The Class-Leading 2025 Ramcharger REx: From Its Hybrid Heartbeat to Its Modern Technologies

What do you expect from a Ram truck? If you’re like most people, you anticipate luxury and brute strength, two characteristics that haven’t always had a close relationship because trucks have long been touted as practical workhorses. Ram has changed that entirely, building opulent, innovative, and incredibly capable trucks with few limitations that ensure drivers enjoy the best of both worlds. We see these characteristics take a new, electrifying turn in the 2025 Ramcharger REx, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) destined to turn heads.

The 2025 Ramcharger REx guarantees a transformative and exciting experience in the driver’s seat while ushering the Ram fleet into a new era of capability and power. This electrified model is remarkable, and as your Ram dealer near Leduc, we’re here with a closer look at the truck’s hybrid heartbeat and innovative technologies. Here’s how the 2025 Ramcharger REx leads the segment with its exceptional technologies, driving range, payload, and towing capacities.

The Heart of the Road Warrior

Ram jumps on the EV bandwagon with the 2025 Ramcharger REx but does so in a unique way by answering the primary concerns among potential EV owners: range and capability. Gas and diesel trucks are familiar, with their internal combustion engines proving their reliability and longevity over the last century. So, as with anything new, it’s only natural for drivers to question the rising popularity of electric trucks and how an electric heartbeat can match the capability we’ve come to expect from our road warriors.

Ram takes a unique approach with the Ramcharger REx, combining an award-winning gasoline engine with electric power. Built on the all-new STLA Frame platform designated for full-size electric vehicles, the Ramcharger REx relies on electricity and gas. Its primary heartbeat is the award-winning 3.6L Pentastar V6 engine, which acts as an onboard generator for the liquid-cooled 92 kWh battery pack. The setup sends power to the front and rear electric drive modules, producing 663 hp and 615 lb-ft of near-instant torque.

By combining the 3.6L V6 engine with the electric drive modules and battery, Ram achieves something impressive by extending the Ramcharger REx driving range and solidifying its capability. This truck has an estimated range of over 1,000 km, travelling far beyond the Chevy Silverado EV’s estimated 640 km range and allowing Leduc drivers to travel further without worry. Likewise, the Ramcharger REx offers the brute strength expected of a full-size road warrior, towing up to an estimated 6,350 kg and supporting a payload of up to 1,179 kg. Again, the Silverado EV is far less capable, with a towing maximum of 4,535 kg.

Recharging and Refueling

Ram adds to the appeal of the 2025 Ramcharger REx by making it incredibly easy to recharge and refuel. Drivers are already accustomed to filling up the tank with fuel, making it easy to adopt the hybrid lifestyle. Fortunately, recharging the battery is just as straightforward, whether at home or on the road.

The Ramcharger REx features a smart charging port that works with Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 DC Fast Charging stations. The port is protected in a weatherproof enclosure with a lock and is built with a quick-release function. The straightforward design makes recharging the battery as easy as plugging in a smartphone at home, whether using a 120-volt outlet for Level 1 charging or a 240-volt outlet for faster Level 2 charging.

Recharging is just as hassle-free when you’re on the road, thanks to Ram’s Free2move Charge App, which gives drivers access to public charging stations across Canada. These Level 2 and Level 3 DC Fast Charging stations are readily accessible and easily located in the app, which integrates with the expansive centre touchscreen display. But what happens if you’re venturing beyond Leduc, where public charging stations aren’t readily available?

Ram thinks of everything, giving you the confidence to explore by equipping the Ramcharger REx with the ability to recharge its battery without an external power source. The built-in range extender is a DC generator powered by the truck’s 3.6L Pentastar V6 engine. This means you can hit a gas station and recharge the 92 kWh battery pack as you drive.

Performance Insights and Tools

Like most electric vehicles, the 2025 Ramcharger REx features regenerative braking that helps extend the truck’s driving range. A standard mechanical braking system wastes a lot of energy, but a regenerative braking system captures that energy and uses it to recharge the battery and extend the range. The system engages when you take your foot off the accelerator, using this opportunity to slow the truck’s speed and simultaneously recharge the battery. As a result, the range increases, and you extend the longevity of your brakes because there’s less wear and tear.

Beyond regenerative braking, Ram also equips the Ramcharger REx with selectable Drive Modes and Efficiency Pages that give you vital insights into the truck’s performance. For example, the Efficiency Pages provide data about the flow of energy, real-time range predictions, and the battery's condition. Then, based on this information, you can select the optimal Drive Mode, choosing from Battery Hold, Electric Mode, eAWD, eSport, Charge-Depleting Mode, and Eco Mode.

Advanced Technology for a Modern Road Warrior

The 2025 Ramcharger REx strikes the perfect balance between the gas-powered Ram 1500 we love and the all-electric Ram 1500 REV, producing a powerhouse that’s wildly efficient and engaging to drive. Ram sweetens the truck’s packaging by adding advanced technologies that complement the truck's modern capability and potent heartbeat. What do we mean?

Every experience in the driver’s seat is engaging and dynamic, thanks to the model's modern and tech-centric cockpit. This cockpit is framed by a 31 cm Driver Information Digital Cluster Display and a 37 cm centre touchscreen display. While the driver display features performance insights, the centre display is a hub of connectivity, offering seamless smartphone integration, navigation tools, and in-vehicle apps like Efficiency Pages. To the right of the centre display sits an available 27 cm Passenger Interactive Display, which gives your copilot access to the Uconnect 5 multimedia system.

These displays are integral as you navigate your life around Leduc in the Ramcharger REx, but they’re not the only technologies that impact your experience. Ram heightens your situational awareness and prioritizes your safety by outfitting the 2025 Ramcharger REx with an extensive suite of driver-assist tools that minimize the potential for collisions. Standard tools like Lane Departure, Lane Keep Assist, and Adaptive Cruise Control add to the truck's value and set the stage for more advanced technologies like Hands-Free Highway Assist and Autonomous Parallel and Perpendicular Parking Assist. These tools let you take your hands off the wheel, whether cruising at highway speeds or attempting to maneuver the truck into a tight parking space.

Setting a New Benchmark

Leduc drivers deserve to get behind the wheel of a truck that’s innovative, luxurious, capable, and affordable. While these characteristics are often mutually exclusive, Ram refuses to ask its customers to choose or settle for less. Instead, trucks like the 2025 Ramcharger REx promise and deliver it all, from its potent hybrid powertrain that offers a class-leading driving range to its exceptional towing and payload capacities. Add in the truck’s innovative connectivity, safety, and driver-assist technologies, and the 2025 Ramcharger REx is easily and undeniably the new benchmark in the segment.