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Stellantis is pink the brake on the all - galvanising Ram 1500 REV hand truck and will push its launch into 2026 , the companysaid Wednesday , quote retard industriousness demand for half - ton battery electric pickups . The auto maker had primitively planned to get sell the electric truck to customers in the first half of 2025 .
The automaker will instead focalise on itsRam 1500 Ramcharger , an extended - stove hand truck that gets an guess 690 miles of mountain chain through a novel — but not unheard of — approach shot of combining a battery with a gas generator .
The swap illustrates a broader tendency among legacy automakers grip with slower - than - expect demand for all - galvanising vehicles , in particular those with a higher Leontyne Price tag . Automakers includingFord and GMhave alsopulled back investmentand slowed the footstep of challenging EV production plans .
Stellantis said the decisiveness to plunge Ramcharger first was motor by “ overwhelming consumer interest . ” Ramcharger will be open for consumer orders in the first half of 2025 observe by the Ram 1500 REV launch in 2026 .
The Ram Ramcharger does n’t operate like a hybrid truck . It amount with a 92 - kW battery that has an count on 145 international mile of kitchen stove . That ’s coalesce with a 3.6 - liter V6 engine on - card 130 kW accelerator pedal source .
The V6 engine mother mechanical mogul and direct it to the generator , which is mounted directly to the engine . The generator converts this to electric power , which can be used to charge the 92 kW battery or be apply to the two electric drive modules . The electric drive module , or EDMs in automotive jargon , combine the motor , gear case , and inverter as well as the all - wheel drive capacity , and are site on the front and rearward axles .
The result , or at least what Ram engineers are shoot for for , is a hand truck that can move around from zero to 60 mil per hour in 4.4 s , and that generates 663 H.P. and 615 pound - feet of torsion .
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Stellantis tell its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan will go on to be the primary home for Ram 1500 production , including electrified and internal combustion engine versions .
