Extended Range Juice Volt 
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
The Blue Oval will look to extended-range EVs (EREVs) as a way to electrify future SUVs and pickups, including the Super Duty brand. EREVs arent really a new thing, as the Chevy Volt debuted around a decade ago with the tech, but there hasnt been much movement with the configuration in the last few years.
Revenge of the Electric Car
OCTOBER 23, 2008
GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem. Lots going on with batteries now, as John O’Dell’s piece below illustrates. that got the nod.
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Plugs and Cars
JANUARY 18, 2010
It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. Commonly dubbed a "fast charge," Level III is higher voltage and a considerable investment, around $60,000 (including installation) for their 480-volt, 125-amp offering.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 6, 2025
The Ramcharger is whats known as an extended-range electric vehicle, or EREV. The Chevrolet Volt , produced from 2010 to 2019, also used its gasoline engine largely as a generator, although it could partially propel the car in certain conditions. The short-lived 2012 Fisker Karma took a similar approach.
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
A 92-kilowatt-hour battery and a 130-kilowatt generator combine to bring the juice. Ram is touting a total system horsepower of 663 with 615 lb-ft of torque and a range of 690 miles. Yes, the Ramcharger is basically an extended-range electric. The towing capacity is 14,000 pounds, with a payload of up to 2,625 pounds.
Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
According to Ford , a driver can roll this beast into a garage mounted with the $1310 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro, where its AC pins can deliver a full overnight charge at 19 kW output to the truck’s 98 kWh (131 kWh if you have the extended extra-big-range) lithium-ion battery. No word yet on which EVs will take part. (GM
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Ram is touting the new Ramcharger truck , which is an extended-range electric, or E-REV. The Ramcharger is not the first E-REV on the market -- the Chevrolet Volt blazed that particular trail some 15 years ago -- but it is one of only a few that we've seen for sale over the years. Yet we haven't seen many on the market.
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