2014 Ram 1500 HFE With Stop-Start System Overview - Hybrid Cars News
It began in 2009 with General Motors’ two-mode hybrid system for the Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid and its twin toolbox, the GMC Sierra Hybrid (both now discontinued). Their EPA ratings of 21 mpg city/22 mpg highway and 21 mpg combined made them the pickup fuel economy kings. Two years later Ford bragged that its F-150 pickup, with a new V6 twin turbocharged 3. 7-liter V6 engine, delivered an EPA 23 mpg highway rating. For the 2013-model year, an all-new Ram 1500 pickup leapfrogged Ford and claimed fuel economy bragging rights with its all-new model. Powered by Chrysler’s 3. 6-liter Pentastar V6 engine, the new half-ton truck came through with a 17 mpg city/25 mpg highway rating – numbers that were unthinkable just five years ago. For 2014, the Ram 1500 will continue with the styling and mechanical changes unveiled on the 2013 edition, Ram’s first sheet metal re-do since model year 2009. New for 2014 is a 3. 0-liter turbocharged V6 diesel that Ram says “is noticeably more... Ram’s Stop-Start System An industry first for a non-hybrid full-size pickup, the Ram 1500’s stop-start is considered a “light stop-start” system. Ram says the system improves fuel economy by up to 3. 3 percent, or an increase of about 1 mpg during city driving. Source: www.hybridcars.com
