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Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition Gets Lower Price, Higher Range Estimate

First breaking cover in 2022, the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV ushers in the first all-electric variant for the popular pickup truck nameplate. Dealers began taking orders for the range-topping RST First Edition last month, as GM Authority covered previously. Now, General Motors has announced updated pricing and range estimates for the RST First Edition, dropping the price by nearly 10 percent, while upping the range estimate by 40 miles.

The rear end of the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition.

When the 2024 Silverado EV was initially announced in 2022, the range-topping RST First Edition was priced at $106,995. Now, however, GM has dropped the price to $96,495, a reduction of $10,500.

What’s more, the range estimate for the RST First Edition model was increased from 400 miles to 440 miles.

Meanwhile, pricing and range estimates for Chevy Silverado EV WT models is unchanged with the most recent update. WT models offer upwards of 450 miles per charge, while pricing for the 3WT starts at $74,900, and $79,900 for the 4WT model. Both prices listed include a destination freight charge of $1,995.

Orders for the RST First Edition opened Monday, March 11th, 2024. The ordering window was open through Friday March 29th, 2024. Reservations for the First Edition filled in just 12 minutes after opening immediately after the all-electric pickup’s debut in 2022.

Highlights for the RST First Edition include a GM Ultium battery pack and GM Ultium Drive motors, producing a maximum of 754 horsepower and 785 pound-feet of torque. The RST First Edition also includes the Multi-Flex Tailgate and Midgate features, four-wheel steering, a panoramic fixed glass roof, 11-inch digital Driver Information Center, 17.7-inch touchscreen, and the GM Super Cruise system as standard.

The all-electric Silverado rides on the GM BT1 platform, while production takes place at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan.

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  1. 96k for an appliance. LOL

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    1. Agreed. I DO NOT trust EVs at this stage- the source where the Ultium batteries come from MORE THAN prove it.

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  2. How would you like to be the owner of a 2022 or 2023 and now you’re upside down on your loan by $10,000 with the stroke of Mary’s pen. Anyone who bought a ‘22 or ‘23 should be getting $10,000 in the mail from GM.

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    1. There were no 22s or 23s, it was launched in 22 but hasn’t started deliveries, which should start this year because it’s a 2024 model

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      1. What company launches something and then cant deliver for 2 years?? There must have been some out there. I saw the Tom Hanks’ movie A Man Called Otto. There was definitely one in that movie.

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        1. There are in fact zero Silverado EV’s delivered for retail sale so far. A few examples of the WT model have been built and delivered to fleet customers. Customers who put in a reservation for one have been waiting over 2 years….still no trucks.

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          1. Hertz has been renting them out for months!

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    2. Are you serious?

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    3. I bought a 2018 in 2018. 36k for a 51k MSRP. Should every other Silverado owner who bought before me get a check up to $15000?

      The standard that some people put up to try and justify their narrative is very… interesting.

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  3. They haven’t even started delivering Silverado EV’s yet and they have to cut the price! LOL I guess those thousands and thousands of people that GM had on the waiting list for one, aren’t stepping up now that it’s time to place their actual orders.

    Here in NJ the EV owners are all having a melt down over the state imposing a $250 annual fee on EV’s to offset the gas tax they’ve avoided paying for years. The taxpayers gave them a handout to help them buy their expensive EV, the taxpayers are footing the bill to build chargers for their EV’s and now the EV owners here are all crying because they finally have to contribute to maintaining the roads they’ve been using for free. Too bad, to borrow a popular phrase from Washington, “It’s time they pay their fair share”!

    I don’t care if someone wants to drive an EV, I’m just sick of EV buyers expecting the rest of us to pay for their EV’s.

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    1. Our tax dollars have been subsidizing the oil industry for years so the price of gasoline is reasonable. I guess that ok with you!

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      1. How has are tax dollars be subbing the fossil fuel(oil) industry ?

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        1. Please proofread before posting. It makes it hard to take your question and opinion seriously.

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      2. Our tax dollars subsidize just about every industry….including the EV battery industry.

        Unlike with EV’s, the government doesn’t subsidize the construction of gas stations, it doesn’t subsidize the private purchase of other types of personal vehicles, and it doesn’t allow the owners of ICE vehicles to use public roads without paying for the maintenance of them. I don’t approve of the massive subsidies that many industries receive either, but there is a difference between using tax dollars to support an industry that provides jobs, services and products, and using tax dollars to pay for someone’s expensive EV or to allow them to use roads for free that everyone else pays a gas tax for. If that’s hard to understand then I’m sorry.

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        1. gbvette62:

          That’s putting a bit too fine a point on it. Yeah I for one don’t understand.

          The $7,500 tax credit was not “Taking money from other tax payers”. It was simply less money being STOLEN from me in the years I bought a new electric car.

          When a thief comes to my home and steals things, I don’t feel too sorry for him if he steals only half as much some years than others. The fed gov’t still steals from everyone in that tax revenue only covers about 1/3rd of expenses. The other 2/3rds they counterfeit – so the economy’s misnomered inflation is really just more worthlessness of the $USD.

          You might have a slight debating point now that from 2024 on – the $7,500 credit is now a point-of-sale rebate. But wealthy people don’t qualify – they’re the ones who should complain because only the top one tenth of one hundredth percent only get away with ‘carried interest’ no taxes. Somewhat poorer people really get screwed both percentage wise, and the ultimate check written.

          Many States charge plug-in car owners more for Road Fees than they would pay at the gas pump if driving a 100% gasoline compact car. I don’t see much sympathy from you guys for them.

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      3. Ah, that unsubstantiated claim once again. The only subsidies the oil industry gets is for exploration because every government hopes oil is found in their jurisdiction. Once it is found, the oil companies pay huge royalties to pump it. Why do you think oil rich states are rich? Then they pay carbon taxes on the extraction and refining. Finally, there is fuel tax at the pump.

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    2. Since the old price was an estimate for an unreleased product, can you really say this is a price cut due to denand? You must have an axe to grind with GM to attempt to paint delivering more for less as a bad thing.

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  4. Take another $35K off the price and build about 100, max.

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  5. $100,000 for a pickup that can’t pickup…no thanks.

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    1. Why can’t it pickup? The mid-gate means it can “pickup” better than most half tons. 10k towing is plenty, 1400 in payload is a little light but sufficient for many. Range towing isn’t great for those that want to take long RV trips or go to lakes a few states away, but those staying local it is great. The weight of these things make towing comfort even better. So, why can’t it pickup?

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      1. lmao how far you planning to tow 10,000lbs? And if you’re pulling 10k its likely not a flat deck, it’s likely a tall boat, or enclosed that will catch wind and further drastically reduce range. Then imagine pulling into a public charger with your big trailer and need to de-couple in order to go charge for 2 hours, just to gain another 100 miles of towing range. lol come on, don’t be that naïve

        This thing makes zero sense to replace a gas half ton.

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        1. You are going to be charging for less than an hour. Not 2 Hours that’s extremely over inflated.

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          1. Bull. You’ll be charging the whole battery when towing and only getting 150 miles of range out of it

            lol imagine stopping every 2 hours to charge for close to 2 hours. While towing. That is a F-ing nightmare.

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          2. Well…not exactly. The battery in the Silverado EV is huge. You will only need an hour if you can find the highest output public charger. The charger 95% of customer will have in their garage will be 19.2kw at best. so more like 11-12 hours in the majority of cases.

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            1. lol that’s a lot of perfect conditions to hit in order to be just slightly less inconvenient

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        2. Except everything you stated is wrong. Silverado EV has gotten 250 miles towing 10k lb on towing tests. Charging at a fast charger is maybe 40 minutes. The unhooking to charge is the only valid comokaint, abd even that is being fixed as GM partners to built pull through chargers.

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          1. The 250 miles towing 10K lbs is on flat ground. No way you’re going to get a 250 mile range pulling that weight through the mountains! You’ll be lucky to get a 100 mile run pulling the grades!

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      2. Range tests recently for the 4WT show it can comfortably tow over 200 miles before needing to stop. You also won’t be charging long either with the 350 kW charging.

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      3. It is only limited to 1400 lb to keep gross vehicle weight rating under 10k lb. The truck can easily carry more. So go ahead and load it heavier. It isn’t like the DoT is going to make pickups stop at the scales.

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  6. If this RST fully loaded was around $60K, I’d THINK about selling my tuned 2018 Denali with 45k miles on it and just drive my 98 C/K on colder days. There is no doubt it is a rocket and fun to drive, but VERY IMPRACTICAL for most people without the proper infrastructure to support EV’s……along with the BOGUS range, especially while doing truck work like towing

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    1. They were able to get a real 460 miles out of one on a recent YouTube road test I saw, which was pretty impressive, it wasn’t towing just regular highway driving and they did drive it on some off road trails too, but it was the longest range electric pick up they had tested by far.

      It’s still very expensive, one interesting feature they showed was that you can charge a Silverado EV from another Silverado EV, I didn’t know they could do that.

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  7. lol hilarious. What’s even more funny, is at one point they thought a $100,000+ RST was a good position to then have an LTZ and High Country above that. Like who in their right mind thought this was smart? GM brass needs sent to the chopping block.

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  8. Far too many negatives to overcome any positive aspects the climate liars can dream up.
    Anyone noticing that the climate loons never get around to discussing the electrical infrastructure, or the facts around
    Disposal of defunct batteries for these overpriced beauties?
    I’m not anti EV, eventually, a few decades down the road they may become viable, but we’re not close yet.
    The left is the first to scream about “choice” until it gets to choosing something that they oppose.
    Just bought a 24 silverado rst. Never thought about an ev. As long as I have a choice, I’ll stick with something I know will get me there without taking hours to “refuel”.
    The lefts perfect world would remove that choice asap. You see, they’re not the only ones that demand “choice”.

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    1. Batteries are recycled at end of life.

      Although I agree with youvabout government forcing choices. But that is not happening yet. By time the mandates come into effect, EVs will either be so superior that everyone chooses them anyway, or if they are not, public oressure will push the mandates back again.

      It is easy for a politician to pander to the environmental lobbyists but promising the ban ICE by 2035 because they will likely not be in office then. It will be different for those running in 2034 for re-election.

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  9. 750 hp for a small truck is ridiculous….. Mass market needs about 1/3 of that. Seemingly no desire from GM to offer a low priced reliable electric truck.

    All the big 3 automakers used to laugh at the VW microbus in the 1960’s, – all of 58 hp, and still rated at 1000 kg carrying capacity – namely 2,200 pounds.

    Except that used ones in good condition are so desirable that they command still over $100,000.

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    1. I agree it’s kind of ridiculous, but that isn’t a small truck, it’s full size (unless you meant in relation to class 6 or something)

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  10. 100K will price most of us out of ever driving an EV Pickup. Even the 80K WT is going to prevent us. I am not apposed to anEV at all. But the reasons we do not drive a high end (price) gas or diesel are the same. I can like it all I want, but could never afford the buy or lease option prices being posted today.

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  11. Hopefully some of these ideas are carried over to the next gen 1/2 ton ICE trucks. GM trucks have gotten so stale and unimaginative. Then they have some cool ideas and put it on a goofy statement piece.

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    1. @ Mr. Mike

      Totally agree with you on that statement!!

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