The upcoming electric Chevy Silverado pickup will offer a four-wheel-steering system, the American automaker has confirmed.
In a statement, Chevy said the electric Silverado’s available four-wheel-steering system will give the truck “increased agility and tighter turning radius at low speeds, improved handling and stability at higher speeds, as well as great trailering dynamics.”
The GMC Hummer EV also features a four-wheel-steering system, which likely has quite a bit in common with the system that will be used in the electric Silverado. However, while four-wheel steering will be optional on the electric Silverado, it’s equipped as standard on every GMC Hummer EV trim level except the base Hummer EV2.
In addition to four-wheel-steering, Chevy also confirmed this week the electric Silverado will have available 24-inch wheels. Back in 2019, GM design chief Michael Simcoe revealed the automaker was moving towards having 24-inch and even 26-inch wheels on some of its production vehicles in a bid to make its products more eye-catching and appealing.
GM first revealed plans to produce an electric Chevy Silverado back in April. The battery-electric full-size pickup, which will offer upwards of 400 miles of range per charge in certain configurations, will be produced at the automaker’s newly renovated Factory Zero plant alongside the aforementioned Hummer EV. The automaker expects strong demand for the vehicle and will offer it in both fleet and retail variants.
“Designed as an EV from the ground up, the Silverado electric pickup harnesses the best of the Ultium Platform and Silverado’s proven capability,” the automaker said in a statement. “The fleet and retail versions of the electric Silverado will offer customers a variety of options and are expected to be in high demand.”
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Ford Lightning, Chevrolet Silverado. Which one will come out on top?
Silverado EV, by a long way… Lightning is a half effort, regular F150 converted to EV… Silverado EV is a ground up EV platform based off the HummerEV, and will be superior in most ways.
For me the only cool things on the Lightning, were the vehicle to everything power system, and giant frunk, other than that, I was not impressed.
The f150 lightning is awesome and a giant leap past any GM 1/2 ton for more reasons than just the EV powertrain.
To say the GM truck will be better by a long ways before we know almost anything about it is just silly and makes me think that you’re probably just a fanboy that will say GM no matter what.
Pot, meet kettle!
Explain. I’m not sure you understand what that means.
Apparently we need to fill up the pot.
You’re bragging up the F150 EV as it’s the best thing ever. Ooh, it can power a house. A base of 230 miles on a charge or an estimated epa range of 300 miles for the larger battery pack. That mileage is horrendous and no where close to class leading. See R1T for comparative purposes.
While the F150 is months away from production, we’ve seen what the Mach-e is capable of. It’s pretty good but no where class leading and I’ve seen no reviews that would suggest it’s anything close to class leading.
While the Silverado will likely be released after the F150 EV, we know it’s on a dedicated EV platform. At least 400 miles of range will be available. And its bigger brother is the Hummer EV which has far better specs than the F150. So the Silverado has potential to be more class leading than the F150 EV.
You’re calling anyone a fanboy who thinks the Silverado may be better because you say the F150 will always be the best. Your comments emphasize that you’re the fanboy.
Do you understand my comment now?
Fair points Mr Mike, but GM already announced the Silverado Ev will have over 400 miles of range, and we can assume the 350kW charging from the Hummer will carryover along with the battery pack, so in those 2 places GM will win. As a person that drives Ev’s daily range and charging speed are a big deal, and even more so if you hook up a trailer for a road trip. So far Ford’s charging on the Mach E is Abysmal, so they still need to prove to me they can build a battery that charges at a rate that will work in a truck.
If you note my comment below I point out the strength in Ford’s strategy. While I personally prefer GM products, there is wisdom in Ford’s strategy too.
An announcement is no guarantee of being in production, and on top of that GM has no prototype, yet Ford has several preproduction Lightning trucks at car shows and even evaluated by Sandy Munro on YouTube.
So Ford is still ahead until GM presents the first protype or a preproduction model. For now that electric Silverado is vaporware.
GM has Silverado EV prototypes, 2 of them were recently spotted at Milford in camouflage. It will be unveiled to the public soon, September or October.
Exactly!
You said the same thing about the Hummer EV and there has been numerous prototypes on the road with production that is right around the corner, so when Mary Barra wants the EV revolution to happen under her watch, believe what she is saying. The Cadillac Lyric is now taking Pre-Orders and there have been prototypes of that vehicle on the road this past spring and the Brightdrop EV600 is now on track for production as well.So yes, gm is on track for the new Silveardo EV, and it’s taking inspiration from the Hummer with a much lower price tag, the Chevy Bolt will not be the only EV in gm’s lineup, not by a long shot.
Not jut prototypes, Production HummerEV’s have been popping up everywhere, the factory is now building early production Hummers every day. see the HummerEv instagram channel for photos (including VIN). GM has also had the production models out in photo shoots.
We don’t know 350kW charging will carryover, the Hummer is a very expensive halo vehicle and if GM’s history is any indication, the High Country would get 350kW charging and the RST level trucks would get half that. Initial reports show the Lightning range may be far better than anticipated as well.
All we know is what they’ve shown and GM has shown very, very little. Don’t forget the current truck is an enormous letdown as well.
We do know the battery pack caries over, and the unit that puts the battery pack from parallel into series is not an expensive part, you are right though, the high end Silverado EV with the >200 kWh packs will get 350kW charging, the smaller, and cheaper packs will not.
GM current trucks have more marketshare than Ford since January 2020, so who is let down?
I want the GM to be better and I think GM has a lot of better tech, but GM has become “Generally the Minimum” for all their efforts.
“Designed from the ground up to run circles around the competition”
Ford had to rush the Lighting out because they are behind on their dedicated platform.
They knew Chevy has their dedicated platform on the way and Ford could not release the Lighting second or they would look really bad.
Ford will do as Chevy but it will be a while and the lighting just bought them some time till Chevy releases theirs.
4 wheel steering will be a common thing with EV models as it is not hard to so with the EV platforms.
4 wheel steering complexity does not change EV or not. If you have a differential in the center of your independent suspension, or an EV drive unit its the same… Just FYI… GM could just as easily throw this 4 wheel steer tech on the new full size SUV’s, and they might when they refresh them.
Quadrasteer was different tech because it used a solid rear axle instead of full independent suspension we see now on the ICE SUV’s and the BT1 trucks.
Why would there be a differential in the center if the Silverado has 3-4 independent motors driving each wheel separately?
If it was an ICE with the same 4 wheel steer and independent suspension, there would be a differential in place of the EV drive unit. Silverado EV will have 2 motors, Maybe 3 if they build an SS version, but that would not come for several years as GM is not going to Osbourne the HummerEV’s by making a Silverado with similar performance until the Hummer captures the target market.
Just FYI, almost all EV drive units have an internal differential.
Last I heard the Silverado would be single or dual motor. Still need differentials for that.
It is a steer by wire system and no mechanical connections. In time the steer by wire will also be on the front. As well brakes etc.
With coming EV most of the vehicle will be all drive by wire and most mechanical things will be reduced.
Many EV are already brake by wire, as is the C8 corvette, although the C8 has an emergency mechanical connection.
@C8.R, once again your comment makes assumptions which are not all correct. On the Lightning, there is some brilliance to Ford’s design as well, Capital Cost ring any bells? Ford will spend about $1B to bring the lightning to market, developing the frame, battery pack, and drive units, where as GM is spending many multiples of that on BT1. Ford will likely reach program profitability much earlier than GM. Also Ford’s all Aluminum cab and bed save some weight compared to GM’s mostly steel structure. Ford may have played this right considering the pace of EV battery evolution. See, Ford can wait to develop their next EV platform until battery development comes more into focus, but bigger advantage for Ford is they can apply this tech to the navigator with very little investment. I think there is wisdom both strategies, and Ford has an extremely loyal following that does not care if they are technically superior or not, they only buy Fords. One of my friends got a ride in a lightning prototype, and said it is fast, really fast… He said Ford is slow playing their specs, and they will likely be better than what have been shown so far, both in acceleration, and range.
Like most things, Competition is great, and I am not ready to absolutely declare GM the winner in BEV trucks yet, we the customers will ultimately be the winners.
Ford will pay for rushing the Lightning into production with range and efficiency. They need the aluminum sheet metal since their trucks have always weighed more than the comparable Chevy, so you can’t assume any mass savings at this time.
All EV’s are fast off the line with full torque at zero RPM. More motors add to the fun.
GM will no doubt spread the BT1 investment over several vehicles and brands to gain volume of the architecture including SUT’s, SUV’s and pick ups. While Ford had the F-150 and maybe an F-150 derived SUV like the Expedition.
While I am shopping for my next dually, I am watching the electric Hummer and Silverado for a potential daily driver.
Let’s wait and see on the range and efficiency, so far I have seen 2 reviewers where people went scrolling through the menu’s when their Ford steward was not looking and found the indicated range much higher than Ford advertised. Ford is known to sandbag, that could be the case here too…
Once again you are full of yourself. Compared to the old systems that were very heavy, expensive and fully mechanical they just did not work well and reduced pay load at a high cost.
These systems are cheaper, lighter and easier to install and price.
Your opinion on the Lighting are just your opinions. If what you say were true then why are they working so hard to replicate the same platforms as the others now. Ford has been in deep trouble as they have had one failure after another for a number of years. The Aluminum trucks never provide the income they needed and has rocked their stock prices since their arrival.
Ford has also outsourced all their Euro EV tech from VW as they lack the development. They are like Honda is too GM as they lack the development money to do it themselves with no dance partner.
The race to the EV crown is not a sprint race but a marathon. The ones that will get it right will not release half baked products for the sake of release and get the product right the first time.
Being first is not what wins here but getting the products right the first time. If you release these half baked models it will turn many customers off before you get it right. Most folks do not want electric so you had better have a product people will accept and not hold against you later as others come out with better products.
Ford has had a lot of fleet sales that are often counted as loyalty. When you fleet sale so many F trucks and Explorers it adds up but the loyalty is too low prices that lead low profit fleet sales.
The one thing Ford has gotten right is the Bronco but even that is screwed up with quality issues right now. They had better fix them fast as you only have one chance at first impressions and a bad impression on a new product can haunt you for years.
Not at all full of myself, but I understand the engineering of both vehicles, and the costs to develop, Looking at that, and the fact that Ford Likely sandbagged their numbers, and the person I talked to that rode in the Lighting prototypes said its better then they claim.
As for the rest of off topic blah blah blah… Whatever… Ford has a few hits on their hand Bronco being one of them, Maverick another, and the F150 lighting is receiving wide praise (except from you, who cannot afford one anyway, and are just talking out your behind)
Simply fact kiddo, Ford is being given an 16 P/E ratio on Wall Street right now, while GM is given a 7 P/E ratio, do you know what that means? That means investors have more faith in Ford as a growth opportunity, then they do in GM. Ford stock has also out performed GM in the last 12 months, and YTD, So investors think Ford has a better path forward. Personally I own both companies because i think they both have opportunities, but both need to execute, and when it comes to presentations, Ford nailed it on the F150 Lightning, and GM blew it on the Lyriq, and Hummer Ev as most people in the EV world felt they were too fake, with no real world video or demonstrations. GM did lots of CGI, Ford showed you how to use the F150 as a tool… There is quite a difference in believability.
The differential is vital for steering, so a differential is integrated inside the electric drive unit.
@Raymond, all Bolts have a differential in the front drive unit, All Teslas except the plaid have differentials in every drive unit, and even the Hummer has a differential in the front drive unit, the rear drive unit in the Plaid and the Hummer do not have differentials because they have separate motors driving each wheel (virtual)
From what can be seen in the video, this thing is going to look great!
2023 or 2024MY? Nothing about the reveal?
Silverado Ev is coming late 2022, as a 23 model year. You can see in GM’s latest Factory Zero B roll to the right of the HummerEV body line which is already running early production, you can see they are putting the Silverado EV line together.
If GM can capture the soul of the Avalanche this will be a great effort by them.
24 & 26″!?!? Do we want these to look like bro-dozers???? To me the ugliest thing you can do besides the Carolina squat is take a super duty, and put low profile wide wheels on it. Absolutely ugly. Particularly in this age when off road is cool and people want meatier and meatier tires, this is probably for extra miles as low profile tires do have less tire flex and rolling mass
Due to the enormous size of the current trucks I do feel 20’s look good, with a 33″ tire. 22’s are not for me but 24’s and 26? I just can’t get behind that.
I assume that an all-electric Suburban and Tahoe are underway as well?
Escalade First… I assume the others later
Don’t forget the Sierra, Yukon and Yukon XLs
All electric vehicles still have a hydraulic brake system as a backup .
Actually they are still electro mechanical. They have hydraulic brakes actuated and assisted assisted by the electrical abs system. This first went into production on the 2003 Mercedes SL models. For them it was extremely troublesome and numerous recalls. The new systems are great but true brake by wire will have electrical calipers with no hydraulics.
With the rush to EVs, I am assuming we are running out of oil faster than expected, and don’t wish to announce it for fear of rioting. I haven’t talked to anyone, yet, that wants any of this stuff, unless they live in the city for short commutes. They are worthless in the mountains and charging takes forever. We shall see.
Well we are not out of oil and will not be out for a long time. But the EV will work and be able to do about anything a ICE will in the near future. Ranges are the same in most models and the charge times and prices will come down. More charge points will show up too.
I am not a big fan but the die is cast and it is coming so the sooner we learn and understand these models the better.
While there will be some change to your life for the most things will be more the same than different.
I am a long term GM fan. Waiting for a reasonably priced pickup. I don’t want the extra expense of 4 wheel steering or 24 inch wheels, but something that get over 300 miles. I have an F 150 reservation but have no interest in showboating around in a Cyber Truck even though I love my Tesla Model S.
This might be great for in town or short distance driving. But not so much for vacation pulling a boat for an 8 to 10 hour drive. I’ll stick to gas power. Stop for 10 minutes a couple times along the way to gas up and bathroom break. How long does it take to recharge and what will it cost? if charging stations are available!
While I currently own a Silverado, I don’t consider myself a committed fan of any one brand. All have their pros and cons for any given gen. I’m also neutral on electrics — would I consider one? Yes, but not now. I still think the charging network and overall infrastructure needs to mature a bit more for me to take the plunge. Use-cases for trucks are much broader than sedans or crossovers so there is still a lot of real-world discovery to be had.
However, I think the four-wheel steering (while not a new concept) is going to be a significant leap forward for pickups. I am confident/hopeful that it will trickle down into the non-electric trucks and I look forward to it