- Time to play the waiting game: Stellantis’ pair of electrified Ram pickups won’t appear until 2025
- The automaker is blaming the delay in part on the extra validation work required to perfect the new models
- CEO Carlos Tavares also says the Dodge Charger Daytona and Jeep Wagoneer S are influencing timelines
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Mopar fans waiting for a foil to the Ford F-150 Lightning and electric GM truck twins will have to wait a few more months to get their fix. In an online session yesterday with journalists, outgoing Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares confirmed the on-sale dates for the all-electric Ram 1500 REV and hybrid Ram 1500 Ramcharger will be delayed well into next year.
On the call, which focused on the multi-energy STLA Frame architecture we told you about yesterday, Tavares explained why the vehicles would not be ready for originally promised time-frame of the fourth quarter this calendar year (which is to say, uh, now). “We don’t want to take risks,” he said. “In terms of validation, it’s very important for Stellantis to demonstrate that we have all the capabilities and that we master the technology with a high level of durability.”
In other words, it sounds like the build team is making sure this new tech works properly before the trucks roll onto dealer lots. Can’t fault them for that – especially since the same CEO recently singled out gasoline-powered Ram trucks built at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant as problem vehicles that need excessive quality-control rework before even leaving the factory.
Those of you with long memories will recall Stellantis rolled out the tremendous all-electric Ram 1500 Revolution Concept at the beginning of 2023, only to pull a “gotcha!” and release the wholly normal-looking Ram 1500 REV just a few weeks later, with the promise of delivering it late 2024. (The hybrid Ramcharger was revealed late 2023, with the same target on-sale date.)
With that date now pushed out to the “first half” of 2025, we idly wonder if interest will have faded by the time production actually starts, or if the climate for EV trucks will have changed. Tavares himself was blunt in his own assessment: “Is it the [best] moment we introduce it or not? Future will say.” It’s rare, but appreciated, to get such frank honesty from the CEO of a major automaker.
Reasons for the delays at Ram apparently involve the company simply having too much on its all-electric plate at one time. Fingers were pointed specifically at the load added by the launches of the upcoming Dodge Charger Daytona and horribly-named Jeep Wagoneer S, two models which will help lead the EV charge at Stellantis.
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