Ram electric midsize truck gets ‘very positive’ feedback

Ram launched the idea of a mid-size electrical pickup to sellers not too long ago and in accordance with Ram CEO Mike Koval, the truck has been properly acquired.

“I had 6,000 of my finest associates within the yards, and I used to be in search of their thumbs up or their thumbs down,” Koval told Green Car Reports. “And so they’ll must inform you however I believe it is very constructive.”

The information comes after Ram unveiled its REV 1500 electrical automobile in February, which Koval mentioned on the time would supply sooner charging, higher vary, and better towing and payload capabilities when the truck launches in late 2024.

No truck producers in the US at the moment supply a midsize electrical truck, though the Rivian R1T is a little bit of a twinner whose dimension locations it between a midsize and fullsize truck.

Ram would not be the primary OEM to introduce a midsize electrical truck. That distinction goes to Common Motors with its S-10 electrical automobile adopted shortly by its Ford Ranger electrical automobile.

Each vans have been launched to fleets in California within the Nineteen Nineties. Roughly 500 electrical S-10s have been constructed for the 1997 and 1998 mannequin years. Solely 60 have been granted a GM crusher exemption as a result of they have been offered and never leased to fleets just like the others.

The Electrical Ranger loved longer life than the 1998-2002 mannequin years. Studies point out that between 1,500 and 1,700 models have been manufactured. Most of those vans have been leased to fleets and finally assembled and despatched to the crusher.