Electrical pickup will lead in EV vary

NEW YORK – An upcoming Ram electrical pickup truck from Stellantis will supply as much as 500 miles of driving vary when absolutely charged, the automaker mentioned Wednesday because it formally revealed the automobile.

That vary would prime Ram’s present gas-powered 1500 full-size vehicles in addition to all-electric pickups at the moment out there comparable to GMC’s Hummer EV, Ford’s F-150 Lightning and Rivian’s R1T. Tesla has mentioned its Cybertruck, which is predicted later this 12 months, could be able to as much as 500 miles of EV vary.

“Ram is likely one of the most necessary pillars of our enterprise,” Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares mentioned Wednesday throughout the truck’s unveiling on the New York Worldwide Auto Present. “We will compete, if not win the battle. It is all about efficiency. It is all about functionalities. It is all about being aggressive.”

Stellantis executives have mentioned whereas the 2025 Ram 1500 REV will not be first to market when it is anticipated to go on sale late subsequent 12 months, it should supply main capabilities for truck homeowners.

Nevertheless, the anticipated 500-mile vary for the Ram 1500 REV comes with an especially massive 229 kilowatt-hour battery pack – larger than any all-electric pickup truck that is at the moment out there or anticipated from a longtime automaker. A regular 168 kilowatt-hour battery pack has a focused vary of as much as 350 miles, the automaker mentioned.

“We’re delivering an electrical pickup truck once we ought to, as a result of for electrification being first truly won’t be the very best,” Ram CEO Mike Koval Jr. mentioned throughout the occasion. “The Ram 1500 REV lineup will give our prospects choices relying on how they use their truck.”

Ram says each battery pack sizes will have the ability to add as much as 110 miles of vary in roughly 10 minutes with 800-volt DC quick charging.

The Ram 1500 REV will supply efficiency specs which can be in line or higher than its rivals together with towing of as much as 14,000 kilos, payload of as much as 2,700 kilos and class-leading storage in its entrance truck, or “frunk.”

Different focused efficiency figures embrace a 0-60 mph time of 4.4 seconds, 654 horsepower and 620 kilos ft of torque and as much as 24 inches of water fording. It additionally will probably be able to vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid bi-directional charging.

The automobile’s exterior, which was revealed during a Super Bowl ad, resembles the present gas-powered fashions greater than an idea model of the truck that was revealed in January — and largely well-received. It’s constructed on Stellantis’ new “STLA Body” designed particularly for full-size electrical automobiles that includes a body-on-frame design.

“The Ram 1500 REV is constructed on what our prospects know and love … simply now electrified,” Koval mentioned. “Now the face of Ram’s all-new electrical light-duty is immediately recognizable, but additionally immediately ahead.”

Ram didn’t announce pricing for the 1500 REV, which will probably be out there in 5 trims together with Tradesman, Massive Horn/Lone Star, Laramie, Restricted and a brand new trim known as Tungsten.

Pricing of electrical automobiles, particularly pickup vehicles that require massive batteries, has been a moving target for automakers amid will increase in commodity prices and altering market circumstances.

Ram reconfirmed Wednesday that an extended-range gas-electric model of the pickup with much more vary, known as the Ram 1500 XR, will launch after the all-electric model of the pickup truck.

The corporate on Wednesday additionally reopened reservations for the Ram 1500 REV after closing this system days after opening it following the model’s Tremendous Bowl advert.