The title plate, nonetheless, will reside on. Stellantis mentioned that it was renaming its Vary-Prolonged Electrical Car (REEV) Ramcharger pickup to Ram 1500 REV. “This car will set a brand new benchmark within the half-ton phase, providing distinctive vary, towing functionality and payload efficiency,” the corporate mentioned in its announcement.
The title plate, nonetheless, will reside on.
The transfer adopted the resignation of Stellantis’ CEO Carlos Tavares following a pointy decline within the automaker’s gross sales. The corporate has been accused of degrading its US manufacturers and failing to launch extra inexpensive fashions.
The Ramcharger and the Rev have been each going to be constructed on Stellantis’ STLA Body body-on-frame platform designed to deal with electrical, gasoline, hybrid, and hydrogen powertrains. The platform helps stretch the Ramcharger gas-extended EV vary as much as 690 miles on a full cost and tank.
Stellantis turned the newest firm to delay or cancel its EV plans this yr, because the federal authorities eliminates tax credit and different incentives aimed toward driving larger gross sales. Many automakers are delaying their manufacturing plans, in anticipation that gross sales will decelerate after federal incentives disappear.
Huge, heavy vans, specifically, have been a troublesome phase to impress. These EVs usually require greater, heavier batteries than the typical EV, which comes at a excessive price for automakers. Gross sales of EV vans just like the Ford F-150 Lightning, Rivian R1T, and Tesla Cybertruck have usually been slower than anticipated. And vans are inclined to lose vary when towing or hauling heavy hundreds, which makes them a tricky promote for patrons who need their electrical vans to do all of the truck stuff that’s anticipated.