Article content There’s no arguing that pickups have swollen to gargantuan proportions over the last number of years. Locked in a perpetual mine-is-bigger-than-yours game, don’t expect the largess from Detroit’s truck-makers to abate any time soon. The latest volley in this back-and-forth? Three rows of seating.
Yes, in a pickup. Eagle-eyed patent-spotters south of the border have uncovered documents showing Ram could be working on the concept of adding a pair of jump seats to some of its pickup trucks. The perches aren’t thrones, but they are forward-facing, and are intended to be removed for tailgating purposes.
If all this sounds familiar, give yerself a gold star. Ram trotted out this concept in the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV last January, along with numerous other innovations (to say nothing of the forward-looking style choices). Just a few short months later, it managed to let all the air out of that particular balloon by showing what it really planned to produce, the Ram 1500 REV we know today .
It’s shaping up to be an eminently capable machine, but one which differs from its gasoline-powered brother in the way an F-150 Lightning differs from an F-150 EcoBoost: unique front and rear fascias and a huge frunk but, overall, nothing that moves the needle in wild fashion. Which is why this patent for a third row of seats, published last week and filed nearly 12 months after the original electric Ram 1500 three-row truck appeared on the show circuit, is so notable. I.