Ram’s Two Electric Trucks Just Got Delayed Again

• Ram has delayed its electric and extended-range hybrid trucks once again, reports Crain’s Detroit Business.
• The innovative Ramcharger will now hit the market in early 2026, with the all-electric Ram 1500 REV following in 2027. 
• The company attributed the REV’s delay to slower demand for full-size electric pickups. 

The innovative Ram 1500 Ramcharger is set to be in a league of its own when it hits the market as America’s first extended-range electric truck—that is, a battery-powered pickup with a range-boosting gasoline engine.

It promises to blend the best parts of electric and gas-powered trucks. Understandably, people are pretty pumped for this thing to hit the road. 

Now it’s coming later than initially expected. Stellantis, parent of Ram, Jeep and Chrysler, has delayed the Ramcharger’s launch to the first quarter of next year because it is “extending the quality validation period,” Crain’s Detroit Business reported on Wednesday. 

The 2026 Ram Ramcharger pairs an electric powertrain with a range-extending gasoline generator.

Photo by: Ram

The Ram 1500 REV, the brand’s fully electric truck, is getting pushed until the summer of 2027, a Stellantis spokeswoman confirmed to the outlet. 

That truck seems to be in a perpetual state of delay. 

In December, the automaker said it would shift REV production to 2026 from early 2025, citing slowing demand for full-size electric pickups. That’s the same reasoning Stellantis gave for the latest move. The truck was unveiled in 2023 with an initial targeted launch date of late 2024. 

The Ram 1500 REV was unveiled in 2023 and has been delayed twice. 

Stellantis is just one of many automakers that has shifted its electrification plans in the face of weaker-than-expected demand growth for EVs. If the federal government successfully cuts key pro-EV policies like the federal clean-car tax credits and tailpipe emissions regulations, that trend could accelerate. 

And when it comes to electric trucks in particular, Stellantis has a point. Big electric pickups haven’t taken off quite like the industry imagined they would. 

Ford went all-in on F-150 Lightning, ratcheting up its production targets to 150,000 units annually in 2022. The automaker sold roughly 33,000 of them last year.  

The Ford F-150 Lightning hasn’t been nearly as popular as the company initially projected, indicating there’s limited demand for big, expensive electric trucks. 

Photo by: Ford

Electric pickups cost far more than their gas counterparts, mostly because of their enormous battery packs. They also usually can’t tow for long distances. And there’s limited overlap between people who buy trucks and the coastal city-dwellers who tend to buy EVs. 

The plug-in hybrid Ramcharger could be exactly what the electric truck market needs. It promises to go 140 miles on electric power alone, before its V6 generator kicks in to extend range by 550 miles. That engine never drives the wheels. Rather, it just feeds electricity to the truck’s battery pack. 

It’s a neat idea, but we won’t know for certain whether Americans will embrace this strange new truck until it actually gets here, or, crucially, how much it’ll cost.

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