lospinoj
Junior Member
Was considering trading in my 2016 1500 5.7 for a 2024 5.7 w/e-torque, got a great offer with a trade in but gut told me to walk away. The physics of the thing is simple enough, but looking at the numbers seems like there's only enough energy in the battery to get a 6,000 lb truck up to 60 mph about 1.5 times but I can't imagine anything close to that amount of power going through the fan belt. It's only designed to capture some breaking energy otherwise wasted and to be able to smooth out the start part of the stop/start (I hate that too) and provide momentary boost to torque. What could it save on gas vs. increased cost buried in the purchase price and the risk of additional complexity? Do truck buyers want quality/reliability/horsepower or fancy technology and a .8 MPG improvement?
Things like e-torque might make sense from RAM's point of view, the EPA forces them to increase their overall MPG numbers up every year, but not so sure it makes sense from the consumers point of view, well not this consumer anyway.
Things like e-torque might make sense from RAM's point of view, the EPA forces them to increase their overall MPG numbers up every year, but not so sure it makes sense from the consumers point of view, well not this consumer anyway.