Electric pickup will lead in EV range

NEW YORK — An upcoming Ram electrical pickup truck from Stellantis will provide as much as 500 miles of driving vary when totally charged, the automaker stated Wednesday because it formally revealed the automobile.

That vary would prime Ram’s present gas-powered 1500 full-size vans in addition to all-electric pickups presently accessible equivalent to GMC’s Hummer EV, Ford’s F-150 Lightning and Rivian’s R1T. Tesla has stated its Cybertruck, which is predicted later this yr, could be able to as much as 500 miles of EV vary.

“Ram is likely one of the most essential pillars of our enterprise,” Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares stated Wednesday through 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 stated that whereas the 2025 Ram 1500 REV will not be first to market when it turns into accessible on the market, anticipated to be late subsequent yr, it is going to provide main capabilities for truck house owners.

Nonetheless, the anticipated 500-mile vary for the truck comes with a particularly giant 229 kilowatt-hour battery pack — greater than any all-electric pickup truck that is presently accessible or anticipated from a longtime automaker. A typical 168 kilowatt-hour battery pack has a focused vary of as much as 350 miles, the automaker stated.

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

Ram stated 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 provide efficiency specs which might be consistent with 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 trunk, or “frunk.”

Different focused efficiency figures embody a 0-60 mph time of 4.4 seconds, 654 horsepower and 620 foot-pound of torque, and as much as 24 inches of water fording. It additionally will likely be able to vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid bidirectional 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 clients know and love … simply now electrified,” Koval stated. “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 likely be accessible in 5 trims, together with Tradesman, Large Horn/Lone Star, Laramie, Restricted and a brand new trim referred to as Tungsten.

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

Ram reconfirmed Wednesday that an extended-range gas-electric model of the pickup with much more vary, referred to 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. It had closed this system days after opening it following the model’s Tremendous Bowl advert.