The 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition variant is now rolling off the assembly line at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan, which has been retooled for $2.2 billion into a state-of-the-art facility capable of building the latest EV models, according to an announcement from Chevrolet this week.
The Bow Tie provided new images of the Silverado EV RST First Edition, which you can view in this article, along with the latest rundown of the trim level’s specs and features as it joins the already available, fleet-oriented WT trim in production.
The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST First Edition “happens to be the most powerful Silverado we’ve ever built,” according to the vehicle’s chief engineer, Kathy Gillespie. Maximum output for the RST First Edition, when put in Wide Open Watts or “WOW” mode, is rated at 754 horsepower and 785 pound-feet of torque, an output capable of propelling the truck from zero to 60 mph in about 4.5 seconds.
Other estimated performance and hauling specs for the RST First Edition include a 1,500-pound cargo payload rating and 10,000-pound towing capacity. The GM-estimated range for the trim level is 440 miles, slightly below the 450 miles the EPA estimates for the 4WT trim level. The Silverado EV RST offers 350 kW fast charging and offboard power of 10.2 kW, though optional extras are needed to provide vehicle-to-load capability.
Describing the pickup as “an impressive and important addition to the Chevy truck franchise,” Bow Tie VP Scott Bell added that “the Silverado EV RST has all the performance and capability of a traditional truck, plus all the benefits of electrification.” Standard and optional features include four-wheel steering, adaptive air suspension which can raise or lower suspension by 2 inches, and a cargo-space-boosting Multi-Flex midgate, along with a Multi-Flex tailgate.
Inside the cockpit, the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition features some of GM’s latest infotainment technology. A multi-color HUD (head-up display) provides a field of view covering 14 inches, while the driver also has an 11-inch instrument display screen with a customizable layout. A 17.7-inch LCD freeform infotainment screen provides the centerpiece of the dash electronics. Standard Super Cruise driver assist technology is also included in the RST.
The all-electric truck features the rugged GM BT1 platform as its structural support under the body panels, and is powered by Ultium batteries providing energy to front and rear Ultium Drive motors connected to independent front and rear suspensions.
Summing up the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition, Chevy design director Phil Zak observed that “we had no constraints when it came to designing the Silverado EV with dramatic style and flexible utility because we didn’t need to work around a traditional propulsion system.”
You can also watch our video tour of the RST for an in-depth look at the new electric truck.
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Dealers, make room in your back lots. These will be sitting there a LONG time.
The trucks are great and a class leader, but about $10-15K too expensive. These need to line up closer to the Rivian R1T price wise.
All this and more for $115,000 Canadian. Dealership outside Calgary has 4, yes 4 Hummer EVs. Starts at $153,000 plus luxury tax, plus GST and goes to $184,888 plus plus for the 3X to a total of $214,000!! Salesman just laughs because the only one driving the 4th one is the sales manager so they can sell it as a demo and reduce it drastically. F’n joke.
Totally agree!
Was the price mentioned? I must have missed it.
Yes it has been known for months… 96K for the RST and cheaper for the lower trims.
Weight needs to be part of any discussion on these trucks. They weigh nearly twice as much as a gas Silverado. The coming accidents (gas truck vs EV truck) are going to be horrific, not including the fires that are nearly impossible to extinguish, common in EV crashes.
Will I have to replace the tires twice as often? Brakes? Suspension? One of the reasons Hertz gave for reducing their EV fleet was the increase in maintenance costs over gas cars. We keep being told that maintenance will be less on EVs. Which is the truth?
What will be the impact of doubling the average vehicle weight on roads, bridges, parking garages etc? I take my current Silverado off-road that I doubt would support double the weight. Is non-desert off-roading possible with these heavy EVs?
I would like to see GMA do an article focused on the substantial weight of EVs and what impact we can expect as an EV owner, as well as the broader infrastructure implications.
Brakes no(regen) tires yes of course, especially with the high hp/torque. Weight not an impact, few will take these off road, and roads can handle semi’s, so this is still a gnat. Garages, unknown, but if the garage can handle the weight of a tow truck, should be fine. Hertz maint issue was mainly repair costs. I think they meant body damage. Not sure why, maybe tesla repair costs were high since you were captive to them. Very vertical company.
Personally no interest, the only thing that makes it even a little interesting to me is I believe it has full V2H and this battery could keep the lights on in the house for a week. A little substation on wheels. And not a bad price for the battery either. Home batteries are crazy expensive at the moment. (one estimate is USD1300/KWh times 244KWh or battery worth 317 grand in that thing as a home battery, a deal!) That could change though if they ever start getting serious about deploying less expensive LiFe into home battery solutions.
You are right that roads can handle semi’s.
But adding some percentage of pickup trucks that weigh twice as much as an ICE comparable truck will certainly take a toll on roads and bridges as Reno pointed out.
“I’m so excited! 2024 Chevy Silverado EV Production Now Under Way!” said no one, ever.
Actually says me and many many more.
Now if the price was $56k instead of $96k, I might be able to afford one.
Summing up the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition, Chevy design director Phil Zak observed that “we had no constraints when it came to designing the Silverado EV with dramatic style and flexible utility because we didn’t need to work around a traditional propulsion system.” So, it’s an updated Avalanche with a frunk. Is that what’s possible with “no constraints”? They could build this with a conventional powertrain and save 2,500 pounds and $25,000.
Nice truck, but should have a ICE or hybrid option as well.
Agreed, I had an 02 Avalanche, very similar in design and I loved it. Now I have a 23 Sierra and sometimes wish I could lower that back wall in the cab.
For $96K no one is going to be buying this, and those that do, will finance it for 7 years @ $1500 a month!! Absolutely insane!!
My new 4400 sq ft house that was built and bought in 2021, I don’t even pay that a month. People need to wake up and stop paying these outlandish prices!
That’s like saying no one would ever buy a platinum slade. My dealer sells them all the time. Right at 100. My dealer also sells slade-v’s for anywhere between 150 and 180 depending on market adjustment. Guess what. They last a couple of days. gm is wise to sell the high end ones first, to grab the people who will pay. Then roll out the less expensive versions after they collected the premium segment buyers.
@mkAtx
That’s an ICE vehicle and those people are again “probably” financing it to the max years!!! Just to drive around an overpriced “TAHOE”!!!
You totally missed the point of the insanity of people who want to drive around a “depreciating asset” instead of putting that money into a beautiful HOME!!! That 90% of the time will get your money back or even way more than you have into it! SMFH
Maybe they already have a home. Hate to break it to you.. but MILLIONS of people have 6 figure salaries and aren’t strapped for cash. Not everyone buys a vehicle for “best value”.
Actually they introduced the work truck level first not the high end RST.
Wow! It looks really impressive in black. Love it
Looks are not worth 100 grand. At least not to me.
I’m still not certain a 100% electric truck is right for everyone.
I’m very interested to see the GM Silverado Hybrid offering if and when it arrives.
Hybrid is the way to go. Straight electric vehicles are not going to ever work because the cost is way too much and who wants to sit around at a charging station waiting to get charged up to finish a trip.
My Silverado RST was built two weeks ago it’s “in transit” and I’m excited to take delivery. The solar panels on my house produce 50% more electricity than we consume. With net-metering the additional electricity put on the grid is tracked on my utility’s invoice in a “Energy Savings Bank”. I have over 20,000 kWh saved. I only plan to use the truck locally, I’m a builder. My wife has a Caddy XT5, we’ll use for long trips. The truck will cost me $0 to operate, except for consumables. I did the math, with the price of gas or diesel, oil, filters, all fluids I will be ahead of the game regarding the cost differential between a gas or diesel Silverado, plus I will have no worries about the volatility of fuel prices. I also have a whole-house battery backup with an automatic transfer switch. When the grid goes down, my house islands itself, the solar panels remain active and I still can charge the truck. My house is Fossil Fuel Free, my transportation will be fossil fuel free without additional cost and that makes me very happy. I’m a best selling author of “Decarbonize the World”. I will be able to walk the talk, that is my goal.
The fact that you think the EV truck is going to cost you nothing is a joke. You have to buy a charging station for home , the higher cost of the vehicle, and if you’re going to keep it for a while the cost of replacing the battery is anywhere from 15000 to 12000 . So enjoy your time saving the earth from carbon pollution.
Mike e, please do me a favor and read my comment slowly so you can understand it. The joke is on you when you fill up your gas tank and pay for the gas, I’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. Please stop making assumptions. My book is not about saving the world from carbon emissions, it’s about the financial benefits of adopting renewable energy, read it, it’ll make you a smarter person. First GM Energy provides a Level 2 charger with the truck. I already received mine. I receive a $1,000 incentive for the installation of the charger. Last week my electrician installed the charger for $900.00 so I’m already $100 ahead of the game. I said I did the math, numbers don’t lie, numbers have no emotions. I will be trading in my 2014 Jeep Rubicon for the Silverado EV. I drive an average of 15,000 miles/year locally, that’s 150,000 miles in 10 years. The EPA data shows a new Silverado gets 14 miles/gal. city, (I will be driving the EV locally). Divide 150,000 miles by 14 miles/gal., it equals 10,714 gallons of gas in 150,000 miles. Today’s price of regular gas at the Speedway where I fill up my Jeep is $4.19/gal. Multiply 10,714 gal. by $4.19/gal. of gas, that equals $44,891.66 I saved on gas in 10 years and 150,000 miles. GM has a warranty on the battery for 8 years or 100,000 miles. The battery will last more than 100,000 miles, how much more? Nobody knows but let’s set that aside for now. MSRP for a Silverado RST at my dealer is $65,855. MSRP for the First Edition Silverado RST is $96,395, GM just reduced the price $10,000, I am also supposed to receive about $17,000 in State incentives and Federal Tax Credits, the dealer gives me the credits upfront, MSRP to me is then $79,395 making a difference between the two Silverados a measly $13,540. Over the life span of the EV, 10 years, I’ve saved a total of $31,352 by purchasing an EV over a gas Silverado. If after 100,000 miles, the battery craps out, can I afford $15,000 for a new battery, absolutely and still have a savings of $16,352. This is about saving money, not saving the earth, for billions of years the earth has healed itself but life has died off several times. I’m more concerned if mankind will survive but it won’t happen in my lifetime however in 10 years I will have saved a bunch of money.
Wow you’re a regular math genius! On top of saving the world. Sorry I’m just a dumb ass working guy that can’t afford all the things you have to save the world. Maybe uncle Joe will turn this crap economy around (NOT) and then I’ll be able to be you.
You don’t have to be a dumb ass to be a working guy. I’m a carpenter by trade and a plumber by trade. I became an entrepreneur at 12 years old, working two jobs as a subcontractor and paying rent into the house, that’s how poor we were. At 14 I was financially independent. I was paid $1.00/hour humping lumber at 16 years old, nothing was given to me, not a dime. I worked my ass off my whole life. Shame on you for selling yourself short.
Frank Dalene,
Sure sounds like you have done a great job with your math.
Just a couple of points; Hertz sold off a large portion of their EV’s due to the higher maintenance costs than with their ICE fleets. No one is talking about the extra weight of EV’S, and the toll it will take on the roads and bridges, so expect more taxes somewhere to account for that. Some day soon something will have to be done to collect road maintenance tax for EV miles, as a country we are going to get farther behind on maintenance due to lower fuel sales and loss of Tax revenue.
My 2023 Silverado with 6.2 motor is EPA rated at 16 MPG City, and I actually get 18 MPG City.
And my personal favorite is, I am happy for you that you are able to receive EV tax credits at the expense of every working class person and retiree who pays taxes.
God knows I pay more than my fair share of taxes but the incentives came from the Inflation Reduction Act which is borrowed money or printed money, not tax money. The irony though is printing money causes inflation. It’s like using pretty wrapping paper and a pretty bow on a box full of dog $hit, I get it. I’m totally against the IRA but I won’t look a gift horse in the mouth. I looked up the EPA website before I wrote that statistic, it lists about 20 different kinds of Silverados with all kinds of different MPGs. Yes there were some at 16 MPG, there were some at 14 MPG. I used 14 MPG because I was a pro-race car driver in the Trans Am series, now racing Spec Corvette. I have a heavy foot, LOL. I built the house for the CEO of Hertz, he was #2 at Goldman. I read the article in WSJ about why they sold off the EVs with interest, there were many reasons, one was maintenance, also there was no demand. Yes, road tax is in the price of gas but I live on Long Island, you should see what I pay in tolls, it’s insane. Trucks tear up the roads and they are built by the lowest bidder, they’re built like crap compared to places like Germany, not mentioning corruption being a huge cause. To be honest, I believe green hydrogen is the future, EVs are the stepping stone until they figured out how to make an internal combustion engine work, which they have recently done but that’s another thread.
Several websites have reported sales of the Silverado EV in Q1 2024, which means that deliveries must have begun in March. So this is BS.
No mention of the Google Built in or the OnStar subscription requirement to use your GPS.
Probably because you need it to find the next charging station.
My annual mileage is pretty low (approx. 5k per year). That said I still ran the numbers for a comparison:
As referenced the new 2024 Silverado EV RST base price is approx. $96k. Assuming a Federal Tax Credit of $7.5k and an additional State of Michigan tax credit of approx. $2.5k, the total base cost after credits (Courtesy of US taxpayers) is approx. $86k.
By comparison a 2024 ICE Silverado 4×4 in RST trim w/ a few nice adds is approx. $66k base price.
That’s a base price delta of approx. $20k. I believe any operational cost (EV recharging vs ICE fuel) benefit (if any) would be negligible based on my lower annual mileage.
My preference is the LTZ trim package and at $72k w/ a few nice adds the LTZ is still $14k below the EV RST.
Sorry Joe! Paying a $14- $20k premium for an EV version of my favorite truck brand is just not passing the sanity check. At least not for me.
Joe doesn’t get it! Because money is no object to him. Couldn’t agree with you anymore than how you presented it.
Does that mean that the E-Ray with a $90K premium doesn’t do it for you either, LOL.
Exactly geo-3! I’m pretty certain GM is attempting to steer away from affordable sports cars after the end of the C7 and death of the Camaro (again). Has to be a reason.
The C8 family of high priced American sports cars appears to still be plagued with traditional reliability and quality issues yet dealer markups continue to soar.
Appears to be all profit, stock value and company image at GM. Maybe it’s always been that way.
Like the flexible design use of the truck, would definitely reconsider buying a new one from China gm if it had a hybrid power choice vehicle.