[Tony K]

I love the Pentastar engine. It's always been great to me and it's reliable and easy to maintain.

It's basically the latest incarnation of the 318 in V6 form, functionally speaking.

But if a 300 mile range becomes 150 when hauling a trailer, I really don't know if I feel like stopping for 30min or more every 2hrs if I am driving 1000+ miles.

One possible answer: in the case of SUV towing, build batteries in(to) the trailer, which wouldn't have to be super large, just sized to the trailer and max weight, and connect that to the prime mover system. For a pickup, you get add-on battery cells that can be slide-in/drop-in units in the bed.

The only way to really keep that from happening is to prevent rural zoning from transferring to single family.

Or define how much/where/timeframe. What we know is with uncontrolled rezoning, demand always eventually meets/exceeds supply. Hence, neverending suburban sprawl.

This is verbatim what I said "If CARB makes it less possible to make ICE vehicles in those states, don't expect the automakers to make CARB and non-CARB vehicles. " Nowhere did I state or imply an actual ban of ICE vehicles.

No, but it does not follow in this environment that they won't in the immediate to intermediate term. All BEV new production in NAFTA is not realistic in that timeframe.

 

[Tony K]

I’ve driven the Pentastar extensively with the 6 spd in the Wrangler (son’s), I’ve driven a few Gladiators (8 spd auto) looked at the new Grands…and decided to keep my 07 Hemi Grand for now. When the time comes I might look for a WK2 Hemi. The V6 is nice for a V6 but the Hemi has over 100 more ft lbs of torque. A 5,000+ lb vehicle needs torque.

True, but this is where electrification is in its zone. Turn the truck into an electric generator that runs electric motors. The batteries and electric motor remove most of the need for high torque engines, and the engines can run in a more optimized range - both for power and polution controls - or not at all. Kind of like a diesel-electric train. Maybe that's part of the plan for the GME T6.