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At the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, Ram quietly showed the production-ready 2027 Ram 1500 REV, marking a major step toward bringing the range-extended electric pickup to market. Unlike earlier fully electric versions, the 1500 REV adopts a truck-first approach with a range-extender setup and multiple drive modes, and it will be built at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan.

Ram confirms production is set to begin in the second half of 2026, with dealer deliveries expected later this year. Read more and see the details at MoparInsiders.com: https://moparinsiders.com/production-ready-2027-ram-1500-rev-debuts-in-detroit/
 
yeah, by the level of communication to deposit holder (insiders -right ?) RAM seems more interested in getting mags interested again, now they gave ford enough time to make a competitor.

RAM has failed getting my loyalty, sorry.
 
GEON said:
yeah, by the level of communication to deposit holder (insiders -right ?) RAM seems more interested in getting mags interested again, now they gave ford enough time to make a competitor.

RAM has failed getting my loyalty, sorry.
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I agree with you. They have zero excuse here.
 
Here is a better video of that same truck from another person, they were able to get a Ram guy to answer some good questions about it also, so it is worth the watch:

 
I hope they switch from the J1772 port to a NACS port, though. I'd hate to have to deal with an adapter every time I fast charge.
 
The writing is on the wall that this will be delayed yet again. I was told by one of the Ram reps at the Colorado Auto show that it was going to be a 2028 model now, but I didn't believe her as she said a few other things that were not true. But the "Butter da Insider" youtube video just showed it was no longer on the production schedule he gets from someone inside Ram. I think this is a big miss for Ram. Ford is racing towards their EREV now and they already have half the platform set up with their Lightening. If Ford beats Ram to market because the Hemi (that they didnt even improve) I think it will be a giant misstep on Rams part.
 
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The writing is on the wall that this will be delayed yet again. I was told by one of the Ram reps at the Colorado Auto show that it was going to be a 2028 model now, but I didn't believe her as she said a few other things that were not true. But the "Butter da Insider" youtube video just showed it was no longer on the production schedule he gets from someone inside Ram. I think this is a big miss for Ram. Ford is racing towards their EREV now and they already have half the platform set up with their Lightening. If Ford beats Ram to market because the Hemi (that they didnt even improve) I think it will be a giant misstep on Rams part.
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There is for sure vibes there is hesitation rather than hype and hunger to have a good head start selling and marketing this drivetrain approach. I do find many seem to view this approach as an EV and it gets some of the negative vibes they have now...but that makes no sense to me and is fake vibe and folks will probably eat these up once more know of them and what they are. That's part of why they need the head start. Even if 2 years they could still be just getting folks aware as they have competition from all the rest.
 
Just had a chance to watch the Butter video referred to above. Not sure it that means much or not since it seems to be HEMI specific calendar maybe as it only seems to say stuff about the 6.2L and 5.7L non BSG. Doesn't seem to have any information on the Hurricane builds, but pretty sure they will be happening also....probably just some other UAW calendar somehow. Need @RamCares to also ask to have this one cleared up.

 
Rotorhead said:
The writing is on the wall that this will be delayed yet again. I was told by one of the Ram reps at the Colorado Auto show that it was going to be a 2028 model now, but I didn't believe her as she said a few other things that were not true. But the "Butter da Insider" youtube video just showed it was no longer on the production schedule he gets from someone inside Ram. I think this is a big miss for Ram. Ford is racing towards their EREV now and they already have half the platform set up with their Lightening. If Ford beats Ram to market because the Hemi (that they didnt even improve) I think it will be a giant misstep on Rams part.
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I talked to that woman too. She knew absolutely nothing! She gave me a blank stare when I asked about the Rev. Or maybe I'm just scary, since the Porsche rep claimed she couldn't speak english... Ironically, the GMC rep actually knew a couple things about the Rev, and the controversial elements of the Sierra EV. And to back up jasaero, Butter stated at 7:15 in that video that he has seen nothing about the Rev schedule. But that is just indeterminant, since he only sees schedules that are being purposefully "leaked."
 
Well, I have started looking into the Powerboost as it does half of what I am looking for (will run my camper while at my property). I would rather not lose my ramboxes and MFT. I was willing to wait yet another camping season before trading my current truck out, but since Ram doesnt give any info on anything and I am getting frustrated with the constant delays, I may just lease a Ford and Ram loses another customer.
 
Rotorhead said:
Well, I have started looking into the Powerboost as it does half of what I am looking for (will run my camper while at my property). I would rather not lose my ramboxes and MFT. I was willing to wait yet another camping season before trading my current truck out, but since Ram doesnt give any info on anything and I am getting frustrated with the constant delays, I may just lease a Ford and Ram loses another customer.
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At this point some of the sucking up to HEMI fans and their desires for the more basic utilitarian easy to main truck possible makes me wonder why the rambox and MFT are still available options...haha. May as well get rid of them with all other tech and make you pay more without them like they are for everyone hot for HEMI.

I'm mostly kidding as I get the annoyances with the problems the HEMI has that are related to it's new techy features in the eTorque and MDS and such...but I am the sort that says they need to modernize the HEMI further and part of that would be effort to make it more efficient and powerful while fixing reliability issues. You can have advanced features to add efficiency and be very reliable and easy enough to work on if you are the sort to keep up with the tech and how it works.

Generally though it seems they see their customers and anti anything that uses electricity on some level and are trying to pivot to pure gas brains marketing. Even eTorque to me could be upgraded to something between the EREV and what it is now to make it less annoying and more something that actually only turns the engine off and on while moving like powerboost works and use the extra power in the battery and motors that can actually be primary from a stop motivation, and folks would complain less. Not to mention it'd then have a proper DC power system for doing A/C offboard like the Ford you are now considering and just be a less spendy option than the EREV.
 
I 100% agree. To your point, I do see a lot of "make it a single cab with an 8' bed and I will buy one" comments even though those are not options because nobody bought them. These are the same ppl that complained about the hurricane (which is superior in every way to the Hemi) because the exhaust note was not from a V8. If 90% of the people had driven the hurricane truck, they would have realized immediately it was superior. Electric powertrains are the future. As battery tech improves (it is looking like the Donut battery is meeting all its goals so far and will be a game changer) the electric drivetrains are much better for just about everything. This REV was the way to start transitioning typical truck drivers to that option by not having all the drawbacks of a typical EV Truck.
Anyway, my hopes for this truck were the main selling points. EV range so 75% of my use would not use gas. Towing ability (really just more payload for my current load). The ability to use the truck as a generator when boondocking on my property. I like the interiors, ramboxes and MFT and the air suspension features, but those are secondary to me at this point. I was actually part of a group call with Reps from Ram about 3 years ago about EVs etc. The consensus from that call was the REV was far more desirable than the full EV for the above reasons. There was a guy who got one of the first Cybertrucks and loved the power, but didnt use it for truck things and was really interested in the REV (Ramcharger at the time) for the same reasons. We are probably at least a decade away from having enough infrastructure to really start moving away from gas engines and the technology to have full EV trucks and still use them for truck things. This is Stellantis chance to capture that market for the future IMO.
 
Yep. The silly thing is that I actually believe in not so many years here it'll finally be realized the hurricane is a better engine by more and it'll then be harder to sell the HEMI if they haven't either redone it to actually be better or maybe just totally dumbed it down and made it the cheaper buy it for reliability option rather than more expensive. Really crazy folks will pay a premium for it...but SORTA get it if you want to buy some truck and run it for ages...but it needs dumbed down to some ultra reliable state for that to be the sell. And it should also then be cheaper.

Pretty sure the broader market really wants something like this EREV and a good chunk are also willing to pay pretty good premium. As far as BEV being ready for primetime...I really believe it's not even the infrastructure and that on some level all over the world they are structuring the infrastructure one to do this at scale. Even Norway is only at 33% of the cars on the road actively driving around...even though almost all new retail car sales are EV. And I would guess at some point used ICE cars will get spendy there as they try to keep them on the road cause of the effort to force everyone into new EVs.

Essentially EV infrastructure should be designed around idea folks charge while they sleep and folks should just buy cars with range for their longest road trip legs and EVs shouldn't become the norm until you have all day range cars that only need charged at night a lot slower. This would be much less costly and cumbersome way to do it at scale and it really seems battery tech will eventually get to a point this could be possible even with many EVs on road today...that just have a battery swap done to some new higher energy density tech in like 10-15 years.
 
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People are rarely perfectly logical in their buying decisions. Of course, a lot of times that comes down to having a different set of priorities than what you may personally have. For example, it may be really important for somebody to have that V8 sound, and they're willing to pay more in gas to enjoy it.

I'm anxiously awaiting the Ram EREV as well—especially since I just sold my Raptor. I still think Ram is ahead of Ford in this; the only thing Ford has said about their EREV was a press release in December, and since then there's been absolutely no news. There's no indication of something nearing production at all.

Ironically, we had most of the major manufacturers announce delays or outright cancellations of a lot of their EV initiatives in just a month or two prior to the Iran war. Now that the last of the tanker ships that were able to leave the region before the war broke out have made it to their final destinations, the world is going to start seeing significant reductions in fuel availability and much higher prices. It'll be interesting to see how long people hold out when they're paying $7 or $8 a gallon for gas. At least there's 800,000 EVs coming off lease over the next year, so that should help satisfy some of the demand. I think a lot of people with pickups that are only getting in the mid-teens for MPG are going to be looking for more economical solutions.
 
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