THE only big American pick-up that benefits from electric impetus that Kiwis can definitely lay hands on has started to release in New Zealand.

The new DT series RAM 1500, which has just landed in $137,990 Laramie and $159,990 Limited crew cab formats, certainly doesn’t commit anything like as completely to battery-enhanced driving as the Lightning version of its long-standing Ford rival, the F-150, which unveiled to the world last week.