'm good. The Ram is the only reservation I currently hold for an ev truck. The rest of them are just too expensive and it doesn't look like that cyber truck is ever going to be released.
The earlier 3.6 engines had some head problems and had a head redesign around 2014. I don't know about the cylinder problems, and I haven't heard or read anything about it on the Ram forum.
My 3.6 only has 32k on it, and I may or may not reach 100k before I end up not driving or passing on. I've had my '87 F-150 since 1992, that had 76k on it when I bought it. I only have 132k on it now, and it was my main transportation most of the time until recently since I bought it.
Hopefully I will have good luck with it, but you never know.
My 3.6 only has 32k on it, and I may or may not reach 100k before I end up not driving or passing on. I've had my '87 F-150 since 1992, that had 76k on it when I bought it. I only have 132k on it now, and it was my main transportation most of the time until recently since I bought it.
Hopefully I will have good luck with it, but you never know.
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Thing is most people are in the opposite camp. Range anxiety and charging time is the #1 thing preventing EV truck sales. Ram is doing the right thing by eliminating all the concerns. People can charge this truck at home and drive to town and back and never use gas if they want. But they also can hook up the boat or the 13,000 lb. camper and go on a long trip. It's the best of both worlds.
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From: Utica, Nebraska
Thing is most people are in the opposite camp. Range anxiety and charging time is the #1 thing preventing EV truck sales. Ram is doing the right thing by eliminating all the concerns. People can charge this truck at home and drive to town and back and never use gas if they want. But they also can hook up the boat or the 13,000 lb. camper and go on a long trip. It's the best of both worlds.
I've had 4 of the Pentastar 3.6 engines, from 2012 to 2021 in four totally different vehicles. I had the issue on the 2012 where casting sand wasn't cleaned out properly at the factory and it clogged the heater core. Otherwise not one single issue with any of those engines. And I towed heavy with a couple of them too, max capacity up and down the hills of Kentucky. They are excellent engines....best in the business. They won Wards Best Engines awards in multiple years with that engine.
I've had 4 of the Pentastar 3.6 engines, from 2012 to 2021 in four totally different vehicles. I had the issue on the 2012 where casting sand wasn't cleaned out properly at the factory and it clogged the heater core. Otherwise not one single issue with any of those engines. And I towed heavy with a couple of them too, max capacity up and down the hills of Kentucky. They are excellent engines....best in the business. They won Wards Best Engines awards in multiple years with that engine.
The amount power needed to keep EVs charged needs to be addressed before there's more commitment to have them be widely produced. Glad electric semis aren't getting that popular, a truck stop would need a lot of power to get those charged up.
Seeing the problems the Lightning is having with range while towing, I'm kind of glad Ram is going this route. But I wish they chose a better engine to run the generator.
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