NEW YORK — An upcoming Ram electrical pickup truck from Stellantis will supply as much as 500 miles of driving vary when totally charged, the automaker mentioned Wednesday because it formally revealed the car.
That vary would prime Ram’s present gas-powered 1500 full-size vehicles in addition to all-electric pickups at the moment accessible corresponding to GMC’s Hummer EV, Ford’s F-150 Lightning and Rivian’s R1T. Tesla has mentioned its Cybertruck, which is anticipated later this 12 months, could be able to as much as 500 miles of EV vary.
“Ram is likely one of the most vital pillars of our enterprise,” Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares mentioned 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 mentioned 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 12 months, it is going to supply main capabilities for truck homeowners.
Nonetheless, the anticipated 500-mile vary for the truck comes with an especially massive 229 kilowatt-hour battery pack — larger than any all-electric pickup truck that is at the moment accessible or anticipated from a longtime automaker. An ordinary 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 after we ought to, as a result of for electrification being first truly won’t be the very best,” Ram CEO Mike Koval Jr. mentioned through the occasion. “The Ram 1500 REV lineup will give our clients choices relying on how they use their truck.”
Ram mentioned 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 are in keeping 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 car’s exterior, which was revealed throughout a Tremendous Bowl advert, 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 autos that includes a body-on-frame design.
“The Ram 1500 REV is constructed on what our clients 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 likely be accessible in 5 trims, together with Tradesman, Massive Horn/Lone Star, Laramie, Restricted and a brand new trim referred to as Tungsten.
Pricing of electrical autos, particularly pickup vehicles that require massive batteries, has been a shifting goal 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, 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.