Ram electrical truck idea delayed, debuts Jan. 5 at CES

Ram is outwardly working not on time with its electrical pickup truck.

The electrical Ram 1500 idea was purported to debut this fall. It will not.

On Tuesday, Stellantis introduced the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Idea will debut on Jan. 5 on the 2023 Client Electronics Present (CES) in Las Vegas whereas releasing a teaser sketch of the electrical pickup truck.

The idea is claimed to preview the automaker’s roadmap to the electrical future.

A manufacturing model of the idea will debut in 2024. Ram mentioned its electrical truck will finest the competitors when it comes to vary, towing and payload capacities, and cost instances. Ram made no point out of pricing.

By the point the electrical Ram pickup truck arrives it can face stiff competitors from the Ford F-150 Lightning, Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV, and Rivian R1T.

Ram’s electrical truck will journey on the STLA Body chassis, which is one in all 4 EV platforms the automaker intends to introduce within the coming years. Mentioned to be designed for body-on-frame automobiles like pickup vehicles, giant SUVs, and a few business vans, the automaker mentioned STLA Body may provide as much as 500 miles of vary in some fashions.

The 2019 Ram 1500 marked the automaker’s first try at wading into the electrification waters with a gentle 48-volt hybrid system. A refreshed Ram 1500 on the horizon will possible broaden that electrification effort, however there might be no turbo-4 powertrain for the automaker’s lineup, as CEO Mike Koval, Jr., informed Motor Authority.

Ram has mentioned it can provide electrification within the majority of its lineup by 2025 and all of its lineup no later than 2030.