The electric truck conversation out here has been stuck on the same objection for three years. It is a fair objection and nobody at a dealership should pretend otherwise. If the nearest fast charger is an hour the wrong way and it is minus 30, range is not an abstract number on a window sticker, it is whether you get home.

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The range extended truck is Ram's answer to exactly that objection, and it is now the version you can actually order. If you want to see what is on the ground while you read, our new Ram 1500 inventory is online and updated as trucks move. Here is the honest comparison against a gas Ram 1500, including the case for just buying the gas truck.

Key Takeaways

• The battery electric Ram 1500 REV was cancelled. Stellantis cancelled the all electric version on 12 September 2025, and the REV name moved over to the range extended truck. Ram Canada's own 2027 Ram 1500 REV page now describes a truck with an onboard generator, not a battery only pickup. Most of what you read online before that date is describing a product that no longer exists.
• The range extender is the whole point. Ram lists a 92 kWh battery paired with an onboard generator powered by a 3.6 litre Pentastar V6, which recharges the battery while you drive or anywhere a charging station is not available. You are never waiting on a charger to finish a trip.
• The targeted range is up to 690 miles (1,110 km). Ram labels this and the other figures below as targeted, not final, so treat them as the design goal rather than a promise.
• On paper it out tows and out carries every gas Ram 1500. Targeted maximum towing is 14,000 lb (6,350 kg) with targeted maximum payload of 2,600 lb (1,179 kg). The best gas Ram 1500 tow rating is 11,220 lb (5,089 kg) on the standard output Hurricane, and the best gas payload is 1,840 lb (835 kg).
• Plenty of people should still buy the gas truck, and we say so below. A proven powertrain, a known service network and a truck you can drive off the lot today are real advantages.

What the Range Extender Actually Changes

This is the part worth understanding properly, because it is different from both a normal hybrid and a battery electric truck.

The wheels are driven electrically all the time. There is a 92 kWh battery, and when it runs low the 3.6 litre Pentastar V6 fires up as a generator to make electricity and put it back into the battery. The engine is not turning the wheels, it is turning a generator. So the truck drives like an electric vehicle constantly, instant torque and quiet running, but it never depends on finding a charger to complete a journey.

For a Manitoba buyer that removes the objection that killed every previous electric truck conversation at our desk. You can plug it in at home overnight and do your daily running on electricity, then hook up a trailer and drive to Saskatoon without planning the trip around charging infrastructure that does not exist between here and there. The truck accepts Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 DC fast charging when you want it, but it does not need it.

That is genuinely different from the truck people argued about for the last three years, and it is why the conversation is worth reopening. Our overview of the Ram Ramcharger goes deeper on how the system is put together.

The Numbers, Side by Side

Every range extended figure below is Ram's targeted number. Every gas figure is a published Ram Canada rating for the 2026 truck. That is not the same standard of certainty, and you should weigh them accordingly.

The range extended truck, as targeted by Ram: 663 hp, 615 lb ft, 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, up to 690 miles (1,110 km) of total driving range, maximum towing 14,000 lb (6,350 kg), maximum payload 2,600 lb (1,179 kg).

The gas Ram 1500, as rated by Ram Canada: the high output 3.0 litre Hurricane twin turbo six makes 540 hp and 521 lb ft, tows up to 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) and carries up to 1,510 lb (685 kg). The standard output Hurricane makes 420 hp and 469 lb ft and is the towing champion of the gas range at up to 11,220 lb (5,089 kg), with up to 1,840 lb (835 kg) of payload. The 5.7 litre HEMI V8 makes 395 hp and 410 lb ft and tows up to 10,170 lb (4,613 kg). The 3.6 litre Pentastar V6 with eTorque makes 305 hp and 269 lb ft and tows up to 8,110 lb (3,679 kg).

The honest read on that table is that the range extended truck wins the capability comparison on paper, and it is not close. It also wins on quiet and on low end torque, which is what you feel pulling away from a stop sign with a loaded trailer. What it has not done yet is prove those numbers in a Manitoba February with real trucks in customer hands, and that matters. Our post on the Hurricane engine covers what the gas side brings, and it brings a lot.

The Cost Conversation, Honestly

We are not going to print a fuel savings number, because the honest version has too many variables and a made up figure would not survive contact with your actual driving.

What we can say is how the math works. Electricity in Manitoba is cheap relative to most of the country, which moves the running cost comparison in favour of the electric miles more here than it would in a lot of places. If your daily driving fits inside the battery and you charge at home overnight, most of your kilometres are electric kilometres. The generator burns fuel only when the battery runs down, so the more your driving fits the battery, the better the case gets.

The flip side is equally honest. If you tow heavy most days, the generator will run a lot, and you are then burning fuel to make electricity, which is not free. If you cannot charge at home, the whole cost case weakens considerably, because you lose the cheap overnight kilometres that make it work.

Pricing on the range extended truck for Canada is still settling, so we are not going to quote you a figure we cannot stand behind. Ask us for the real number on the build you want. On the gas side, every new Ram 1500 we sell carries Dunn's Eh+ value stack with the maintenance plan, anti theft protection, walkaway coverage and no dealer fees.

One thing we will not do is quote you a battery warranty term. There is no published Canadian battery coverage figure for this truck that we can verify, so we are not going to invent one. When Ram Canada publishes it, we will tell you what it says. If a battery warranty is the deciding factor for you, wait for that number in writing before you commit.

Who Should Just Buy the Gas Truck

A comparison that ends with "buy the new thing" is a sales pitch. Here is the genuine case for the gas truck.

Buy gas if you cannot charge where you park. No home charging, no case. Everything good about the range extended truck starts with cheap overnight electricity, and without it you are driving a heavier truck that makes its own electricity from fuel.

Buy gas if you want a proven powertrain. The Hurricane and the HEMI have years of real trucks behind them and a service network that has seen every failure mode. The range extended truck is new. New is not bad, but first year of anything carries a risk, and some people should not be the ones absorbing it.

Buy gas if you need a truck now. Availability on the range extended truck is limited and rolling out. There are gas Ram 1500s on our lot today.

Buy gas if your driving is mostly long haul towing. If the generator would be running most of the time anyway, you are carrying battery weight for a benefit you rarely collect.

If cold weather is your main worry either way, our post on cold weather range is worth reading, and is an electric truck worth it in Manitoba covers the broader question. If you are choosing between engines on the gas side instead, gas versus diesel is the comparison you actually want.

FAQs

Is the Ramcharger the same as the Ram 1500 REV?

Effectively yes, now. Stellantis cancelled the battery electric Ram 1500 REV on 12 September 2025 and moved the REV name to the range extended truck. Ram Canada's 2027 Ram 1500 REV page describes a truck with a 92 kWh battery and an onboard generator powered by a 3.6 litre Pentastar V6. Articles written before that date describing a battery only REV are out of date.

How far can the Ramcharger go?

Ram lists a targeted total driving range of up to 690 miles (1,110 km), combining the 92 kWh battery with the onboard generator. Ram labels the figure as targeted rather than final, and real world range always depends on load, speed and temperature.

Does the Ramcharger need to be plugged in?

No. It accepts Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 DC fast charging, but the onboard generator can recharge the battery while you drive, so the truck can complete a trip without a charging station. Charging at home overnight is where the running cost advantage comes from, so plugging in is worth doing even though it is not required.

Does it tow more than a gas Ram 1500?

On Ram's targeted figures, yes. Targeted maximum towing is 14,000 lb (6,350 kg) with targeted maximum payload of 2,600 lb (1,179 kg). The strongest gas Ram 1500 tow rating is 11,220 lb (5,089 kg) on the standard output Hurricane, with a best gas payload of 1,840 lb (835 kg).

What is the battery warranty in Canada?

There is no published Canadian battery warranty term for this truck that we can verify, so we will not quote one. Ask us and we will tell you exactly what Ram Canada has confirmed at the time you are buying rather than guessing.

The Bottom Line

The range extended Ram is the first electric truck we can recommend to somebody in Portage la Prairie without a list of caveats about charging infrastructure, because the generator removes the part of the argument that never worked out here. On Ram's targeted numbers it out tows and out carries every gas Ram 1500, and it does its daily kilometres on cheap Manitoba electricity.

The caveats that remain are real ones. The figures are targeted rather than proven, the Canadian pricing is still settling, the battery coverage is not published, and if you cannot charge at home the whole case falls apart. That is a genuinely good truck with genuinely open questions, which is a fair thing to say about anything this new.

Come look at both. We will put a gas Ram 1500 and the range extended numbers side by side against your actual driving and towing, and tell you which one we would buy in your situation. Start with the new Ram 1500 inventory, get a number on your current truck with an instant cash offer, and when you are ready our finance application takes a couple of minutes.

Tyler Dunn, Dunn Ram Trucks, Portage la Prairie