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GENERAL MOTORS CEO MARY BARRA SAYS THE CHEVY SILVERADO EV WILL BE “UNMATCHED”

The Hype Continues

General Motors Chevrolet SIlverado EV Electric Vehicle Pickup Truck
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The upcoming Chevrolet Silverado EV will begin production in early 2023 and is expected to take the fight directly to the Ford F-150 Lightning, which is launching this spring. Meaning the Silverado EV (aka Silverado E) will have a lower price point than the Hummer EV. According to General Motors CEO Mary Barra, the Silverado EV will be “unmatched” despite the slew of electric pickup trucks coming to the market.

According to CNBC, Barra said that the electric Chevy Silverado EV will “educate people on what you can do with an electric truck when you have an electric truck platform.” Which could be a slight dig at Ford and the F-150 Lightning. However, despite Ford recently closing customer reservations after reaching 200,000 and being on pace to outsell GM this year in EVs, Barra stated she believes GM is the leader in EV technologies as well as self-driving features.

“For an OEM of scale, we’re first. Full stop. For start-ups that are only focused on one area, luxury segments, etc., those are obviously competitors that we treat very, very seriously, but when General Motors puts its scale, its highest loyalty in the United States across our brands, we have a lot of assets that we’re going to bring to the party.” Barra stated.

Chevrolet Silverado EV Fixed Glass Roof
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2023 Chevrolet Silverado EV: Details

General Motors is certainly ramping up the hype for the Chevrolet Silverado EV (internally called Silverado E), which is scheduled to unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) technology conference on January 5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. We know that the Silverado E will have 24-inch wheels on top trim levels, the largest wheel GM has ever confirmed on a truck. Chevrolet will also offer a fixed glass roof, which is meant to provide additional headroom, better visibility, and an enhanced riding experience for both front and rear passengers. This will be the first application of a fixed glass roof offered on a GM pickup within the full-size truck segment.

Estimated range on the upcoming Chevy Silverado EV is expected to be up to 400 miles. It will be built alongside the GMC Hummer EV and GMC Sierra EV at the GM Factory Zero Plant in Detroit-Hamtramck. Payload, towing, pricing, and trim levels remain TBA.

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV 24 Inch Wheels Four Wheel Steering
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Written by Zac Quinn

Zac's love for cars started at a young age, after seeing the popular Eleanor from Gone In 60 Seconds. From there, fascination and enthusiasm blossomed and to this day the Ford Mustang remains a favorite. His first job started out detailing cars, but also provided the opportunity to work on restoration including an 1968 Ford Mustang, Pontiac Firebird, and a C3 Corvette, though he left that job before further work and experience could be had. From there, he was a detailer at a car dealership before quitting that job to try and finish college.

Much of his free time while studying was spent watching YouTube videos regarding new cars, or off-roading. 4WD247 is a personal favorite channel which rekindled a dying flame in car enthusiasm, now tailored towards trucks and SUVs and the fun that can be had building up an overlanding rig, and going on adventures, though, that chapter remains unwritten for the time being.

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  1. This site needs to change their name to “EV cars and trucks”. The market is not even driving this EV golf cart stuff. If all you guys have is hype articles about government subsidized EV’s , I’m gonna have to click a lot less, if at all.

    • Might as well get ride of your clicker then. Look all the PR coming out of Manufacture headquarters is about EV period
      The EV train has left the station and there are no other types of tickets being sold like it or not.
      So any automotive media source will be writing about Future plans and it’s all EV unfortunately

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