2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV prototypes hit the road

Prototypes for Chevrolet’s Silverado EV started hitting public roads this 7 days and Chevy received in advance of the spy shot photographers by releasing a pair of its personal images exhibiting just one of the testers for the electric powered comprehensive-measurement pickup truck.

The pics show the Silverado EV screening at Basic Motors’ examination middle in Milford, Michigan, and ensure that the creation model’s style will continue to be accurate to the version demonstrated in January at the 2022 Shopper Electronics Display.

Revenue are owing to start off in the fall of 2023, with the motor vehicle arriving as a 2024 model. A linked GMC Sierra electric pickup is owing about the exact same time. Pricing for the Silverado EV is verified to begin from $39,900, in addition location.

Both the Chevy and GMC will be crafted at GM’s Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan, which is at the moment going through a $4 billion enhance to assistance creation of the electric powered pickups and other upcoming EVs.

Underpinning the pickups will be GM’s Ultium EV platform uncovered in motor vehicles like the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Lyriq. The major battery will be a 200-kilowatt-hour device capable of delivering more than 400 miles of array. Charging at up to 350 kilowatts indicates 100 miles of selection will acquire about 10 minutes of charging time.

The Silverado EV will measure in at 233 inches in duration, or about an inch more time than a latest Silverado 1500 with a crew taxi and small bed. A trunk will be highlighted up front, although opting for a Multi-Flex tailgate will enable you to fit objects as extended as 10 ft in the bed.

The Silverado EV’s beginning selling price will be for a stripped-down WT professional variation aimed at businesses. A top rated-of-the-vary RST edition will be priced in the 6 figures. It will offer 664 hp and 780 lb-ft of torque, and the means to dash from -60 mph in 4.5 seconds. It will also tow up to 10,000 lb and have 1,300 lb of payload.

Even even though there will be a commercial edition, Chevy said 95% of existing reservation holders anticipate to use their Silverado EVs as each day drivers. Most reservation holders also approach to use these motor vehicles for truck-distinct jobs, with 87% indicating they desired an EV for towing and 72% stating they required an off-road capable EV.