On the heels of an announcement that Chrysler will be releasing an all-electric version of the Fiat 500 in the US in 2012, the company has also just let drop that the US Department of Energy (DOE) will be giving them up to $48 million to build a test fleet of 140 Ram plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs).
Chrysler claims that these Ram PHEVs will get up to 65% better fuel economy than a standard Ram pickup and have 20 miles of electric-only driving range.