In the event you’re ready on Ram’s electrical pickup, you’ll have to attend a bit longer. Ram is but once more delaying its electrical pickup truck, the 1500 REV, and the Ramcharger plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model. Right here’s when you’ll be able to count on to see them attain dealerships now.
Ram’s first electrical pickup truck was initially scheduled to reach by the tip of 2024. Final yr, former Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares stated the launch date could be pushed again to the primary half of 2025 after which 2026.
Right here we’re, and the Ram 1500 REV continues to be nowhere in sight. In line with a brand new memo despatched to suppliers, Ram is once more delaying the electrical pickup truck.
The notice, considered by Crain’s Detroit Enterprise, stated manufacturing is now being pushed again till summer time 2027. It’s going to now arrive as a 2028 mannequin yr. The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Ramcharger model may even be delayed till the primary quarter of 2026.
Stellantis confirmed the information in an announcement to Crain’s, saying the delay was on account of “extending the standard validation interval.”
An organization spokesperson defined in an electronic mail that Stellantis “continues to reassess its product technique in North America to align it with our aggressive benefit with the Vary Prolonged Ram and in gentle of slowing client demand for half-ton BEV pickups.”
After pulling the PHEV Ramcharger forward of the EV pickup final yr, Stellantis blamed weak demand for electrical vehicles.
The Ram 1500 REV will likely be obtainable with a large 168 kWh battery, which offers an estimated 350-mile vary. Ram stated a bigger 229 kWh battery possibility could be obtainable later, with a minimum of 500 miles vary.
Tavares promised for years that Ram’s EV pickup would “outperform all opponents” the place it issues most in vary, towing, and charging instances. The Ram 1500 REV is anticipated to reach with a towing capability of as much as 14,000 lbs and a 2,700 lb max payload.
As compared, Ford’s F-150 Lightning provides a driving vary of as much as 320 miles, a ten,000-lb max towing capability, and a 2,000-lb max payload capability.
The 2025 Chevy Silverado EV provides as much as 492 miles of vary, 12,500 lbs of towing capability, and 1,800 lbs of max payload capability.
Tavares stated final yr that Stellantis is “dealing with a really vital quantity of workload” with the primary electrical Jeep and Dodge fashions, the Wagoneer S and Charger Daytona, rolling out.
Stellantis offered 2,595 electrical Jeep Wagoneer S and 1,947 Dodge Charger EV fashions within the US within the first quarter of 2025.
Ford F-150 Lightning gross sales are down 7% in comparison with final yr, with 7,187 fashions offered via March. In the meantime, GM offered 2,383 Chevy Silverado EVs, 3,479 GMC Hummer EVs (together with the SUV), and 1,249 GMC Sierra EV fashions within the first three months of the yr.
