The 400-mile electric Chevrolet Silverado will be launched in late 2023.
General Motors is preparing a battery-powered Chevrolet Silverado to challenge the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T in the full-size electric pickup truck category.
Debuting in early January at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, it promises to offer a range of over 400 miles, plus a fixed glass roof and four-wheel steering.
Production will begin in early 2023 and will hit showrooms later that year, suggesting that it will appear as a 2024 model. According to Automotive News (subscription required), the information about the car's timing was confirmed Thursday by Doug Parks, executive vice president of global product development, purchasing, and supply chain, at the Deutsche Bank AutoTech conference.
The electric Silverado is being developed on GM's Ultium modular EV platform found in vehicles like the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Lyriq. Like the Silverado with an internal combustion engine, the electric Silverado will also create a competitor to the GMC Sierra. [Both electric pickup trucks will be built at GM's Factory Zero plant in Detroit, Michigan. The Factory Zero plant already produces the Hummer EV and will also build the Cruise Origin self-driving shuttle. Although not yet confirmed, the electric Cadillac Escalade may also be manufactured at the plant.
GM has teased Chevrolet's electric pickup truck several times, even using a mockup as a background prop in a presentation about the company's electrification plans (see above). However, the design may have evolved since then.
The electric full-size Chevrolet pickup with 400 miles of range was first mentioned in GM's 2020 Sustainability Report as one of 12 upcoming EVs. These 12 vehicles will be the first batch of 30 new all-electric models planned through 2025.
GM has stated that it is "eager" to finally eliminate tailpipes from all small cars by 2035. To do so, the Silverado 1500 pickup will need to be electrified, but the larger 2500 and 3500 models will not. These are heavy-duty pickups and were not mentioned in the announcement.
