Stellantis will deliver 4 electrified pickup vans to the U.S. over the subsequent two years, the automaker introduced Thursday in the course of the launch of its Professional One commercial-vehicle enterprise unit.
The 4 vans might be a part of a “North American offensive” and embrace the 2025 Ram 1500 REV scheduled to launch subsequent 12 months, in addition to “a brand new hydrogen answer to come back,” the announcement learn.
The corporate has stated that the Ram 1500 REV lineup will embrace a completely 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 12 months, 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, stated this could be achieved with “proprietary expertise” to be revealed later this 12 months.
2025 Ram 1500 REV
Ram executives additionally beforehand hinted at fuel-cell powertrains as an possibility 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 could be. Koval Jr. informed Inexperienced Automobile Experiences earlier this 12 months that the worldwide attain of the Ram model could enable a smaller electrical pickup, however it’s unclear if such a automobile could be offered within the U.S. It will be 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 significant a part of Stellantis’ commercial-vehicle plans. The automaker stated it might unveil a “totally renewed van lineup” for every of its international commercial-vehicle manufacturers, together with Ram, Citroën, Fiat, Opel, Peugeot, and Vauxhall. Ram is the one a type of manufacturers at the moment promoting vans within the U.S.
2022 Ram ProMaster
The previously-confirmed Ram ProMaster EV might be unveiled later this 12 months, in response to Stellantis. Ram has stated that its last-mile enterprise could 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 business automobile prospects with converters and upfitters. It sounds very similar to what Ford has established as a part of Ford Professional, in help of the all-electric E-Transit van and F-150 Lightning Professional.