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Originally Posted by Hersbird
There is a 3 mode button by where the 4wd and transmission shifter is on the regular Ram. Electric +, E-save, and Eco. I believe it will default to the electric + which starts on battery only, but the E-save is supposed to save the battery power until the end. The Jeep Wrangler 4XE has something similar so you can gas to the trail, then off road in silent EV mode. It qualifies for the $7500 tax credit.
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The $7500 federal tax credit is different from the credits earned by manufacturers to comply with CARB regulations. CARB requires an ever increasing percentage of vehicles sold by each automaker to be ZEV vehicles. ZEVs are EVs, fuel celsl, and PHEVs with 50 miles of EV range. PHEVs can only make up 20% of an automakers ZEVs. If an automaker does not sell enough ZEVs they are fined $5,000 per vehicle that they missed the target. If they make more than they need they can back extra credits towards future years or sell those extra ZEV credits to other automaker.
The Wrangler doesn't have enough range to quality as a ZEV so Jeep is free to do what they want.
In the USA the BMW i3 REx had to start in EV mode and deplete the battery to 7% before the REx would turn on . That was unique to the USA and due to CARB requirements. The European version allows the drive to turn on the engine at 75% battery SOC to hold EV range for later use.