95 Percent Of Chevy Silverado EV Reservation Holders Plan To Use It As Daily Driver
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The Chevy Silverado EV introduces a brand-new all-electric variant to the legendary Chevy Silverado lineup, offering a cutting-edge EV powertrain plus all the impressive capability expected. Interestingly, GM is now saying that the overwhelming majority of Chevy Silverado EV reservation holders plan to use their battery-powered pickup as their daily driver.
Citing information collected in a survey conducted by GM Research, GM says that a whopping 95 percent of Chevy Silverado EV reservation holders will use the pickup for daily driving duties. Additionally, GM states that 87 percent of survey respondents decided to reserve a Chevy Silverado EV because they wanted an all-electric vehicle that could also meet their “truck needs” with regard to towing and trailering, while 72 percent of survey respondents said they wanted an EV that could go off-roading.
General Motors unveiled the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV in January at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, pulling the sheets on three trim levels, including the well-equipped RST, the Trail Boss as well as the fleet-oriented WT. All three trims ride on the GM BT1 platform, a dedicated all-electric vehicle architecture that also underpins the GMC Hummer EV, with GM’s first-generation Ultium battery tech and Ultium drive motor tech onboard for motivation. Range-per-charge maxes out at roughly 400 miles. Production will take place early next year at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan. The first units are set to arrive in the spring of 2023.
Back in April, GM Authority reported that GM has now accumulated some 140,000 reservations for the Chevy Silverado EV, including both fleet and retail reservations. Critically, however, one recent study estimates that only about 20 percent of the current reservation holds plan on actually purchasing the vehicle once it goes on sale. To note, the study focuses on retail consumer orders, rather than fleet buyers.
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I plan to flip mine when It arrives.
I saw an interesting video on YouTube. The channel was The Fast Lane. They used a brand new Ford Lightning and towed a 6k travel trailer. On a full charge they were only able to tow 86 miles, if they were to just drive it by itself the range was over 300 miles.
I saw that one too. It gets worse. This was the lightening extended range. It’s supposed to have 320 miles range, but only was averaging 260 per full charge across the flat Midwest going 70. That’s a huge dude on reported range! The fast lane plans on swapping out the economy rubber bands for a mild AT tire and driving it to Prudhoe bay to see if an EV can tackle anything thrown at them. All I can say is Godspeed. If the range was 260 on a flat paved with Econ tires, it will drop to 180 on gravel with AT’s. They will spend several days camping out plugged up to their generator.
If the Silverado EV is being judge by the same metric, it won’t reach 400 miles, but will be a 300 mile EV
“It’s supposed to have 320 miles range, but only was averaging 260 per full charge across the flat Midwest going 70. That’s a huge dude on reported range!”
That’s true for any car, gas or electric. EPA highway drive cycle is nominally at 65 MPH. Going to 70 MPH increases air drag by 16% (air drag is proportional to the square of speed). 16% off 320 miles is 268, close to what they achieved. Laws of physics.
Now turn the heater on while hitched to trailer, probably go down to 40 miles!!! Going to take a long time to tow the snowmobiles to the U.P. 🙂
At this point the EV models are best suited for every day use and commuting. So why would 95% not use it for that?
Towing is something that will improved moving forward.
As for off road the Hummer had no issue in media testing. As for running out of fuel which was my point the can cross charge 100 miles in 15 min. That would get you out as long as you have another EV with you.
Towing won’t be improved with a 75% drop in range over an u loaded EV truck.
Silly cultist.
Not a cultist or EV lover.
Just not like you spreading BS to fit my emotional state or weakness.
With all this about EV mileage They are testing these on flat land. No head wind. No rain I know a Redon that has A Ford F-150.
260 miles. Rated for 320. What a joke.
Hooked to his boat and drove 100 miles. Had to recharge up the batteries!! Electric Cars are a joke
Let alone that the vehicle weight 1600 pounds more than a gas vehicle!! Now look at the tire wear/ brakes and damage to the roads! Nothing said about that!!
Good luck. Ill drive a gas vehicle!!
It shouldn’t be a surprise that continuous highway range is lower than the EPA estimate. The mileage test cycle used to calculate range includes about 25% deceleration which can be battery regeneration for an EV. Continuous highway driving obviously does not allow for this regeneration so the range per charge will be significantly less.
I just watched a video comparing the Ford Lightning EV truck to a GMC truck of the same body style and weight. Both trucks had a 6,000-pound camper/toy hauler trailer hooked on. The Ford Lightning made it 86 miles before hitting just 2 percent charge left in the battery. Then had to sit for over an hour for charging to continue the trip…
No one is going to stop producing fuel. You Americans spend too much time on social media reading nonsense from idiots. Do your research!
Yep, commuting and grocery getting is all it’s good for. You can’t take them on a trip or pull anything. I need a real Silverado.
So you’re saying a half ton truck… is a half ton truck.
Not sure what your comment means but I suspect that if you tow with that EV truck it won’t last 100 miles on a charge and it has a one piece body which has already been tried by Ford and it failed so I’m confident that this EV “truck” doesn’t compare performance wise to a standard half ton Silverado. I’ve had plenty of s-10’s, half tons, and 3/4 tons over the last 43 years so I understand what they can do.
Hello Ed,
Yes, they should work very well for commuting and such. However, you could take one on a trip with a little planning. People are already drive Tesla’s from NY to FL and up and down the west coast. There are super-chargers along the I-35 corridor and such, you can easily look up the map. The national infrastructure still needs work though. Towing will most definitely lower the range, just like in an ICE vehicle. I’ve had head winds and winter diesel pull my dually down to 6-8 mph towing a box trailer from 16-18 mph unloaded. An EV will probably suffer similar range rate reduction.
While I reserved a Silverado EV for around town and short hauls, I am keeping a 3500 Diesel around for long trips and towing, as an EV can’t do everything for everyone yet.
I put a deposit down because I thought the WT model was going to be available to the general public and the price range was in the 30K range. Now, I’m reading WT (yes, I know it stands for Work Truck) is intended for fleets and the MUCH more expensive models will be the general public ones. I’ll cancel my reservation if WT’s are not available to purchase.
I messaged GM on tweeter and said the exact same thing.
Looking forward to getting mine in a few years, reserved it 10 minutes after the intro at CES. This truck will meet all my dailer needs, plus short hauls, reasonable trips and a little light towing if needed. I have no dilusions about it replacing my 3500 Diesel, but it will retire my 310,000 miles 2006 2500hd just fine. And I had a 2002 Avalanche and an EV-1 back in 05 (with 116 mile range). Looking forward to getting this truck.
The EV 1 wasn’t on the road in 2005 lolol. It was taken off the road by august of 2004 at the latest.
So quit your EV cultist lying.
Wrong again Evan. I was a GM employee in NY developing hydrogen fuel cells. GM sent a large batch of off-lease EV-1’s to NY for a 3 year program to let the engineer drive them. I had my green EV-1 for a year and half from 2004-2005 and put 10,000 miles on it. We could only charge them at work, but it was still a very cool program to be part of.
So get the rest of the story before you start your childish name call BS.
There are still a couple around in very private collections. Francis Ford Coppola has one.
I’ve seen a few NOS parts show up on E-Bay, including the entire electric drive motor assembly. I really liked my EV-1, and I generally dislike small, FWD cars. It was a blast to drive and with a 24 kWH NMH battery pack and a light foot, you could squeek reasonable range out of it. It was a fun little commuter.
I’ve seen electric S-10’s show up now and then, but they had terrible range using similar drive train. Some colleges and universities still have EV-1’s floating around. I was glad to be part of the program to let me drive one for 18 month, but sad to see it go.
EV owner here. ALL EV suffer at 70 mph. I still spend maybe 1/4 a month driving compared to driving my gas car. Most people who drive SUV or trucks DO NOT TOW. that’s a fact. Show me a truck that can do 0-60 in under 5 seconds and still get 67mpg!!!!! I’ve owned my EV for over a year. ZERO maintenance. I’ve put over 30k miles and drove a 2000 Mile round trip on vacation. Zero regrets. If you want to tow buy a gas or diesel. And take out a loan for fuel. I have solar panels on the things to do list. Then I’ll enjoy independence. I’ll charge without the need or reliance of others. Try that with a gas or diesel.