Electric Ram Truck by 2024

[Bttrylfe]

Just saw this announcement from Ram. They are taking an interesting approach and waiting for competitors to release vehicles first.

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[AdamsFan1983]

Heh. "Look at our inflatable vaguely vehicle-like pieces of black fabric... We're on it..."

 

[CommodoreAmiga]

Looks like a pretty typical "we have nothing, but marketing says we need something" approach.

 

[RWerksman]

Well, that was a nothingburger.

 

[cohall]

Who was the target audience for this? Truly embarrassing.

 

[Atlrivian]

Who was the target audience for this? Truly embarrassing.

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[E.S.]

Is anyone truly surprised? It was only a matter of time for Dodge (and eventually Chevy if they haven't yet) to announce a EV-truck. Tesla may have opened the doorway for electrification, but Ford threw down the gauntlet.

Rivian, I love you guys and your product, but you all need to step up on the info department.

 

[Gshenderson]

“We’re not just following our competitors.” Huh? That looks like exactly what they are doing.

 

[irish26]

There's a bad joke in here somewhere about who will be first, Ram or Rivian?

 

[Temerarius]

(Dating myself here)

Anyone remember those nasty rice crackers from the 80's that had all the appeal of eating ceiling tiles, had no flavour, and left you trying to not choke as you desperately went looking for some water to gag them down with (all in the name of being healthy)?

All 4 minutes and 51 seconds of that marketing turdburger reminded me of those.

I can understand wanting to wait a couple months to reveal your EV Truck and such after, say Ford did so that you can make tweaks and make yours better, faster, cheaper, stronger and not cost 6 million dollars... but 3 years?

 

[SeaGeo]

That was.... So bad. Like. Satire bad.

 

[Atlrivian]

Conspiracy theory: this was actually put out by Rivian comms!

They have actually been doing something! Rivian has run out of positive things to say about themselves, and knew the natives were getting restless. They had to think of something to make themselves look better, and this is the turd (not TURD) they came up with. Doesn't it make Rivian look stellar in comparison??

 

[SeaGeo]

I honestly can't get over how poorly done this was. Like... Wtf is this slide? They described basically every EV on the left, and then literally minimal specs are presented on the right. Max 150 kW charging and range prediction? Putting those things on display literally shows they don't know what in the hell their competition is doing. Which I guess is why they have to wait until everyone produces an EV truck to figure out what theirs will be...?

 

[Gshenderson]

But will it have CarPlay and Android Auto support? That’s all that really matters! ?

 

[Smithery]

I honestly can't get over how poorly done this was. Like... Wtf is this slide? They described basically every EV on the left, and then literally minimal specs are presented on the right. Max 150 kW charging and range prediction? Putting those things on display literally shows they don't know what in the hell their competition is doing. Which I guess is why they have to wait until everyone produces an EV truck to figure out what theirs will be...?

Came here to comment on 150kw charging.

In 2024, a vehicle that hopes to do long range towing of heavy loads sure as HELL had better be charging higher than 150kw...

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