Ram Ends Ev Pickup Truck Plans

The all-electric Ram 1500 REV pickup motortruck is dead. Long unrecorded nan extended-range Ram 1500 REV (once called nan Ramcharger).

Stellantis, nan genitor institution of Ram, said Friday that it will nary longer create a battery-electric full-size pickup. The institution cited debased request for full-size battery-electric trucks arsenic nan superior reason, according to a connection sent to TechCrunch and posted connected its website.

“As request for full-size battery-electric trucks slows successful North America, Stellantis is reassessing its merchandise strategy and will discontinue improvement of a full-size BEV pickup,” nan company’s connection reads. “As portion of this, Ram is renaming its REEV-powered pickup to Ram 1500 REV (formerly Ramcharger). This conveyance will group a caller benchmark successful nan half-ton segment, offering exceptional range, towing capacity and payload performance.”

If nan sanction switch is confusing, it’s because it is. But present is what’s worthy knowing. Stellantis canceled plans to create a artillery electrical pickup and will alternatively prosecute an extended-range motortruck that gets an estimated 690 miles of scope done a caller — but not unheard of — attack of combining a artillery pinch a state generator.

The Ram 1500 all-electric pickup was portion of genitor institution Stellantis’ U.S. merchandise violative to waste much than 25 all-new BEVs by nan extremity of nan decade. But its early has been successful mobility for months now.

After a splashy uncover astatine CES 2023, and other showcases successful nan months that followed, Stellantis wavered connected its EV motortruck plans. Stellantis initially said it would statesman producing nan conveyance successful 2024. That day soon slipped to 2025.

By nan extremity of 2024, Stellantis delayed plans to create nan broad-shouldered pickup loaded pinch tech, a longer compartment pinch third-row jump seats, and 2 monolithic and industry-busting artillery battalion options. At nan time, Stellantis said it would push its motorboat into 2026.

A Stellantis spokesperson confirmed that nan automaker still plans to statesman accumulation of nan extended-range Ram 1500 successful 2026.