Driven by “overwhelming consumer interest”, Ram announced Wednesday that it would launch the Ramcharger pickup first next year, ahead of the fully electric REV.
Automakers across the board are reading the room on the public’s interest toward electric vehicles — and changing their plans. In Ram’s case, the agenda reflects prospective buyers’ interest in the range-extended Ramcharger truck over the Ram 1500 REV, its fully electric option. Citing “slowing industry demand”, today’s announcement stresses the impending Ramcharger’s advantages over the rest of the half-ton segment, while casually mentioning the REV launch will now happen in 2026.
The 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger marries a 92-kWh battery pack to Stellantis’ existing 3.6-liter Pentastar V6, which will act as a 130-kW generator to extend the truck’s range to what the company claims is a “class-shattering” figure: 690 miles. For its actual propulsion, the Ramcharger gets a 250 kW front motor as well as a 238 kW rear motor, for a combined output of 663 horsepower and 615 lb-ft of torque.
Ram claims the new Ramcharger is capable of towing up to 14,000 pounds with a Class V hitch installed, and delivers a payload capacity of 2,625 pounds, even with the substantial battery pack on board. The company also says the truck will sprint from 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, so I think you get the theme of Ram’s pitch here: This is supposedly going to be one of the most capable, best all-around trucks in its class. That said, we don’t yet have a full view of the Ramcharger’s technical specs nor have we had the opportunity to actually test its capabilities yet, so it’s reasonable to approach all the “targeted” figures with a grain of salt until next year’s launch.
Like the gas-powered trucks, Ram will build the electrified truck at its Sterling Heights, Michigan plant.
There’s no official word on pricing yet, but the automaker says consumer orders will open up in the first half of 2025. So, we should see more details — including a full trim walk, as Ram plans a similar structure of Tradesman -> Big Horn -> Laramie -> Limited -> Tungsten to the gas trucks — sometime in the next couple months.
At the moment, the general consensus is for the 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger Tradesman to start around $60,000 MSRP, with higher-end trucks possibly touching the $100,000 mark. I want to be clear that is speculative at this point, but expect it to cost a fair bit more than the gas-powered Ram 1500 lineup, which runs between $42,270 on the Tradesman end and $89,070 when you work your way up to the Tungsten.
