Not very surprising that Stellantis would attempt to make a virtue of being the last major automaker to recognize the most profound technology shift in the automotive industry in the last century. I am surprised they would do so by making a sexual joke about their competition, who are not only eating their lunch, but some are poised to dominate the market in the next decade.

I just purchased a Ford Lightning Platinum and because I have a work application, towing two trailers around the US for the Electric car Guest Drive, I’m in the market for another electric truck.

But it likely won’t be a RAM. What a total turn-off.

This truck is designed for people who actually use a work trock as a work truck. Not suburbanites who use them as grocery getters. I drive 38,000+ miles per year 600 miles one way every two to three weeks carrying drilling gear and instruments over roads and I use the word roads loosely. Mostly dirt paths once you are on site for dozens of miles off highway. A car could not make the trip 4x4 is required. Once on-site there is no electric infrastructure its all diesel or natural gas generators so an EV truck would need to be able to haul 2000+ lbs of gear over a 200+ mile round trip and sit for 2-3 weeks unplugged while still having enough charge to get back to civilization. The generator in this truck solves all of those issues. It will allow an unlimited range with a bed mounted auxillary tank my current F250 has 100 gallons of extra diesel in the bed tank. That's 1500 miles of range off road and 2600 in a highway btw. Dodge has access to Cummins engines they should cut the Cummins B6.7 fuel agnostic engine in half and use that for the on-board generator. That engine can burn virtually anything. Diesel,gasoline,propane,natural gas,and hydrogen. Given that biodiesel, landfill or renewable natural gas as well as ethanol, or renewable propane exist there is no reason not to have a range extender. Having a on board 50+ kw generator also means job site power is solved with that bed tank you have at least a weeks worth of diesel for on site power needs. Four 55 gal drums adds 200+ more gallons to the party. There simply is no substitute for the energy density of liquid fuels be them hydrocarbons or alcohols also hydrocarbon btw. That energy density is a matter of physics. I want one of these range extended trucks because running a diesel generator at its peak efficiency point will double or even triple the MPG and that puts money into my pockets with reduced travel expenses while billing the client full rates.