GM introduced that the Chevrolet Silverado EV WT electrical pickup may have 450 miles of vary on a single cost – considerably larger than anticipated.
It’s nonetheless deliberate for this spring.
Whereas GM is a bit late on its rival Ford within the pickup market with an electrical possibility, it is likely to be well worth the wait.
When the automaker first introduced the Silverado EV final 12 months, GM mentioned that it estimated the highest vary to be about 400 miles for Silverado EV Work Truck (WT), which goes to be the primary model accessible and for fleets.
Immediately, GM up to date the Silverado EV Work Truck’s vary with an EPA-estimated vary of 450 miles:
Chevrolet has some electrifyingly excellent news to share as we speak! The Silverado EV Work Truck’s EPA-estimated vary is in: 450 miles on a full cost. With this official estimate, the Silverado EV WT is anticipated to supply over 100 miles greater than its closest on-sale competitor.
It’s certainly far more than the Ford Lightning’s 320 miles of vary with an Prolonged Battery pack and 328 miles for the Rivian R1T with the very best vary configuration.
GM commented on the upper than anticipated vary:
Our engineering crew lengthy focused not less than 400 miles of vary, however they have been in a position to go above and past to attain this improve. Over the previous a number of months, in depth growth and testing unlocked the elevated 450-mile vary. This determine, paired with the power to cost at 350 kW, makes the Silverado EV WT the selection electrical pickup to serve fleet consumers’ wants. In any case, this truck wears a Silverado badge – it’s made for robust jobs.
The automaker additionally added that whereas the 450-mile model would be the first accessible, the Silverado EV WT may also have a smaller battery pack possibility with a “GM-estimated 350 miles of vary on a full cost” that can come “quickly after launch.”
Within the launch in regards to the vary improve, GM claims to nonetheless be “on observe to launch within the spring of 2023.”
The primary version is anticipated to characteristic 510 horsepower, 615 lb-ft of torque, 1,200 lb. of payload capability, and eight,000 lb. of towing capability. That towing capability is a bit restricted, however GM says {that a} Max Towing Package deal will improve the capability to as much as 20,000 lb. in 2025.
Electrek’s Take
450 miles of EPA-rated vary on a single cost is extraordinarily spectacular for an electrical pickup truck.
It places GM within the lead on that entrance within the quickly rising electrical pickup market.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see the way it interprets into towing vary, which has been a problem for the present pickup vans restricted to ~300 miles of vary with out towing. You possibly can simply halve that with any type of important weight being towed.
Even by halving the vary of the Silverado EV, at 450 miles, you continue to get an honest vary of 225 miles.
It’s beginning to really feel just like the Silverado EV goes to shake up the electrical pickup house.
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