- The 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger plug-in hybrid will go on sale before the electric Ram 1500 REV but still won’t be out until later in the yeaer.
- Ram says it made the change due to waning demand for EV pickup trucks as well as higher interest from customers in the PHEV.
- The Ramcharger will now be available to order in the second half of 2025, with the REV slated to go on sale sometime in 2026.
UPDATE 2/24/25: Just months after Ram announced the Ramcharger PHEV would leapfrog the Ram 1500 REV, brand CEO Tim Kuniskis has moved the goalposts again. According to Kuniskis, the Ramcharger is now scheduled to arrive sometime in the second half of the year. The battery-electric REV holds to Ram’s updated schedule and should arrive in 2026.
Ram is rethinking its strategy for releasing its first electric pickup truck. Originally, the Ram 1500 REV was slated to go on sale sometime in the first half of 2025. However, the truckmaker has now decided to prioritize its first plug-in-hybrid pickup—the Ram 1500 Ramcharger—which will leapfrog the EV and take its production time slot.
In December 2024, Ram announced that it had changed its initial plan. It cited waning demand for electric trucks as one of the reasons behind its decision as well as higher customer interest in the Ramcharger, which uses a gas engine to charge its battery and therefore eliminates the range anxiety that some buyers associate with owning an EV. It’s also worth mentioning that the Ramcharger is less susceptible to the shortcomings of towing with an electric truck.
While it hasn’t been officially confirmed, Ram has said it’s targeting up to 500 miles of driving range from the REV with its larger 229.0-kWh battery. With a 350-kW connection, DC fast-charging is estimated to add 110 miles of range in about 10 minutes. Of course, skeptics will point out that it will still take less time to fill the Ramcharger’s fuel tank. It also remains to be seen how much either of Ram’s electrified trucks will cost, although we expect the all-electric one to be more expensive.
According to Ram’s updated timeline, the Ramcharger will now be available to order in the second half of 2025, while the Ram 1500 REV is now slated to go on sale in 2026. Both trucks will be built in Ram’s factory in Sterling Heights, Michigan, alongside the rest of the brand’s half-ton lineup.
This story was originally published December 18, 2024.
Eric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a journalism degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si.
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