"Number one, the Hemi was never designed to run in that truck on that electrical architecture, so that’s a huge challenge. They shut down production on that particular Hemi, the eTorque.

It’s apparently open knowledge at Stellantis that ex-CEO Carlos Tavares himself was single-handedly responsible for killing off the Hemi V8 in half-ton Ram pickup trucks, leading to much hand-wringing at the company and, if anecdotal reports are to be believed, an exodus of customers.