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CEO Teases Ram Revolution Concept, an Electric Ram 1500 Pickup, Will Debut Soon!

Maybe the concept sketch has the proportions a little skewed. It's like invisible hands are pressing it together on the front and rear the way I see it. Not a fan of the signature lights but maybe the real photos will be better indications of the production vehicle.
 
Grape_Ape said:
Maybe the concept sketch has the proportions a little skewed. It's like invisible hands are pressing it together on the front and rear the way I see it. Not a fan of the signature lights but maybe the real photos will be better indications of the production vehicle.
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I believe that's artist's rendering from MotorTrend. However, the CEO did say this..."It will open up a lot of eyeballs," Ram brand CEO Mike Koval Jr. tells MotorTrend in an interview. The EV is going for a dramatic, sleek, and modern look to differentiate it from the conventional truck lineup.

I'm with you. I don't want my truck to look like something from Star Wars. I'm not opposed to owning an electric truck and if I'm ever in the market for one, I would lean toward the Lightning based on how it looks compared to the other electric trucks.
 
So will it make a lame vroom vroom sound like the electric Charger?🤔
 
Grape_Ape said:
Why can't we just make these vehicles look like traditional trucks? Ford seems to be the only manufacturer that gets i
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I agree, I don't like the one piece body on a pickup truck, just makes it look like an SUV with the roof cut off the back.
 
WXman said:
Yeah I don't understand the angle behind the cab.. why???
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I can only guess that it must be some kind of structural rigidity because it's a unibody design vs body on frame. Maybe with the new side impact testing the NHTSA is doing it was additional motivation. Who knows.
 
Grape_Ape said:
I can only guess that it must be some kind of structural rigidity because it's a unibody design vs body on frame. Maybe with the new side impact testing the NHTSA is doing it was additional motivation. Who knows.
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The do that for extra body rigidity on pickups with a one piece body. AKA Chevy Avalanche and Ridgeline had the same thing, even the El Camino had it.
 
The new Silverado EV does it also. Why not do cab and bed separate? That increases articulation for off-pavement use too. I agree, Ford had the right idea with their truck.
 
WXman said:
The new Silverado EV does it also. Why not do cab and bed separate? That increases articulation for off-pavement use too. I agree, Ford had the right idea with their truck.
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Because a unibody design makes a huge difference in overall weight. EV's need every bit of weight savings they can get.
 
Eighty said:
Because a unibody design makes a huge difference in overall weight. EV's need every bit of weight savings they can get.
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And this truck is supposed to have a range of 500 miles, far greater than Ford. I actually like the design of the new Chevy and RAM. Why does every truck have to look like a conventional pickup truck??? I’d buy the Chevy or RAM over a Ford any day.
 
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securityguy said:
And this truck is supposed to have a range of 500 miles, far greater than Ford. I actually like the design of the new Chevy and RAM. Why does every truck have to look like a conventional pickup truck??? I’d buy the Chevy or RAM over a Ford any day.
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Yeah but the issue with that is the additional range on EVs costs tens of thousands of dollars. On my '22 Ram the additional range was $495.

The Silverado EV boasts 400 miles of range, but only on the RST trim ($105,000) or as a super expensive option on some other future trims (Trail Boss, possibly WT). On the F-150 Lightning, going from 230 miles of range to 300 miles of range adds $21,000 to the XLT trim (!). It's absolutely insane.

Point being, a 500-mile Ram EV will be priced out of range (no pun intended) for 98% of the buyers in the market. You're talking a six-figure truck. At $50k more than I paid for my '22 Laramie I can buy 16,500 gallons of gasoline, enough to run my Laramie for 18 years.

There is no situation where these EV trucks make sense, but I digress..........
 
WXman said:
Yeah but the issue with that is the additional range on EVs costs tens of thousands of dollars. On my '22 Ram the additional range was $495.

The Silverado EV boasts 400 miles of range, but only on the RST trim ($105,000) or as a super expensive option on some other future trims (Trail Boss, possibly WT). On the F-150 Lightning, going from 230 miles of range to 300 miles of range adds $21,000 to the XLT trim (!). It's absolutely insane.

Point being, a 500-mile Ram EV will be priced out of range (no pun intended) for 98% of the buyers in the market. You're talking a six-figure truck. At $50k more than I paid for my '22 Laramie I can buy 16,500 gallons of gasoline, enough to run my Laramie for 18 years.

There is no situation where these EV trucks make sense, but I digress..........
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I am not disagreeing with anything you said. I am not an EV fan either.
 
WXman said:
Yeah but the issue with that is the additional range on EVs costs tens of thousands of dollars. On my '22 Ram the additional range was $495.

The Silverado EV boasts 400 miles of range, but only on the RST trim ($105,000) or as a super expensive option on some other future trims (Trail Boss, possibly WT). On the F-150 Lightning, going from 230 miles of range to 300 miles of range adds $21,000 to the XLT trim (!). It's absolutely insane.

Point being, a 500-mile Ram EV will be priced out of range (no pun intended) for 98% of the buyers in the market. You're talking a six-figure truck. At $50k more than I paid for my '22 Laramie I can buy 16,500 gallons of gasoline, enough to run my Laramie for 18 years.

There is no situation where these EV trucks make sense, but I digress..........
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That larger fuel tank on your Ram may have cost <$500, but it didn’t come with an insane performance increase. (It’s not just extra range you’re getting with some of these high-end EV models.)
 
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