what about gas engines? hurricane or hemi?
I see nothing about the Hurricane in an HD. But with the 1500, it's all they talk about...for 2025... therefore as early as third quarter 2024 pointing out a version called the "Tungsten" ABOVE the Limited trim along with a TRX version of the Hurricane. I'm thinking that 2025 will be the year for any big changes for the 2500/3500, hopefully making the cab bigger like the present 1500, perhaps getting rid of the mega cab???. That extra four inches in the cab makes a difference having had a 20211500.
There was talk at one point of Cummins working on a multi-fuel 6.7 block (same block as the diesel) that when properly set up would work with anything from gas to hydrogen... I've heard NOTHING on that now for awhile. I'm wondering at the apparently high output Hurricane that will be used in the TRX 1500. Apparently, 500 horsepower, vs like 400 in the basic Hurricane set up, torque in the 1500 is looking at 450 regular 475 high output. Even the standard config will up the 1500's specs technically above the 6.4 in a 2500.
If it works, perhaps a slightly detuned version of the high output version??? for the 2500??? This all looks better than the present 410 HP and 429 torque in the present 6.4...but you lose the Hemi growl... Apparently, the big draw for the essentially clean sheet Hurricane is that it works very well with hybrid systems less weight, foundationally a robust design etc. If you can add hybrid designed to boost HP and Torque enhance mpg in a substantive fashion (will have to be far superior than etorque on 5.7's) on top of even an Standard Output Hurricane, you could be talking still about gas... tack 3 to 5 mpg and you got a winner. There has to be something in the works. The Ram HD's, 2500/3500 set up is so long in the tooth that it will not be able to compete...at all... Expect the 2024 year sales to suck for air against GM and Ford.
And the key to success is NOT to match the competition but to beat them. Pure electric will not cut it for at least 5 to 10 years IF it even wins out. Apparently, Japan has figured out a way to store hydrogen in a matrix of ammonia that is "low pressure" AND can be released at relatively low temps instead of the high pressure, super cold standard of today so maybe ICE is still in play.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/simple-affordable-way-store-hydrogen-perovskite The Japanese are still focused on hydrogen as a core power source as in theory you can pull it from air and water no logistical/supply chain issues making you dependent upon others and able to used existing power/engine technology... The Japanese won't let go of ICE tech and IF they could ever get it easily pumped into a vehicle it would eventually displace electric that is NOT nearly as green as everyone wants to say... The logistics of lithium is nasty, with mines, long international supply chains and still geographically dependent and therefore manipulable at a geo political level... Hydrogen is right here right now in the air we breathe and the water we drink. AND, the existing "oil" companies could use existing infrastructure so no major changes for them... A big incentive...
The next few years will be interesting to say the least...well if we survive as a species that is.