Ram’s future business automobile lineup may embody each battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vans.
Ram dad or mum Stellantis on Monday unveiled battery-electric and fuel-cell powertrains as a part of a revamp of economic vans for its European-market manufacturers Citroën, Fiat, Opel, Vauxhall, and Peugeot. Particulars on future Ram vans are being saved for one more date, however Stellantis hinted that gas cells could be on the best way alongside a previously-confirmed EV.
The automaker plans to unveil a Ram ProMaster EV in 2024, however famous that “the long run portfolio contains hydrogen fuel-cell expertise.”
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It is seemingly that Ram vans will proceed to be based mostly on European-market fashions (the present ProMaster is a rebadged Fiat Ducato) that means they may share the zero-emission powertrains mentioned in Monday’s announcement.
Stellantis claims a second-generation fuel-cell powertrain launching in 2024 will supply 249 miles of vary in mid-size vans and 311 miles in massive vans (seemingly as measured on the extra optimistic European WLTP testing cycle). Mid-size vans can even be obtainable with battery packs of fifty kwh or 75 kwh providing as much as 224 miles of vary, whereas massive vans will get a 110-kwh pack affording 261 miles, with 150-kw DC quick charging that may take the bigger pack from 0% to 80% in lower than an hour, per Stellantis.
When Stellantis introduced the Ram ProMaster EV in 2022, it mentioned the preliminary focus could be on last-mile supply operations. An expanded lineup of powertrains may permit for a wider vary of use circumstances. Ram’s rivals have already launched electrical vans for North America within the type of the Ford E-Transit and Normal Motors’ new BrightDrop model, though the latter has skilled manufacturing points.
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Stellantis simply final week introduced 4 U.S.-bound electrified pickups in two years, together with “a brand new hydrogen answer” that would doubtlessly share powertrain elements with the hinted fuel-cell van.
The primary electrified Ram mannequin would be the 2025 Ram 1500 REV pickup truck, which is because of launch subsequent yr. The corporate has mentioned this full-size pickup shall be supplied in each absolutely electrical and range-extended XR guises—with fleet variations of each powertrains to come back.