Pickup trucks with tool attributes have always been loved by the sparsely populated North American people. Under the wave of new energy, electric pickup trucks have also received sought after.
A few days ago, foreign media exposed a set of RAM 1500 pure electric pickup truck trailers, the information said that the car will be unveiled in Q3 this year, and in 2024 official mass production, delivery will be until the end of 2024.
Judging from the trailer, the pure electric RAM 1500 can still see the shadow of the fuel version of the RAM1500, including the design of the front and rear headlights, the "RAM" LOGO with the huge central grille, and so on.
In fact, as early as 2017, there was already information about the RAM 1500 pure electric pickup truck, the new car is based on the STLA Frame non-load-bearing chassis to build, still retains the basic body frame architecture of the current fuel vehicle on sale, and if you have to say it, it is also a kind of oil to electricity.
In five years, the RAM 1500 pure electric pickup truck finally has a relatively substantial action, I think it is also "stimulated" by the Ford F-150 Lightning, the latter after the release, its popularity far exceeded Ford's expectations, in just two months, F-150 Lightning reached 200,000 units of orders, far more than the existing capacity of the order volume let Ford suspend the booking of new cars, and the important reason for the popularity is because the same level of models have almost no other choices.
However, Ford has already expanded its Ringier Electric Vehicle Center, which plans to increase annual production by 150,000 units in 2023. To date, Ford has invested more than $1 billion in the F-150 Lightning in Michigan, including the Ford Van Electric Vehicle Powertrain Center, which assembles electric motors and electric axles, and the Rawsonville plant, where batteries are assembled.
Therefore, there is not much time left for the RAM 1500 pure electric pickup truck, if it is really not put into production until 2024, the delivery time will wait until the end of 2024, then the huge demand vacuum in the early stage will be robbed by Ford.
As for the three electric aspects, at present, foreign media say that the new RAM 1500 pure electric pickup truck has a cruising range of up to 805km and has a 150kWh fast charging function. If such data can be achieved when it is finally released, then the RAM 1500 pure electric pickup truck will have nearly 300km more battery life than the ford F-150 Lightning, which is also pure electric, and the current shortage of F-150 Lightning may also be alleviated.
Many domestic netizens are puzzled about why electric pickup trucks are so popular in the United States. In fact, it is very simple, pickup truck as almost all the farm in the United States must be a tool car, usually the car environment is in the surrounding tens of kilometers range, in the case of per capita car ownership has long been "1", Americans into the city, the long trip will have other functional vehicles instead, and in this case, the pickup truck is most suitable for new energy power as the core, thereby reducing costs.
In fact, electric pickup trucks are more similar to the mainland's electric mini-cars, are different situations of low-cost demand, Hongguang MINIEV has become a phenomenon-level model, I am afraid that Americans are also puzzled.