As a Volt owner, I love the RamCharger… But for what a nicely optioned one would cost I’d likely be better off paying for a 1 ton F-350 diesel for the assured extra towing capacity.

Still… I think towing with Ramcharger could be better than my current F-150 as the Ramcharger would be heavier, and have a lot more HP/Torque. Additionally I could level 1 charge it on site at the campgrounds so would have less gas use while out exploring the areas we camp in, but also likely be at full charge for the drive home. Would definitely increase my towing MPGs a bit.

Gen2 Volt owner here. Oil change every two years and that is based on Factory recommended calendar as we don’t put enough “gas Miles” on it to hit the mileage interval for the oil change. Air filter hardly gets dirty we drive on gas so little.

Haven’t had to do a brake job either thanks to regen braking. Likely never will have to unless an inspection shows something out of wack.

Our Volt has had far less maintenance needs/costs than the car it replaced when that car was the same age.

Gen2 Volt owner here. 53 miles is the spec for the gen2 range. That does indeed cover us most of the time.

In reality - I would love for it to be about 80 miles to account for impact of winter on range.

I can’t really complain though. Bought the car brand new after they announced end of production. Nicely loaded for roughly $30k and essentially $24k after the tax rebate. That was cheaper than the previous sedan we had bought 13 years prior for $20k after factoring for inflation.

21,000 miles on battery and roughly 15,000 miles on gas thus far. Has been the perfect daily driver for my wife.

Done right that isn’t a problem for the gas.

I own a Volt… The computer knows when we last put gas in it and counts it’s age. At 322 days or something like that the computer forces the gas engine to be used to use up the aging gas. Once you burn off enough to replace 50% of the tank the counter resets and you can run on battery again.

Furthermore the tank is pressurized/under vacuum so the gas lasts longer anyway.

I’m assuming the engineers have all those same old Volt tricks in mind for the Ramcharger.