After nearly a decade in production, the Ram 1500 will discontinue the EcoDiesel (turbodiesel) engin, killing off yet another GM Duramax rival.
Ram 1500 EcoDiesel production will conclude during the 2023 model year in January 2023, ending the 3.0L V6 diesel engine’s eight-year-long run. The EcoDiesel engine was first introduced for the 2014 model year and received a minor update for the 2020 model year.
Interested customers currently have the opportunity to order the diesel motor in the 2023 Ram 1500, which is available on the pickup’s Tradesman, Big Horn/Lone Star, Laramie, Limited Longhorn and Limited trim levels.
“Our Ram EcoDiesel V6 engine has delighted consumers with the highest half-ton diesel torque rating and towing capability while being the first to exceed 1,000 miles of range,” said Mike Koval Jr., Ram brand CEO at parent company Stellantis. “As we quickly pivot toward an electrified future, we wanted to celebrate this last EcoDiesel milestone by offering our loyal light-duty diesel enthusiasts a final opportunity to order the truck they love.”
Ram expects to offer an all-electric Ram 1500 for the 2024 model year to rival the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV, kicking off its plans for a purely electric lineup by 2030.
2022 Chevy Silverado 1500
The departure of the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel engine offering leaves GM and its Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra as the only automaker that still offers a diesel engine in a light-duty full-size pickup. Ford pulled the plug on its 3.0L V6 turbodiesel Power Stroke in 2020, as our our sister publication, Ford Authority, was first to report.
2022 GMC Sierra 1500
In fact, GM recently introduced the updated 3.0L I6 LZ0 turbodiesel Duramax engine, which improves on its predecessor, the 3.0L I6 LM2. Rated at 305 horsepower and 495 pound-feet of torque, the LZ0 mates to the GM 10-speed automatic transmission. The diesel is available to equip on most trims of the 2023 Chevy Silverado 1500 and 2023 GMC Sierra 1500.
GM 3.0L I6 LZ0 Duramax turbodiesel engine
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Can anyone tell me how the gas mileage is on 2022 5.3 4wd silverado
I have a 22 Sierra with 5.3 4×4 and millage varies from 19 to 22 if I drive it normally no fast starts and hold to legal speed limits. Stop and go traffic will keep you under 19 but improves with longer runs. It’s how you drive it that matters. Towing will be around 17 to 18 because of higher shift RPMs.
I am averaging 18. Some City, some highway, some towing, some short trips, some longer trips, some spirited trips but mostly normal driving.
I have 1500 RST Refresh 5.3 w/o DFM. Around town under 55mph best I have seen is 14.9 MPG. In crazy Atlanta traffic on the highway, 60-80mph highest I have seen is 20.9 mpg, 18-19 is average.
All electric fleet!! Morons👎👎👎👎👎(RAM)
I could not agree more. Electric has its place but electric does not work for every application. Especially for Heavy Duty Towing and long distance the range is miniscule. And when you run out of power you have to wait and wait and wait to get access to the charging station and to get your battery if you can even find one in time. Electric for going to and from work make sense but to take it on long trips or heavy duty work like Towing it’s a foolish move. Ram is making a big mistake getting rid of their diesel. Some of those towing numbers with the 5.3 L V8 is way out of whack it’s much lower than that when you’re towing something other than a 1000 or 2,000 lb trailer. Hook a 7 or 8,000 lb trailer to a 5.3 and your fuel economy will be down around 10 miles to the gallon.
Sad to see. Diesel engines so much more superior and safer than gasoline engines. Electrics will be shoved up our #:*#@s whether we like it or not.
Diesels WERE superior. Then the EPA got ahold of them.
While we don’t need to bring back the rattling mosquito-killers, we do need better than the current maintenance queens. (They all work great until they don’t, then it’s $8,000+.)
Plus… wonder how much fuel has been dumped down exhausts (“regenerating”), and how many DEF jugs are in landfills, all in the name of saving the environment…
We’re giving you one last chance to order the truck you want before we force you to electric.
“As we quickly pivot toward an electrified future, we wanted to celebrate this last EcoDiesel milestone by offering our loyal light-duty diesel enthusiasts a final opportunity to order the truck they love.”
I’m sure HD sales will increase as EV options become more prevalent in half-ton sizes. People still want range and mobility and will swallow hard and move the a three-quarter ton rather than drive an EV half-ton.
Yup I will buy one more half ton ICE Silverado then the next will be HD to avoid the EV. We’ll just have to re-gear them to increase the mileage. Or use taller tires.
GM needs to get their new refreshed 3.0 turbo diesel on the lots! I want one!
GM will own this market if they would just build them!
Hate to say it, but Mary will no doubt “fall in line” with the others and will stop producing the light duty diesel. They’re in bed with the current administration and they’re all pushing their green idiocy on the world. Can you imagine back when automobiles were just becoming popular, if the government had stepped in and forced people to buy them, instead of using horse and buggy? I’ll be holding on to my ICE vehicles for as long as I can! Which unfortunately will not be long in the grand scheme, as the greenies will shut down fossil fuel production too! I’m all for EVs … IF they let ME choose when I want to buy one and the grid can actually accommodate all of them. Drought is already causing some hydroelectric production to be shut down. The power has to come from somewhere… and it’s not as simply as a plug in the wall.
Well said sir, I stand with you!
Geez’ , Does Barra run Chrysler too ? Dumb @sses !
Electric is ridiculous. What if I want to drive more than 300 miles…. like ONE THOUSAND miles? The infrastructure is not there… and it NEVER… will… be. You think a podunk gas station in Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, etc will have a charger in the next 15 years? Folks, buy these diesels, they are NOT going to devalue in the future. Ford and RAM are out (and both diesels sucked). I’m anxiously waiting for the updated 2023 ‘baby duramax’ with the improved steel, not aluminum cylinders. It’s going to get great mpg, too and the towing capacity will be really high, competing with the much lower 2500/3500 mpgs. It will finally be the perfect diesel (after the Big 3 attempts in the past 3 decades). Go GM.
I have a 2022 Ram 1500 eco diesel and I love it. I fill up twice a month and I am averaging 26-30 mpg. I will get a horse and buggy before I ever go electric!
I have a 2022 Ram 1500 eco diesel and I love it. I fill up twice a month and I am averaging 26-30 mpg. I will get a horse and buggy before I ever go electric!
Jeri – I considered looking at the Dodge with the Eco Diesel when production of Sierra was horrible (now it’s not horrible?). Sad to see the light truck diesel line drop from Dodge instead of improved. Who knows where we’re headed but I bought a 2023 diesel and plan on driving it a long time.
I’m done even considering Ram now that they’ve given in to political powers and are canceling their incredible diesel engine. What a ridiculous waste.
ONLY ELECTRIC OFFERINGS WILL PUT RAM UNDER IN MY OPINION.
You Ram guys need to grow a pair. You’ve just sold out your company to a massive mistake.
I hope I’m wrong but I doubt it.