I think right now Stellantis is really trying to get itself together after the devastation it has endured through the last few years. Not only dealing with the changing auto industry and tariffs and shut downs and strikes and all of that stuff but also from the deliberate sabotage that their former CEO Carlos Tavares put the Mopar brands through to try to get them to collapse so there would be less American brands and more European brands here. With all of those wounds still being open, Stellantis is being overly cautious about how they approach Ram electrification and honestly I don't blame them. While my personal opinion would be to hybridize the hurricane powertrains in a 4Xe type setup in S/O and H/O setups powering vehicles on the STLA Large and STLA frame platforms and have that along with the "Ramcharger" EV setup on certain STLA Frame models, I realize that I view things from the perspective of simplification.
For example, lets say Stellantis took the STLA large platform & STLA frame platforms and made them the only two platforms that Mopar, North America was getting, that simplifies things down to two factories. Out of all of that, we have three engines, the Hurricane-4 2.0L the Hurricane 3.0L S/O and Hurricane 3.0L H/O which are all made in the same place. The ZF 8-speed isn't made by Stellantis, nor is the Cummins diesel in the Ram HD. The two platforms and three powertrains, especially in hybrid form would work across all four of the Mopar brands (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep & Ram), still allowing for the brand to have the power they're known for but also balanced by lower emissions. It also streamlines Stellantis' North American parts distribution centers because they'd all be carrying the same parts because there are less engines and platforms now and there will be more shared parts across the board.
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