General Motors has unveiled the all-new 2024 Chevy Silverado EV, a fully electrified version of the popular pickup truck. Reservations opened up shortly after the vehicle’s debut, and according to GM CEO Mary Barra, all available reservations for the well-equipped Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition were spoken for in a matter of minutes.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg’s David Westin, Barra outlined how customers received the debut of the new 2024 Chevy Silverado EV.
“The reception, I have to tell you David, has been great,” Barra said. “The First Edition of the RST sold out in 12 minutes and reservations are still coming in. So we’re super excited about the response that we’re getting because this is a ground-up EV truck that has so much capability.”
For the moment, the Chevy Silverado EV is offered in both the RST trim and the fleet-focused WT trim. According to Barra, General Motors will initially launch with the WT variant, which is slated to launch in spring of next year, followed by the RST variant in the fall.
Under the body panels, the all-electric Silverado is based on a dedicated Ultium BEV platform that incorporates a 24-module Ultium battery pack into the vehicle structure. Topped off with electrons, the battery pack will provide upwards of 400 miles of driving range for both the RST First Edition and WT trim levels.
Motivation in the RST First Edition is sourced from a dual-motor e4WD system, rated at 664 horsepower and 780 pound-feet of torque with the available Wide Open Watts Mode. Meanwhile, the WT runs a dual-motor setup producing 510 horsepower and 615 pound-feet of torque, offering 8,000 pounds of towing and 1,200 pounds of payload capacity.
Further specs include an independent front and rear suspension, while the RST First Edition features Adaptive Air Ride suspension as standard, plus four-wheel steering.
Pricing for the 2024 Chevy Silverado WT starts at $39,900, while the RST First Edition starts at $105,000. Further trims, including an off-roading Trail Boss model, will be released as production ramps up.
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Thats pretty amazing. I was going to reserve myself but am more interested in the Trail Boss version so am waiting for that one.
I really like the truck. I love the size of the bed + midgate + flexgate makes it very versatile. Well done GM. Range is great too with it.
Read my name, all I gotta say.
So if BEVs are so wonderful, why do we need government mandates? Why can’t folks continue buying ICEs if they chose to?
TESLA used to receive tens of thousands of dollars per TESLA sold in ZEV credits that other manufacturers had to buy.
If you think BEVs are expensive now, wait until there are no ICEs to pass the cost on to. All the ICEs went up in price by a lot to help cover the costs of BEVs….again…due to government mandates and regulations.
ICE’s also pay for all the roads and bridges thanks to the gas tax. BEVs pay almost nothing ($200 a year is nothing). Wait until there are no ICEs to cover this huge bill.
Same with insurance. ICE drivers are covering a significant amount of the real cost of insuring BEVs. Why do you folks think your auto insurance keeps creeping up and up? Yep, more BEVs. Those very expensive batteries have to be replaced even after small accidents. But no worries….the China-loving sosiaIists have figured out how to make ICE owners (ie, all Taxpayers) cover this huge cost burden of insuring a BEV.
Finally, if BEVs are so wonderful, why all the lies about MPGe? Why are almost all the efficiency losses neglected by the EPA? A TESLA rated at 88 MPGe gets more like 18 MPGe in the real world….under very favorable conditions.
Without telling us how many reservations there were, this is completely meaningless.
Could be something really impressive, or like 25 trucks.
I love the truck too. My only gripe is with the decision to keep the battery slung low. This will necessitate running boards and/or body cladding for any vehicles riding on this platform.
Charlie,
I have to go with the chassis guys on this one. Havin the large and heavy battery low and centeral helps with CG and safety. I can’t think of were else I would want it.
I can’t argue with that. Bet they drive like a dream. Just wish I could get one without running boards.
Yep….nothing like that warm and fuzzy feeling from a 100kw battery shorting out in the rain due to some failed component….oh…wait….BEVs never suffer from any failed components…..never mind.
Truck already looks dated.
Dated like a 2002 Avalanche?
To be fair I hammered Ford for not posting how May models were reserved when the lighting sold out.
Chevy it is your turn now post up numbers.
GM Authority Johnathan:
While it’s good to see GM sold out of allocations for the premier edition in 12 minutes, GM withholding that number doesn’t exactly tell the whole story. I sort of have to agree with the guys here.
That said, please keep posting stories on this truck, as I can’t wait to take to delivery of mine!
That’s great, but where is the configuration we were promised by now.
So she says the reservations were all filled in 12 minutes…how many is “all” ? Did I miss the figure somewhere? If it’s 100,000 I’d say that’s impressive if it’s a 100 or even a few hundred it’s not that remarkable IMO.
100,000??? You’re cringe. If that were true GM would make $5-$10 Billion off just the reserved trucks!
More like 2,500-10,000 reservations composed mostly of those looking to trade it in for a bigger profit
China will make like $25,000 on every one sold. Xi is very happy.
Dual Electric Motors – Can’t make without China.
Batteries – LG Chem makes majority of batteries in China. Also, China controls the world’s lithium production…and will soon control the world’s largest lithium mines in South America…thanks to the Wuhan virus….and the vaccines that China offered early on to the very hard hit Chile….what a nice guy that Xi is.
I’m sure there will be many other components of this lectric Silverado made in China. HeII, the CT4 and CT5 have over 10% of components made in China….and these are ICEs! The Envision is 100% made in China.
Like I said, China will make like $25,000 on every one sold. Xi is very happy.
You must have been asleep during GM’s announcements over the past several months about mining for magnet materials in the US and Lithium from the Salton Sea (in California). And the cells are going to be made in Lordstown, OH, Springhill, TN, Lansing, MI and another planned location.
LIAR
Without the numbers this is a non story
This is a much better design than the TESLA Crybebetruck.
First, the Silverado EV windows use glass that’s easy to break.
TESLA gave their truck special glass that is nearly impossible to break if you’re stuck inside trying to get out and those batteries spontaneously combust…or just combust during a crash…..good thinking Elooon.
No thanks. I’m a TRX type of guy.
But ask Dwayne Johnson….he might get one…will go nicely with his blonde wig.
Don’t forget that RAM has an EV on the way also, it 2
Would be interesting to see how that will stack up, but RAM is already claiming that it will blow out the competition, it’s hard to imagine what that exactly means based on what has been demonstrated by all other EV Trucks so far.
GM is on the right BEV path and is developing completely new and not based on the ICE trucks.
It is also interesting that, as at Ford, the prices for the craftsmen EV Silverados start at 40 Grant. Of course, you have the option of converting these inexpensive BEVs as a private person or tuning company. I think that’s very good and as you can see again, GM loves its customers!
I also mention that the “Works EV Pickups” are perfect beginners for the custom builders who want to exhibit at the SEMA SHOW 2022. As a skilled craftsman, thanks to GM, you can build your HappyTime EV Silverado Works custom pickup.
That’s great at a price of 50 grant minius subsidies of $ 12,500. I have to thank GM again and again that private individuals are rewarded with affordable vehicles.
Honest question? Who has 110 grants for an EV pickup? I`m not!
*AVALANCHE
I like the blue 1 pictured , but put a Duramax diesel in mine . I’ve been waiting for an updated Avalanche or Escalade EXT .
Over a hundred grand for rst just give us an RS SS!
Just go for the upcoming Refreshed 2023 Silverado HD with the Duramax instead, I suspect that there may even be an increase in Horsepower or Torque; or a combination of both during that time line also and you could hold on to it well into the year 2030.
I predict that every EV pickup truck in America will have a portable generator and a couple of cans of gas in the bed to eliminate “range anxiety”.
Looks like the body style of an Avalanche! That part is great! I had 5 of them. How about use that body style in a gas version as well! That shorter wheelbase is definitely a plus.
Why does it look like an old Avalanche?
Because it does. It’s dated.
Holy Moley…this particular (top of the line) EV Silverado Chevy Truck cost (gulp!) $105,000! Jeese Louise, com’on GM, seriously, and then you add “Dealers Mark Up’s” (you know that’ll the norm here) and tax and license and you are sure to be writing a big check for oh…$125,000 or more! Are all of you who like this truck (and I do like the design and looks, really smart design that might even out do the Ford Lightening!) so darn filthy rich, rolling in dough that this kind of money isn’t objectionable! I don’t know about all of you, but to me…that’s outrageous! I shudder at paying over 50 grand for a new Silverado LT, and of course throw in a diesel option and you are up another 20 grand or more…and now, Chevy has the guts to put an MSRP of $105,000 on a light duty pickup!!!
Bless all of you that seem to be enthralled with buying this way, way, way over priced new EV Pickup, I’m happy for you that you can simply go to a Chevy dealer and lay down that kind of cash, obviously life’s been very good to you, but I’m just an “average joe”…and although I might be interested in owning a truck like this one day (and NO I’m not interested in owning that pathetic looking WT “Work Truck” edition…damn that thing is Butt Ugly!) I just can’t raise that kind of cash for a pickup that’ll just be used driving around the streets and freeways of good old “SoCal”!
Once again, this pickup (in top of the line guise) will be showing up at Cars & Coffee (Truck & Java?) events or Cruise Nights (have fun parking this beast at a crowded Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank/Toluca Lake on a Friday Night!) at least in Southern California where we’ve got some pretty decent weather all year long, and of course we do have some “well healed dudes” that’ll be bringing this vehicle and also a new Hummer EV or two, to all of our local events where these vehicles will be taking “Front Stage” (along with the new Z06 Corvette when it becomes available) and I seriously doubt that any of these EV Trucks (even in “yuck” Work Truck guise) will show up on farms and ranches through out the USA, just say’in!
Oh well, ain’t no crime to be so rich that this kind of money for a “Truck” isn’t a bother…so once again, Queen Mary Barra has pulled the wool over all of your eyes, her statement about (being sold out in 12 minutes) or even so many folks showing a serious interest in this vehicle as to have her make such a pathetic statement without any actual numbers is just so typical of her style of running the business. If it sounds like I’m no friend of “Queen Mary” Barra, you’re right!
GM is now the second largest automotive producer in the USA (now beaten out in sales by Toyota) and you can thank Mary Barra for that…she is (in my humble opinion) the reason for all of GM’s current ailments, pick one…she’ll be behind every failure that GM is now suffering, and don’t fool yourselves, GM is not going to catch up with Tesla (no matter what you think of the product of Elon Musk…nothing succeeds like success!) nor anyone else for that matter until they dump “Queen Mary” and put someone in her place that can “read the future” better and become a “leader and not a follower”!
Okay ’nuff said….let the letters of hate come rolling in, but believe me all you’ve got to do is to “fact check” what I’m saying and to now “give the business away” to Toyota here in America is not only disgusting but totally preventable, and it starts with the highest management person running the business…guess who that is? “Dump The Queen” (Mary) and lets get GM rolling again back into it’s prior number one position in America! God Bless the USA!
Again I ask do all E cars have a regular 12-volt battery system? A Chevy Bolt in the showroom at my dealer had a dead battery from sitting! As it is my Buick has to site on a battery tender because of not driving it enough. So if anyone can tell me if say Tesla also has a 12-volt battery to run the say the fans, heater A C whatever!? Thank You.