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Simply the opposite day, I wrote about Stellantis suspending plans for the Chrysler Airflow EV. Now information is the corporate is cancelling the Ram 1500 REV.
The information doesn’t come from Stellantis itself. It comes from Mopar Insiders, which reviews that Ram has been telling suppliers the Ram 1500 REV is now in a coffin. (That’s not actually how they’ve been saying it, so far as I do know, however let’s not less than have just a little enjoyable with the not-so-great information.) Whereas this 500-mile model of the truck utilizing a 229-kWh battery seemingly received’t be coming, the 350-mile model utilizing a 168-kWh battery pack continues to be coming (only a bit late).
Whereas the longer-range truck received’t apparently be coming, Ram says the Ram 1500 REV will include 800-volt structure that enables for jacked up charging that may permit the truck so as to add 110 miles of vary in simply 10 minutes. That may be on a 350-kW superfast charger.
Initially, the 2025 Ram 1500 REV — first proven in Tremendous Bowl adverts in 2023 — was imagined to arrive in late 2024. Nevertheless, when the corporate decided that couldn’t occur (or that it wasn’t smart to hurry the method), Ram rescheduled to the primary half of 2025. Nevertheless, that timeline goal didn’t final too lengthy and the launch goal was moved to 2026. Now, a series-hybrid Ram 1500 Ramcharger (with a nonetheless fairly massive 92-kWh battery) is being launched within the first half of this 12 months as an alternative. Have whiplash but?
So, but once more, Stellantis isn’t main on EVs, it’s dragging its ft. Is there an excellent purpose for it this time? Who is aware of, nevertheless it’s been a transparent sample on the massive automaker, particularly within the US, the place the auto group sells virtually no electrical automobiles.
