Ram Debuts its 1500 Revolution Electric Pickup Concept

We’ve seen electrical pickups both enter manufacturing or on the point of enter manufacturing from the likes of Ford and two manufacturers underneath the GM umbrella, and now, in line with an announcement made on Thursday by Ram, it’s getting in on the enjoyable too with its Revolution idea.

The Ram Revolution — which seems virtually suspiciously just like the Hummer EV and the forthcoming Silverado EV — made its debut at CES in Las Vegas, and whereas the oldsters over at Stellantis are calling it an idea, it seems fairly production-ready to us, at the least so far as renders go. That these renders look so fleshed out and never all CES-mobility-concept-zany shouldn’t be a shock, provided that this primary form began getting teased to the general public approach again in 2021 at Stellantis’ EV Day occasion.

Ok, so aside from the marginally derivative-looking form, what can we find out about it? Kind of a shocking quantity which speaks additional to the truth that it’s possible fairly near the manufacturing Ram 1500 BEV pickup that’s imagined to debut as a 2024 mannequin. We know, for instance, that the idea relies on a brand new, modular body-on-frame platform for EVs referred to as STLA, which slings the pack underneath the physique and covers it with protecting panels.

Ram says the battery pack relies on an 800-volt structure and can quick cost at a claimed 350 kilowatts, although the precise pack capability is left as much as our imaginations. We’d count on it to be someplace between capacious and big, given the burden and energy targets that this factor might be coping with, if the Hummer EV is something to guage by. We don’t have any energy or torque figures, however Ram says there might be two drive models and all-wheel drive.

Speaking of measurement, this can be a full-size truck, so it’s clearly massive, and the renders present a roomy-looking passenger compartment with an enormous ol’ glass roof and, curiously, no B-pillars. Ram additionally claims that the 1500 Revolution has a powered midgate that may be lowered and, together with a reconfigurable inside and a pass-through into the frunk, can carry gadgets as much as 18 ft lengthy. That midgate additionally options leap seats, which act as a 3rd row of seating for individuals you don’t particularly like.

The remainder of the inside is fairly concept-looking, with a weirdly-shaped steering wheel and extremely stylized seats, however once more, nothing right here is very implausible. Infotainment comes courtesy of an enormous heart touchscreen, which isn’t an enormous departure from the large portrait-style display within the present Ram 1500. The driver will get a display too, and Ram says the screens provide 28 inches of touch-sensitive actual property in whole. There’s a head-up show, too, so that you don’t even have to have a look at the display.

So, if an idea automobile’s job is to point out us the path an organization is heading in with its future fashions, this Ram 1500 Revolution is a reasonably clear signal that an impossibly massive, heavy, and highly effective electrical automobile with a truck mattress is quickly coming down the Stellantis product pipeline, however the questions of whether or not it’s going to in the end be a futile train and a waste of pure sources stay to be seen, however it’s not like Ram has any selection however to construct one if it needs to maintain up with the oldsters in Detroit and Dearborn.