Stellantis has reportedly cancelled a bigger-battery version of the Ram 1500 REV electric pickup truck that the automaker previously said would offer 500 miles of range.
According to a Wednesday Mopar Insiders report, the truck brand is now telling suppliers that the long-range model has been cancelled, and to cease work and spending on any parts related to it. A Stellantis spokesperson would only say Ram’s decision to launch the Ramcharger first and shift focus is driven by consumer interest.
2025 Ram 1500 REV
The report to drop the bigger battery leaves the 168-kwh pack—also double-layer—which Ram previously estimated would deliver up to 350 miles of range. That’s less than the Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra EV twins and Rivian R1T, but the Ram 1500 REV does at least offer 800-volt charging that Stellantis previously said could recover 110 miles of range in 10 minutes with a 350-kw CCS connector.
Big battery or not, the truck is running behind schedule. Ram confirmed the 500-mile target, to be achieved with a 229-kwh double-layer battery pack, at the 2023 New York auto show, and the truck made its debut in a 2023 Super Bowl ad. Stellantis said the electric truck would arrive at dealerships in 2024 as a 2025 model. But late last year, then-CEO Carlos Tavares it was being pushed back to the first half of 2025 to ensure quality. Stellantis later delayed the electric Ram even further, to 2026.
2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger
Stellantis instead decided to launch the series-hybrid Ram 1500 Ramcharger before the all-electric REV. Now scheduled to arrive in the first half of this year, the Ramcharger uses a 92-kwh battery pack and a 3.6-liter V-6 engine acting as a range extender to deliver 145 miles of pure electric range, toward a total of 690 miles including those from the gas powertrain. The Ramcharger, which also promises similar acceleration, towing, and payload numbers to the REV, offers something novel instead of simply playing catch-up to rivals that have already launched battery-electric pickups. So it was always likely to upstage the REV, a turnabout that’s further enabled by the cancellation of the 229-kwh REV variant.
