Ram grabs the spotlight with an electric pickup
Equipped with an "extended range" system
With pickup trucks growing in popularity, American automaker Ram unveiled its first electric pickup for 2024 at the 2022 Chicago Auto Show.
The company plans to launch a fully electric pickup truck by 2024, and despite its delay from the rest of the companies; The new car will be available with the extended range "Range Extender" system, which is not available in competing cars, such as the F-150 Lighting or the Rivan R1 T.
The Extended Range is a system that ensures the battery is recharged, and is not currently available on other electric trucks.
outperform competitors
The American company aims to attract its customers to its future cars, and published two pictures of the "Ram 1500" that show the car's chassis and its mysterious exterior with exciting lighting.
The company's CEO, Mike Koval, believes that the electric truck will not only outperform current competitors, but will also be a huge success over the cars of 2024, according to Car and Driver.
Koval said the upcoming Ram 1500 EV will be fitted with a range-extended system, and as an alternator that can recharge the truck's battery pack, this will help address some drivers' range concerns.
Koval believes the alternator will support the battery to increase range, especially when towing.
It is expected that the manufacturing of the electric truck will begin on the "Stella Fram" platform, which was announced by the Stelantis Group in July 2021.
previous solutions
Although the system is not available in any other new electric trucks; Ram won't be the only company doing this; In 2020, Ford created an interchangeable and operable range extender in the F-150 Lighting.
BMW i3 cars also have the system, and it can almost double the driving range with the help of a small petrol engine, which runs a generator to maintain the battery charge level.
But Koval did not reveal what kind of extended range will be used in the upcoming car or when it will be available.
Ram's solution is to equip electric trucks of the future with a gas or diesel engine that will only run when the battery needs to be recharged.
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