Ram Equates EV Fears With Erectile Dysfunction in Super Bowl Ad

Stellantis needs truck owners to get over their performance anxiety and address mutual needs

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In 2004, the companies behind erectile dysfunction drugs Cialis and Levitra released Super Bowl ads for their drugs. Each of those spots—Cialis’ “Will You Be Ready” and Levitra’s Mike Ditka-led “It’s Not the Same”—somehow addressed their core topic with more subtlety than Ram’s Super Bowl ad that’s (ostensibly) about electric vehicles.

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