The Ram 1500 has gone from being the latest (and nicest) pickup available on the market to the oldest within the space of just a number of short years. The Stellantis truck construct is seeking to leapfrog the competition yet again for the 2025 model 12 months, bringing recent turbocharged, six-cylinder engines rather than the old iron-block Hemis and introducing a range-extended electric model with a bladder-busting 690 miles of total theoretical range — and also you never must visit a charging station if you happen to don’t need to.
Put one other way (and Ram did in its announcement, multiple times): the range on the 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger is effectively unlimited. Due to its onboard generator (which looks like, feels like and actually is solely a 3.6-liter Pentastar V6), there is not any such thing as a dead drive battery unless you run out of gas. Within the words of Ram brand CEO Tim Kuniskis: “Range anxiety, gone.”
As for the usual battery-powered Ram REV, we have already seen the small print.
The Ramcharger should have the ability to dismiss nearly any performance anxiety, actually. On top of its 690-mile effective range, Ram says the brand new electric truck will produce 663 horsepower and 615 lb.-ft of torque. That needs to be ok to propel it to 60 mph in only 4.4 seconds — just 2/10ths slower than a Dodge Challenger Scat Pack. Power comes from dual motors. The front unit produces 250 kW (335 horsepower) and the rear one other 238 kW (320 hp). They’re fed by that Pentastar V6, which serves as a 130-kilowatt generator mated to the 92-kWh battery pack.
Most vital, that is not a hybrid. Sure, it has each gasoline and electric motivators under all that sheetmetal, but only the electrical motors can drive the axles. The three.6-liter Pentastar is exclusively fitted to act as a generator for the battery pack, and there isn’t any physical output from the engine that may turn the Ramcharger’s wheels. For all intents and purposes (and importantly, compliance with government mandates), that is battery EV.
But don’t fret, it’s still a truck. In actual fact, with a max tow rating of 14,000 kilos (class V), it even out-pulls the outgoing gasoline-powered Ram 1500, which offers max trailering of just 12,750 kilos. That is paired with a 2,625-pound payload capability. Even with that vast, heavy battery pack, this thing can haul plenty of mulch.
While that stands out as the biggest news for the 2025 Ram lineup, that is not the tip of it. In another 12 months, the death of the Hemi V8 can be a headline-dominating piece of knowledge, but paradoxically drowned out by the silent Ramcharger. That the 5.7- and 6.4-liter Hemi V8s are being thrown out in favor of Ram’s recent Hurricane inline-six engine is actually significant, nevertheless it’s just not that much of a surprise. The rollout of the Hurricane I6 began with the volume-driven Jeep Grand Cherokee and the upmarket Jeep Wagoneer. We’ll get each variants within the Ram, along with the returning 3.6-liter Hemi V6. No V8 or diesel will probably be offered within the 1500 for 2025. That is right; no V8, TRX included. For now, that sub-model is “shelved,” in Ram’s words.
The three.0-liter Hurricane engine is rated at 420 horsepower and 469 lb.-ft. of torque, while the High Output engine is rated at 540 hp and 521 lb.-ft. of torque. Ram says the 2025 Ram 1500 maxes out at 11,580 kilos of towing capability and a maximum payload of two,300 kilos — each lower than what you get from the Ramcharger, but still quite respectable. Ram offered no specs on the three.6-liter Pentastar as an actual engine (versus a generator), nevertheless it’s protected to assume it carries over its 305 hp and 269 lb-ft of torque. If not, it should not less than be within the ballpark. All three engines will probably be offered exclusively with the corporate’s TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic.
Ram says the 1500 can be getting a brand new rear axle for 2025. It’ll be offered in 3.21, 3.55 or 3.92:1 variants depending in your engine and towing selections; the electronic locking rear differential option also returns, which should go without saying.
Also recent for 2025 is an ultra-premium trim dubbed “Tungsten,” which should help Ram nudge the 1500 into six-figure territory without help from the TRX’s supercharged 6.2-liter V8. Ram’s description reads like something out of an old Bentley brochure; actually, you really want to read this for yourself. Test it out:
Tungsten’s Indigo/Sea Salt interior includes recent platinum patina/semi-bright dual-textured metal accents featuring diamond knurling, suede-wrapped headliner, A- and B-pillars and visors, and heated and ventilated premium quilted Natura Plus leather driver and front passenger seats with 24-way power, including memory settings and a massage function, power lumbar support and four-way powered headrests. Other features that give Tungsten a well-crafted, high-quality feel and appearance include a Tungsten badge on the middle console featuring inlaid metal lettering and diamond knurling, which also proudly displays the vehicle identification number (or VIN), brushed platinum patina aluminum litho bezels, a novel crystal-effect shifter center cap, an ultra-premium Klipsch Reference Premiere audio system with 23 speakers, all-new class exclusive dual wireless chargers and a metal pedal kit.
Catch all that? Good. Because we’re moving on. Other interior upgrades include revamped touchscreens (12-inch standard, 14.-5 inch configurable and 10.25-inch available on the passenger side, a la Grand Cherokee). The 2025 Ram 1500 utilizes the corporate’s recent “Atlas” electrical architecture, which enables each all the battery-electric shenanigans and the most recent gadgets integrated into Uconnect 5, including level 2 and level 2-“plus” semi-autonomous driving suites. Ram has also integrated a customizable, full-color HUD that may display turn-by-turn navigation, current speed, current gear and speed limit together with safety alerts for Lane Departure, Lane Keep Assist and the adaptive cruise control. A 12.3-inch cluster display sits on the far side of the steering wheel.
There’s also a 1.8-kilowatt onboard inverter to power each in-cabin and in-bed accessories (just like the low-output version of Ford’s Pro Power Onboard) and the digital rearview mirror returns with more integration into the truck’s tow/haul modes. As we learned recently, having a digital backup for such things can turn out to be useful.
The 2025 Ram 1500 will go on sale starting next 12 months, with the Ramcharger arriving in showrooms sometime in late Q3 or early Q4. Search for pricing and packaging details as we catch up with to its on-sale date. Stay tuned.
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