As the second model year of the Bow Tie brand’s all-electric pickup truck, the 2025 Chevy Silverado EV will be highlighted by several notable updates for the fresh model year, including the introduction of the all-terrain Trail Boss model. With that in mind, the entry-level Work Truck (WT) trim will be offered with three battery sizes.
The 2025 Silverado EV Work Truck will be available with one of three battery sizes, including a smaller one for the new model year. As such, there will be three WT variants to choose from, including the Standard Range (2WT), the Extended Range (5WT), and the Max Range (8WT). Notably, these three variants will replace the 2024 Silverado EV‘s 3WT and 4WT trim levels.
It’s worth noting that the smaller battery pack’s exact specifications are currently unknown as of the time of this writing. For reference, the Silverado EV 3WT’s driving range is rated at 393 miles on a full charge, while the 4WT is rated at 450 miles.
As a reminder, the 2025 model year will also see the introduction of the LT and non-First Edition RST trims. As for the former, the Silverado EV LT will likely be positioned as the most affordable consumer-focused variant, with capabilities similar to that of the Silverado EV WT. However, it’s expected that the LT will boast a more premium exterior look and an upgraded interior.
In regard to the latter, the “normal” RST will likely look quite similar to the RST First Edition, featuring a shorter list of standard equipment, along with a wider choice of paint colors, wheels, and interior colorways.
Of course, all versions of the Bow Tie brand’s all-electric pickup truck utilize GM Ultium battery and GM Ultium Drive motor technologies for motivation. Featuring a dual-motor setup, 2024 3WT units develop 510 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque, while 2024 4WT examples produce 515 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque.
Under the skin, the Chevy Silverado EV is underpinned by the GM BT1 platform, while production for the 2025 model year will kick off on September 3rd, 2024 at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan.
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The homepage has a sub-headline that says "Shorter Range for Lighter Tasks." I suspect it might be the opposite. Smaller battery for higher payloads.
Can’t wait to see these fill up the lots along with all the other EV garbage that GM isn’t selling.
We are selling every GM EV we can get - enjoy riding your horse lol
Nick - Sure you are. I just went on Chevrolet.com and there are 6,219 EV’s and I went on Cadillac.com and there are 2,164 Cadillac EV’s for sale within 500 miles of Vallejo California. I will enjoy driving my Silverado 3.0 Duramax. I will enjoy getting 28mpg and spending 5 minutes filling my fuel tank. Not to mention towing my travel trailer 288 miles between filling up, which again takes around 5 minutes. Thanks.
You might have missed the part where the Lyriq shot up to the second highest selling model in the Cadillac line-up in the second quarter, accounting for ~ 20% of sales in the United States and 25% of sales in Canada.
With the Optiq, Escalade IQ and Vistiq in the pipeline it won't be long before the majority of the brand's sales are electriq.
Matthew, you may have missed the article where they polled EV owners and almost 50% of them are going back to ICE. Also the countless articles where the automakers are going away from EV and going to Hybrids.
No, saw that one. And while 46% of EV owners in the US in that survey were considering ICE, 38% of the ICE owners are considering going EV.
Other polls are more positive. CDK polled EV buyers and found 73% planned on buying on EVs in the future. Polls by Gallup, Pew and Consumer Reports all strong interest in EVs, with as high as 71% considering an EV for their next vehicle purchase.
Hybrids are going to be part of the picture as well, and I think it is wise of GM to finally acknowledge that, but there is massive growth in the pure electric market and I think they are well positioned to absorb quite a lot of it.
If you dig into the specifics of the McKinsey report the primary concerns are cost and charging, both of which are less of a barrier in the luxury market, where buyers are less concerned with acquisition costs and are more likely to have access to home charging.
Converting the broader market will require the continued improvement of infrastructure (which realistically will probably take a decade or more to become a marginal concern) and introduction of lower price vehicles (already in the pipeline).
USA 1, citation please on articles suggesting automakers are going away from EVs. Not happening at all.
And as I've said before, those who bought an EV who cannot charge at either home or work made a horrible mistake. So not terribly surprising that a lot of people would want to go back.
Kary - Reuters had an article with the heading “ US automakers race to build more hybrids as EV sales slow”. I tried to post the link but it wasn’t allowed. This is from CNBC “ EV euphoria is dead. Automakers are scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans”. All posted this year. Hopefully this helps you. Remember google is your friend, don’t be afraid to use it for research or another search engine of your choosing.
USA 1, thank you for the link, but that doesn't say what you said. It just says they've building more hybrids and that sales are stalling, which is mainly a Tesla issue if you look at the numbers (and the discontinued Bolt). Manufacturers are hardly moving away from EVs, with the only discontinued models that come to mind being the to be revised Bolt and one or more of the failed EV startups.
Personally I don't see the appeal of even PHEVs, since you still have the ICE engine with all it's complexity and maintenance issues. While ICE has become rather reliable and needs much less maintenance than in the 70s, I'm tired of changing oil/filters and dealing with gas aging (a particular problem with PHEVs). That said, I think almost everyone needs an ICE vehicle for their interstate trips, but for me that's a diesel truck (which BTW, is a good hybrid alternative due to great mileage for the form factor).
Kary:
I currently drive 3 GM totally electrics (no gas), but I had a hard time deciding to trade in my quite excellent 2019 GEN 2 VOLT. The GEN 1's (2011-2015 volt, 2014-2016 Cadillac ELR) both had perfected drive trains, and, other than an unreliable silly cabin heater configuration, were surprisingly reliable. It was only buying a brand new Bolt EV for $3,450 (just pin money) that swayed me into trading in the VOLT.
Maintenance of the ICE was of little trouble. OIL change and Filter each 24,000 miles so ONLY ONE EIGHTH as often as changing the oil on my previously total ICE vehicles. Fan Belt only ran a 1/4 hp slow speed water pump - so you CHECKED the belt every 100,000 miles, along with changing the 4 spark plugs every 100,000 miles, but really that would be excessive if u did any amount of electric driving. I would suspect the average volt driver changed them at 250,000 mile intervals seeing as the engine ran less than 40% of the time. An aux electric oil pump lubricated the engine before actually gently cranking it, so since supposedly this is where most wear occurs in an ICE, I would not be surprised to see VOLTS run 1,000,000 miles with no overhaul.
The 2 (gen 2) or 3 (gen 1) clutches only operated under zero torque conditions (that is , they never slippped), so there was zero wear. The planetary gearboxes had intrinsic ratio changes depending on the relative speeds of the 2 electric drive motors and as such there is almost zero wear there also. Of course, being such an excellent design made GM throw it in the trash.
I liked the Volt design, and if I were to have bought a hybrid, that would have been the model (ignoring what I recall was poor rear headroom, which was an issue for us back then).
Related, the upcoming hybrid Ram pickup is very similar to the Volt as the ICE engine only charges the battery. I'd actually take that over a diesel pickup to tow a travel trailer because it would improve fueling options and provide power at the campsite.
Kary: The Ram Plug-in Hybrid strictly has a Generator Set. Neither generation of VOLT family products worked this way even though GM lied about it for 18 months.
If running on the engine, the engine would drive the wheels directly, in fact, on the Gen 2 2016-2019 Volts, the engine was PERMANENTLY geared to the front wheels EVEN during EV operation. Differential gearing kept the engine from spinning when in EV mode. But when the engine WAS running, whenever it was more economical to do so, the engine would propel the car forward directly, all in the interest of minimal operating cost.
The RAM PHEV product will no doubt - not having this sophistication - have worse gas mileage than their 100% ICE vehicles and therefore, it would behoove buyers to operate on the battery as much as possible.
And some of these news reporters are clueless. I hear stupid comment on Bloomberg all the time about EVs and their so called experts who probably NEVER set foot in one and are regurgetating nonesense....aka haters.
I read the original report that everyone is claiming said 46% of EV owners want to go back to ICEVs and nowhere in the report was this stated. What that report did say is that 42% of those surveyed who didn't already own an EV wanted to wait until there are as many EV charging stations as there are gas pumps.
These are toys for the rich, not practical for average people. It is a very limited market and with the poor resale value, not likely to grow quickly.
"Toys for the rich" describes most of the half-ton market! ;-)
Five years ago I was looking at half tons and the interiors on some of them just about knocked me over. They practically put high end Lexus' to shame! And the most unnecessary accessory (if not standard equipment) is a bed protector.
USA1, you realize those are tiny numbers for GM, right? Also, while I haven't checked your numbers, I suspect a lot of those are "in transit."
That said, the Blazer EV's issues have likely caused sale problems. I don't want a vehicle that large, but just the fact that it's so similar to the Equinox EV makes me want to hold off even looking at one of those.
The naysayers don't care what the numbers are. If inventory numbers are low, the narrative is that GM either can't or won't produce in volume. If inventory numbers are healthy, the narrative is that no one wants them.
Give it a few more quarters of healthy growth and they'll say sales are only good because they're neglecting their ICEV models.
The other thing they'll point to is declining percentage of growth, but when you start at low numbers the percentage of growth will be high and then decline as the numbers increase.
Sure. That is until you own the refineries and complain more!
I wish, I’m still waiting for them to build my RST launch. I already have a Blazer EV btw.
The smallest battery is most likely the small battery already in use in the Brightdrop vans. 14 module, 124 kWh. Should still be good for over 300 miles.
LOL, No.
idk what they're doing with the trim names but good to see these changes otherwise
In California, it’s summertime, and we’re preparing for electric brown-outs. I think I’ll stick with my 3.0 Duramax Diesel.