Ram says the Hemi eTorque motor’s prodigious 130 lb. ft. of torque (which is nearly one-third the peak output of the Hemi engine itself!) can start the engine in less than half a second and begin turning the wheels until it hands off acceleration duties to the engine. Indeed, we fou...
395 hp and 410 lb-ft for the Hemi), as engines without the system. The reason for this is that eTorque does not affect peak power output, but instead supplements torque output before the engine has revved up to full power.
Racing with 5,500 pounds in tow is how Ford is trying to put the F-150 PowerBoost ahead of the Ram 1500 HEMI eTorque in the eyes of future buyers