Narg
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Just saw a news article on the upcoming RAM EV truck announcement. That article stated the RAM EV truck was expected to have up to a 500 mile range. Add to that the range extender option, and this truck might answer 99.9% of all the questions naysayers have one EV trucks. Original article
500 miles is a norm for gas powered trucks these days. And since even with gas or diesel, you only get about 50% of miles normally while towing this makes the EV idea work for trucks in my opinion. Alex on Autos channel on YouTube proved that no matter the powertrain, all trucks get around 50%, give or take, of normal miles with a large load behind them. Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7hy5DSLR-U
Of course out of my current 2020 Ram 1500, with a 36 gallon tank, I have a optimistic best mile range of around 700 miles. Some Diesel RAMs were pushing 1000 miles range. But meeting the basic norm with EV seems to me to be a major step forward. Once battery tech improves, I bet we see 1000 mile ranges on trucks in the near to moderate future.
500 miles is a norm for gas powered trucks these days. And since even with gas or diesel, you only get about 50% of miles normally while towing this makes the EV idea work for trucks in my opinion. Alex on Autos channel on YouTube proved that no matter the powertrain, all trucks get around 50%, give or take, of normal miles with a large load behind them. Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7hy5DSLR-U
Of course out of my current 2020 Ram 1500, with a 36 gallon tank, I have a optimistic best mile range of around 700 miles. Some Diesel RAMs were pushing 1000 miles range. But meeting the basic norm with EV seems to me to be a major step forward. Once battery tech improves, I bet we see 1000 mile ranges on trucks in the near to moderate future.