The fully electric RAM 1500 Rev Pickup truck is dead. Long live the extended range RAM 1500 Rev (formerly known as Ramcharger).
RAM’s parent company Stellantis said Friday it will no longer develop full-size pickups with battery power. According to send to TechCrunch and TechCrunch and Posted on its website.
“As demand for all-US battery-powered trucks in North America slows down, Stellantis is reevaluating its product strategy and will cease the development of full-size BEV pickups,” the company’s statement reads. “As part of this, RAM is renaming its re-driven pickup trucks to RAM 1500 REV (Formerly Ramcharger). The car will set new benchmarks in the half-ton segment, offering excellent range, traction capability and payload performance. ”
If name exchange is confusing, it is because it is. But this is worth knowing. Stellantis canceled plans to develop battery electric pickups and would pursue an extended truck that is estimated to have a range of 690 miles through a novel (but not unheard of) combining batteries with gas generators.
RAM 1500 All-Electric Pickup is part of Stellantis’ parent company, the U.S. Product Offensive, with sales exceeding 25 brand new BEVs By the end of the decade. But it has been a few months ahead.
After the exuded revelation CES 2023and Other displays In the following months, Stellantis was shaken on its electric vehicle truck program. Stellantis initially said it would start manufacturing the vehicle in 2024. The date quickly slips to 2025.
By the end of 2024, Stellantis delayed the development of a wide off-shoulder pickup with technology, a longer cabin, longer pickups with third row seats, and two huge, huge and industry-wide battery pack options. At the time, Strandis said it would launch it until 2026.
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A Stellantis spokesman confirmed that automakers still plan to start producing extended range RAM 1500 in 2026.
