Dodge Ram announced a plug-in hybrid version of the 1500

Chrysler Group has presented Washington with a plug-in hybrid version (plug chargeable) of its Ram 1500, this time with a firmer purpose prototypes that preceded it. Do not go on sale, but the 140 units will be built, will serve to develop the hybrid system in Chrysler.

These pickups were developed with a loan of $ 48 million provided by the U.S. authorities, combining a 5.7 V8 HEMI engine of 390 horses with a dual-mode transmission and a rechargeable lithium ion 12 kWh produced by the Canadian Electrovaya. Not much technical information about it (in fact, there is not photos), but we know that despite its huge size can travel 32 km in pure electric mode, and offer fuel economy in combined cycle "of more than 65%" , that no concrete figures is nothing, but it certainly will be felt at the end of the month.