The electric truck race is reaching a fever pitch as the GMC Hummer EV and Rivian R1T have already gone into production. They’ll soon be joined by the Chevrolet Silverado EV, Ford F-150 Lightning, GMC Sierra EV, and Tesla Cybertruck. Ram is notably absent from that conversation but during last year’s EV Day, Stellantis announced plans for full- and mid-size electric pickups.
The trucks will be late to the party, but
this could prove beneficial. As Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares explained, “We
are preparing the EV pickup trucks for 2024, and we are doing it by adjusting
the specs and adjusting the performance in function of what we see coming up
from our competitors.” Tavares went on to say the models are being “adjusted
every month” as they have the “opportunity to adjust the competitiveness and
the appeal” of the trucks based on what the competition is doing. He added that
consumers are the real winners as they’ll get better trucks as a result.
While the adjustments make it hard to know what to expect, Stellantis has previously said the Ram 1500 BEV and REPB (Range Electric Paradigm Breaker) will ride on the STLA Frame platform. The body-on-frame architecture will be capable of accommodating 159-200+ kWh battery packs, which provide a range of up to 800 km. They’ll use electric motors with outputs ranging from 201 hp to 443 hp and this suggests dual motor all-wheel drive variants could have outputs up to 885 hp. The mid-size pickup, on the other hand, will be based on the STLA Large platform and feature unibody construction. That architecture allows for 101-118 kWh battery packs, which will provide for ranges of up to 800 km. Some STLA Large vehicles will use electric motors with outputs ranging from 168 hp to 241 hp. However, the majority will have motors developing between 201 hp and 443 hp.
