- Ram’s first battery-powered vans have been delayed to the primary half of 2025.
- The Ram 1500 REV and Ram 1500 Ramcharger had been purported to go on sale within the fourth quarter of this yr.
- Stellantis desires to focus available on the market launch of the Dodge Daytona EV and Jeep Wagoneer S.
The Ram 1500 REV all-electric pickup truck debuted again in February 2023. The Ram 1500 Ramcharger extended-range EV adopted in November 2023. Each had been purported to go on sale within the fourth quarter of this yr, however as you may need observed, that hasn’t occurred but.
Now we all know why. Stellantis, the corporate that owns Ram, mentioned the 2 vans gained’t launch till the primary half of 2025 because the auto big has loads on its plate proper now with the market launches of the electrical Dodge Charger and Jeep Wagoneer S.
“We do not wish to take dangers,” Stallantis CEO Carlos Tavares mentioned throughout a web based information convention in regards to the STLA Body platform that underpins each the REV and the Ramcharger.
“By way of validation, it is crucial for Stellantis to display that we now have all of the capabilities and that we grasp the expertise with a excessive stage of sturdiness, and that is precisely what we’re doing proper now. So, we do not wish to rush, and as everyone knows, it is higher to take just a few weeks extra to validate correctly than to hurry after which to make errors by way of high quality. That is what we’re doing now. We’re validating, and we’re managing the height between the merchandise that we now have forward of us.
Tavares’s remark comes after it was revealed earlier this yr that too many gas-powered Ram vans want repairs proper after leaving the meeting line. This will increase manufacturing prices and deliveries get delayed, hurting the model’s repute.
Relating to the 2 new battery-powered vans’ viability, Tavares appeared sincere when saying the doesn’t know what’s going to occur.
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“Is it the [best] second we introduce it or not? Future will say,” Tavares mentioned. “After all, for those who come after the opposite guys, any individual would say, we’re late. Should you come earlier than the opposite guys, then any individual will ask us if we’re … forward of time. To be sincere with you, we do not know, however what we all know is that we’re going to be the primary ones to carry the vary extender to the market. That we all know. And what we additionally know is that we’re going to be amongst those that can carry the largest vary and functionality. … So for that, I am very pleased with my engineering group, as a result of they’re main the best way.”
The Ram 1500 REV would be the model’s first all-electric pickup. Will probably be accessible with two battery variations, each immense: a 168-kilowatt-hour pack able to delivering as much as 350 miles of EPA vary and a 229 kWh pack with a claimed 500 miles of vary.
In the meantime, the Ram 1500 Ramcharger is a range-extended EV. It makes use of two electrical motors and a 92 kWh battery for motivation. There’s additionally a 3.6-liter V6 engine underneath the hood that acts solely as a generator for the high-voltage battery pack and isn’t bodily related to the wheels in any method.
