The all-new first-ever 2024 Chevy Silverado EV pickup truck makes its world debut. It uses GM’s new battery-electric Ultium platform and claimed a maximum driving range of 400 miles. The blue truck you see here is a fully-optioned RST First Edition. This will be the first consumer truck available at a price of $105,000. It is a crew-cab truck with a relatively long bed, electric e4WD, height-adjustable air suspension, four-wheel-steering, 664 horsepower, and an Avalanche-style folding midgate that expands the bed floor to 9-feet in length.
I have an opportunity to go hands with this new truck and learn everything about it from the team that created the new truck. Is it a futuristic version of a heavy-duty Chevy Avalanche? Let’s dig into all of the details.
While the new Silverado EV shares the Ultium platform with the 2022 GMC Hummer EV truck, the Silverado has slightly different dimensions. It is narrower, longer, and lower than the Hummer EV. It makes for more traditional full-size truck proportions. Chevrolet says that the new Silverado EV will have one of the best aerodynamic profiles of any pickup truck. The overall design and the height-adjustable air suspension combine to deliver this good coefficient of drag and help with the overall driving range of up to 400 miles on a full charge.
Front and rear electric motors combine for 664 hp and 780 lb-ft of torque in the RST First Edition. Chevrolet says the truck will be capable of a 0-60 mph run in 4.5 seconds. The Work Truck (WT) version of the truck will have a lower power output (510 hp and 615 lb-ft of torque), but it will have the same 400-mile estimated driving range.
The new Silverado EV will offer a very fast DC fast-charging capability of up to 350 kW. In an ideal situation, the truck is said to gain a class-leading 100 miles of range in 10 minutes.
Here is how the new Silverado EV specs compare against the F-150 Lightning.
| Chevy Silverado EV | Ford F-150 Lightning | |
| Trims | WT and RST | Pro, XLT, Lariat, and Platinum |
| Config | Crew Cab / 5’11’‘ Bed / 4×4 | Crew Cab / 5’6” Bed / 4×4 |
| — | — | |
| Range | Up to 400 miles | Up to 300 miles |
| Charge Speed | Up to 350 kW | Up to 150 kW |
| Range Gain | Up to 100 miles in 10 minutes | Up to 54 miles in 10 minutes |
| Power Export | Up to 10.2 kW | Up to 9.6 kW |
| — | — | |
| Power | Up to 664 hp / 780 lb-ft | Up to 563 hp / 775 lb-ft |
| Max. Payload | Up to 1,300 lbs | Up to 2,000 lbs |
| Max. Towing | Up to 10,000* lbs | Up to 10,000 lbs |
| — | — | |
| Available | Spring-Fall 2023 | Spring 2022 |
| Pricing | Range: $39,900 – $105,000 | Range: $39,974 – $90,000 |
The Silverado EV will offer up to 10.2 kW of export inverter/generator power from up to 10 outlets around the truck. It will also offer the capability to charge other vehicles. While Chevrolet does not specify the exact capacity of the 24-unit Ultium battery pack, we expect it to be around 200 kWh.
The Silverado EV bed can be extended from 5’11” to 9-feet by lowering the midgate and keeping the tailgate in the closed position. If you have longer items still, then using the Multi-Flex tailgate with its stop allows for 10’10”.
Silverado EV will be the first to offer GM’s new Ultifi software/infotainment system that will be easily updatable over time.
We still don’t have all of the numbers on the new Silverado truck, but here is another part of the comparison.
| Chevy Silverado EV | Ford F-150 Lightning | |
| Suspension | Adaptive Air / Independent | Independent |
| Steering | 4-Wheel-Steer | 2-Wheel-Steer |
| Infotainment | Up to 17-inch | Up to 15.5-inch / SYNC 4A |
| Self-driving | SuperCruise w/ Trailering | BlueCruise |
| — | — | |
| Bed Volume | 52.8 cu-ft | |
| Frunk Volume | 14.1 cu-ft | |
| Warranty | — | — |
| Bumper to Bumper | 3-yr / 36,000 miles | |
| Electrical Components | 8-yr* / 100,000 miles | |
The 2024 Silverado EV truck goes on sale between Spring and Fall of 2023. The WT truck will be available to fleets around Spring 2023. The RST First Edition will be available in the Fall of 2023. GM says other packages and trim levels, including a special Trail Boss off-road version, will be offered at a later date. Pricing will range between $39,900 – $105,000. Chevrolet says there will be configurable models in the $50K, $60K, $70K, and $80K ranges.
Join our exclusive first-look video of the new Silverado EV in the video below.
