Stellantis will deliver 4 electrified pickup vans to the U.S. over the subsequent two years, the automaker introduced Thursday throughout the launch of its Professional One commercial-vehicle enterprise unit.
The 4 vans will likely be a part of a “North American offensive” and embrace the 2025 Ram 1500 REV scheduled to launch subsequent yr, in addition to “a brand new hydrogen answer to come back,” the announcement learn.
The corporate has mentioned that the Ram 1500 REV lineup will embrace a totally electrical pickup in addition to a range-extended XR—with fleet variations of each powertrains to come back. Unveiled on the 2023 New York auto present earlier this yr, the Ram 1500 REV itself targets 500 miles of vary, with much more vary anticipated for the XR model. On the truck’s New York unveiling, Mike Koval Jr., then CEO for the Ram model, mentioned this could be achieved with “proprietary expertise” to be revealed later this yr.
2025 Ram 1500 REV
Ram executives additionally beforehand hinted at fuel-cell powertrains as an choice for the model’s heavy-duty vans, so maybe that’s what Stellantis is teasing right here.
That also leaves two electrified vans for North America, with little indication of what they is perhaps. Koval Jr. advised Inexperienced Automobile Stories earlier this yr that the worldwide attain of the Ram model might permit a smaller electrical pickup, however it’s unclear if such a automobile can be offered within the U.S. It might be a very good differentiator, although, as rivals Ford and Basic Motors have not introduced plans for electrical pickups smaller than full-size fashions.
Electrical vans are additionally a serious a part of Stellantis’ commercial-vehicle plans. The automaker mentioned it could unveil a “totally renewed van lineup” for every of its world commercial-vehicle manufacturers, together with Ram, Citroën, Fiat, Opel, Peugeot, and Vauxhall. Ram is the one a kind of manufacturers presently promoting vans within the U.S.
2022 Ram ProMaster
The previously-confirmed Ram ProMaster EV will likely be unveiled later this yr, based on Stellantis. Ram has mentioned that its last-mile enterprise can be the primary to impress, so the brand new vans about to be unveiled could also be aiming to go electrical for a wider vary of makes use of.
Stellantis additionally introduced a brand new “totally digital ecosystem” to hyperlink industrial automobile prospects with converters and upfitters. It sounds very similar to what Ford has established as a part of Ford Professional, in assist of the all-electric E-Transit van and F-150 Lightning Professional.