Dodge Pick-Up PHEV

Just think how many miles it'd get with the pickup bed full of batteries!

Why waste the bed space with batteries? Ford managed to keep a functional truck with the Ranger EV. I got to pull the battery pack out of one a couple years ago. Tested all 25 Panasonic NiMH batteries and put it all back together. Would love to see the range if somebody ever sets one of those up with a Lithium pack.:smile:

Car seems to be a little bit schizophrenic if it's a dodge or chrysler...
(Yes I know it's basically the same brand anyway)

One of these maybe:
Chrysler Delivers 28 PHEV Ram Pickups to Sacramento and San Francisco

matbl said:

Car seems to be a little bit schizophrenic if it's a dodge or chrysler...
(Yes I know it's basically the same brand anyway)

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Not to put too fine a point on it, but Chrysler created the Ram brand for all its trucks a few years ago so technically, there are no new Dodge trucks any more. (They used to be Dodge Ram trucks).

Wow! This is cool! My contractor guys would love this! They can forget about having 120V circuits trip all the time with their welders.

http://electriccarsreport.com/ said:

For on-the-job electrical power tools, a 240 volt/30 amp four-prong outlet and 120volt/20amp duplex outlet power strip is located in the rear box.

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Via Motors is doing similar things...

This really is a great use for a PHEV. I'm only guessing but I bet these contractor worksite trucks don't drive very far during a normal day or maybe are parked at times near 240V outlets. So even a 20 mile EV range could be useful.

dsm363 said:

This really is a great use for a PHEV. I'm only guessing but I bet these contractor worksite trucks don't drive very far during a normal day or maybe are parked at times near 240V outlets. So even a 20 mile EV range could be useful.

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Yep definitely. And also have a factory fitted decent sized inverter onboard for those sites without onsite power (yet) or for worksites in the middle of nowhere. I think this would be a great selling point. No need to carry around or worry about a work generator and fuel can. Use the battery to drive to site one day or use the onboard battery to power tools on another day. Great option to have IMO. The new Mitsi Outlander PHEV has this potential now but is not very practical as a trade vehicle.

I am very happy with this development.