The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Has Impressive Range And A Staggering Price Tag...
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Looking for the fastest charging, longest range, and most practical EV truck in America? That's the Silverado without a doubt. Just be prepared to take out a mortgage, because the price tag is out of this world...
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Why on earth would anyone want 24inch wheels?? Surely 22s would be, you know, already ridiculously big
I can't stand these huge wheels that are becoming the norm. They reduce efficiency, ride harshly, and are expensive to put tires on. Silly.
More bigger, more better
and at 9000lbs, going to eat those tires every 20k? 15k?
24s was a big deal 10 years ago lol
@@kyrosmike TireRack shows just ONE tire in this truck's size at $600 per tire before tax and installation. No AT or snow tires available.
Unlike what Stellantis tried, this actually looks like the concept truck *gm* revealed a couple years ago and I think that deserves some praise all on its own. They knocked this thing out of the park with the capability and power numbers. I really think the rear-wheel steering, usable battery capacity, and the mid-gate have officially made the Chevy Silverado EV the most versatile and best engineered premium fully electric full-size pickup.
Shout out the lowercase branding with *gm*.
I think the Ram REV looks a lot like the concept
That wasn't a concept they showed a couple of years ago, it was this production truck. It's exactly the same. GM has just struggled to bring it out sooner.
This is very impressive. I would get one for 50-60k.
Sadly people will buy these at the higher costs, which will make the manufacturer think the price is correct.
Maybe a used one that's 3-5 years old would be that much. Those batteries sure are expensive though so unless there is some radical new technology, prices are only going up. Really, have you ever seen prices go down on the new model years ever?
@@DadDrums1015They will be as rare to see as a EV hummer only a tiny portion of people will buy them.
@@DadDrums1015, at $94K, GM is losing money on each one they sell.
@@Josh-179 then they shouldn’t make it. That’s just bad business
Alex, let us know if and when prices for EV and ICE trucks in America come back to the realm of sanity.
These days insanity is kinda the new norm of sanity
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I've heard that for at least 25 years and I've yet to see prices go down from one year to the next.
You’re split screen while driving is very nice. Way better than switching back and forth that most channels do. 👍🏽👍🏽
I remember when they advertised price for WT something about 45-47k. Just a small price increase...what a shame...
Thank you for starting from the price. Not interested anaymore...Not gonna waste my time even watching.
I just cancelled my reservation and requested deposit refund - the price when I reserved it was supposed to start at $39,990
It’s werid tho because usually he doesn’t mention the price in the begging which is something all auto reviewers schould do because all of these new vehicles are overpriced
It should be noted that when he talks about the 80k work trucks, he is talking about wt3 and wt4 which are the higher end work trucks with a larger battery, those are the ones being produced at the moment. There are plans for wt1 and wt2 with smaller packs in the near future that will probably hit around that initial 47-50k
I don’t understand the constant complaints about the promised price vs the the price for the highest trim versions. Did you think they were going to release the cheaper, lower profit margin versions before recouping their investment costs with these? No other manufacturer has done that. The 1WT trim is what you’re waiting for, and it’s still coming after the rich people buy the fancy versions to help fund it. Just like every other new vehicle.
That split camera view really threw me for a sec. 😂
I like your new camera split
90k overlander? Nah, I'll just stay at the Ritz, thanks.
The "Overland" better be paved to support the weight of this thing.
If I could add a topper, and the climate control would cool/heat it, what a travel/camp experience this would be with the ability to open the interior up to the bed like that. That being said, 92k? That's quite an expense for a guy who just wants to camp, possibly with a boat trailer in tow. I'm digging the range and tow capacity. Also no smartphone connectivity for that price makes it a no go. The soft roading capability is fine for my intended purpose but that's more than I spent on my home! Winter capability isn't an issue for me as I live in Florida.
Saving gas is expensive.
Someone has to pay for saving the environment from global warming
LOL
Most people buying this will be using this as a luxury hauler to haul things home from the local Lowe’s, they’re buying this for the performance and technology. I highly doubt the people who buy this give a toss about the environment.
@@ItsAlive111 Most fast charger stations if every stall is occupied has a generator near by or it 2x/3x the charge time. The size of wire can only push so many amps, if these cars could charge on medium voltage well dangerous but faster
@@ItsAlive111only thing is building the batteries caused more pollution than 10 ICE trucks..
After have owned 9 trucks from EVERY brand from Cummins Turbo Diesels to my wife's Honda Ridgeline and even an EV Ford Lightning (that's been long gone for a long time that could really only go 175 miles when it got cold, and that was w/the bigger battery pack)... this is BY FAR the best practical use full-sized or "right sized" truck by such a LONG shot. Plus, I saw a real world travel trip with this same truck on another channel that went 460 miles. But still, at $94K there is just NO WAY. I'd have to wait until they show up at Auto Auctions for $40K just like how I've seen several Ford Lightning selling for as Ford simply cannot give them away now. So thankful I'd sold it for what I'd paid for it just few months after getting it summer of 2022!!! 🤪 So until then I enjoy borrowing my wife's Honda Ridgeline and getting 26.3 mpg on the highway as it was a very "practical" RTS for my very simple dirt digging wife (which was $32,650 w/AWD in 2017)! 👍
100k for a truck that’s just crazy. There wouldn’t be trucks that expensive if suckers with too much money keep buying them but I’m all for it. I’ll buy one in 5 years at a 80% discount
I don't know if you been shopping for a truck lately? I own a Chevy Silverado 2019 LD it cost 60k plus new one. A fully spec one is 75k. Move up to higher end models your up to 80k.
You have totally lost touch with reality.
Trucks have been this expensive for years. This is right on par with regular HD trucks.
Only car salesmen think spending $100k on a truck is a good idea.
My rental property was 80k and the house I live in was 150k 5 years ago. There’s no way I’d spend 100k on a truck that will only depreciate every second of ownership
at 1.5kW/mile efficiency and 15 cent/kW electricity price (at home) this means that you can travel 14.6 miles for what you’d pay for a gallon of regular gasoline in the midwest ($3.30/g). the discussion has shifted so far away from efficiency and towards range that it’s hiding how bad the economics of EV trucks like this one are. also why 24” wheels? that’s gotta be hurting both range and efficiency.
That efficiency rating was while towing.
@@sfoy623 correct but that’s still hardly anything to write home about. i get 14-15mpg towing 4000lbs with my turbo Inline 6 SUV.
Not sure about that math. $3 in power at .15 is 15kwh, which yields 23 mi. $3/gal of gas usually yields 10-12 miles of towing.
EV is about 2X the efficiency. Gas is usually more than this, power often less.
@@johnserrao9322 actually, i pay 15 cents per kW but after taxes and all the charges price is 19 cents/kW. at $3.30 a gallon this will buy 17.36 kW (=$3.30/$0.19) which when towing (at 1.5kW/mile) will travel 11.57 miles (=17.36/11.57) so it isn’t great.
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Thank you so much for the review
elephant-sized EV with elephant-sized price tag 😱😱😱
I kinda prefer the WT, mainly for the vinyl floor.
And the rectangular displays.
I don't mind the prices at all, because I will not buy any of them, not in the foreseeable future. Maybe I'll consider it later if RHD version becomes available 😁😁😁
Front end looks pretty gross in my opinion. Also seems proportioned kind of weird. You can definitely tell it’s perched on top of a massive battery pack.
Should’ve named it the AvalanchE, would probably be getting way more buzz.
What's the point they keep making such EV which out of reach by most buyers. It belongs to a showroom or cold storage. Unless your target market is only for the 1% wealthy buyer
It's priced inline with the luxury truck market. Expensive, absolutely. Top 1% expensive? Nope, nowhere close.
@@SoCalGuitarist RST is not a luxury trim level. This is $40K more expensive than an ICE RST.
This makes as much sense as HummerEV
The previous vehicle by chevy to have such a pass-through, the avalanche, was a standard body on frame truck chassis. Chevrolet has hrld onto a patent since then severley restricting other manufatures from doing something similar
The avalanche was interesting, because it had a single piece body that was bed and cab together, but because it was body on frame it had a lot of torsional rigidity issues when it came to squeaking and noise and rattles in the mid, this design should preclude that
Patents are only good for 20 years, anybody could do that today if they wanted to. But it adds a lot of cost, reduces visibility, introduced safety issues, and was known for leaking and rattling. That's why sales dwindled until it was eventually discontinued.
Alex, I agree, that price is staggering. 😵💫 I wonder if people pickup shopping in that price range will be happier with a six figure Sierra. 🤔
they’ll offer lower trims with smaller battery options. I think the Sierra Denali will have a nicer interior and clearly the better looking truck imo
@@frankiexv4533 The stripped work truck already costs like $75k... Maybe if you got half the battery but then you are looking at ~220 mile range.
These prices are outrageous. Since when American cars command six figures price tag. Affordability used to be the entire point of buying American back in the day ñ.
@@joebrito2066 This is a lifestyle accessory for the wealthy not a working man's truck .
That's one expensive AVALANCHE!!!
EValanche! 👍
I miss the Avalanch! They should have just named this Avalanch!
@@Jazzzon777 missed opportunity!
But It weighs 9000lbs…
9000 lbs plus another 2000 lbs just for fun.
I think Ford's approach is better. Yes, the Lightning's range is much lower but an XLT standard range is about the same price as an ICE XLT crew cab 4x4.
You will rarely need the range of the Silverado EV. It doesn't justify the price, in my opinion. If you need to tow long distances, get an ICE.
I agree, lightning is a better EV truck test, it's at least affordable for those who use pickup trucks only for cabin room and grocery shopping so more people can test it
@@tallll70 It's good at truck stuff too like home improvement projects, etc. Also it's totally doable for towing a boat to the local lake and back.
Yeah, the Lightning has never impressed me, but the more competitors that come out the better it looks. This just has a bigger battery which comes at a very steep price and with a huge weight penalty. And if a 100 kWh battery costs $20K to replace after its 10 year lifespan, what will this 200 kWh battery cost?
There already is a 180kwh version of the silverado EV, but don't know what the price is since it is fleet only. The lightning is decent but it's a total mess IMO - you can't even trust the range estimate unless you want to be stranded - see the out of spec compro with the lighning vs rivian vs cyberturd vs silverado.
@@sprockkets The WT Silverado EV costs $20K more than the Lightning Pro. Not exactly a Work Truck at all at that price.
I like the song that was showing on the info-tainment system….Big Spender. Never heard it, but the title is more than appropriate when sitting in a $100k truck! If I hit the lotto, I might consider one.
It's a classic Alex easter egg. In every car review video the song that's on the infotainment system is somehow related to the car that's being reviewed.
Is 19.2 kw of AC charging feasible? What kind of electrical supply would you need at a residence, or at a commercial property? That seems like it would require a really high amperage.
The charger would use 80A meaning it would need a 100A connection.
3-phase has entered the chat
3-phase 32A delivers 22 kW easily.
Early Tesla Model S's had a dual charger option that could charge at 20kW. That was 240V@80A off a 100A breaker (derated by 20% for continuous load).
I hope drivers will like replacing tires more often with that weight... Yeesh!
it looks like alex's legs span both camera angles haha. 26:06
Great review as always! Also, you are looking amazing, Alex!
Cheaper than a Raptor and the lack of Android Auto doesn't bother me as long as I have my apps.
What's the insurance going to be on something like this? What's the repairability like when someone hits you just hard enough to lightly damage the battery pack? Do they just total it out? I actually think EVs make a lot of sense, I'm just wondering when the economies-of-scale are going to kick in and let me buy something non-Tesla with a gas-equivalent range for $40k instead of $95k.
That’s the cool thing about the ultium platform, they connect several battery module’s into the “pack” so if there’s a puncture or an area that’s damaged , you only need to replace the modules that are damaged. So if there’s 12 modules and 3 are damaged you’re only paying for the 3 as opposed to 12. They can also be retrofitted with newer battery tech later on.
@@frankiexv4533 Nice, I didn't know that. Thank you for the information!
Its going to be probably 2-3x of the gasoline version. Which is kind of nuts for a work truck. And repair costs will be crazy.
Our government has blocked all EVs from China because they build small base model EVs. The manufacturers here are totally out of touch with what Americans want. Or need. An old school single cab work truck with no frills and a price tag under 20k would sell like crazy.
Now only if it could have come with the GMC Envoy XUV's Retractable Roof...to allow for taller items and also longer to fit. For example...carrying two mid-sized refrigerators or a full size washer & dryer! That'd be soo cool
It also offers a disembodied hand to help you gesture at 22:30
There’s some confusion here on the regen capabilities. These have blended braking, unlike a Tesla where the brake pedal is purely friction brakes.
The Ford turns down regen in tow/haul mode to allow gentler braking with the trailer load and avoid jerking everything around. But when you press the brake pedal, it only uses regen until that’s nearly maxed out, then it blends in friction brakes. It should be optional of course, but it doesn’t affect how much regen you have available.
The Silverado EV does the same thing from what I understand, as do most non-Tesla EVs.
It's good to be King!
Love the design and practicality. Maybe GM can put a hybrid or plugin hybrid powertrain in and lower the price to reasonable amount.
Love your content Alex
Very impressive. Another way to make it less expensive is to offer a 2WD version with the smaller battery pack.
Looks like Alex is auditioning for the “Rockettes” when he’s strolling around the vehicle! Hahaha!!!
Great job & I would love to buy this EV truck.
Some very interesting and useful equipment and capabilities on an electric truck but beyond our means. If there is a more reasonably priced variant, it could be worthy of consideration.
I have said it everywhere, I am not buying a GM vehicle until they put the CarPlay back. I don’t think that people understand how important it is. Apple has a survey that shows that 80 percent of iPhone owners say that they are not buying a vehicle that doesn’t have it. There are only three manufacturers who don’t have it. Tesla was the first one. Then Rivian followed suit. And now GM on the EV side. If you believe the Apple rumors they are in discussions with Rivian to put CarPlay in place.
CarPlay does more important things than most people realize. It of course keeps your phone out of your face and hands when you’re driving. It makes the audio quality much better. It provides a great way to select your music. And of course it makes you have a great way to have phone calls when driving. I argue that it’s a important safety feature.
I'm an Android fan buy, and will never buy another new car without support for BOTH, CarPlay and Android Auto. They are essential to me, to my wife, and to my kid. All of these manufacturers are losing TONS of sales.
Nearly $100k for a truck is crazy.
You obviously haven't priced fully loaded trucks in a few years.
***** Rented this truck for 9 days and the screen blackout and the AC gave out due to a HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGE which was prompt on the screen. I had no AC on a hot day while it was raining. I was in Texas when this all happened *****
Save your money until it’s fixed
I can envision the GMC version at the Alex homestead driveway. Sponsored of course
This will not be an unpopular opinion, with over 200kwh battery onboard and a gvwr over 10,000lbs, i do believe legislative change is mandatory to require any driver driving this will need a CDL. A CDL might not completely negate the sheer mass this thing has against pedestrian, but at least it limits the driver pool to CDL holders who have prerequisites in their driving records.
You can drive a tractor trailer without a CDL, as long as it isn’t registered commercially.
13:05 Was the left rear vent damaged or is it a quality issue from Chevrolet?
I want a range test with this and the R1T dual motor max battery on 21s
Early reviewers have exceeded range in these. 460 in mixed regular driving in the RST, and the WT with the big battery has hit 500 miles of real world range. Jerry rig everything tested the RST and “out of spec review” tested the WT and even towed a model 3 250 miles without needed to juice up.
Kudos to Chevrolet for bringing a EV pick-up truck that delivers over 400 miles of range. It’s expensive but it’s right for consumer expectations with operational range. In addition the truck looks great and just expands the Silverado offering. It should ride well with air suspension and unibody construction . It’s a solid first effort where you feel that the manufacture did their homework and offer a well thought out EV.
At my average $.38/kw for my home electric bill in Souther California, this EV would cost around $80 each time you charged it from 0-100%. Something most people don't consider now that battery packs are absolutely massive.
San Diego resident here. With San Diego Gas & Electric, you can sign up for an EV rate plan to offset cost. From 12am-6am weekdays, 12am-2pm weekends I'm only charged $.11/kwh and that's before my solar and battery backup come into play. If you have the means to, research the utilities company you use and you may find ways to save.
That’s werid I live in North Carolina and I’m paying the almost the same to charge my lucid 😭😭😭
And filling a Silverado with gas would cost you $120. I’m not sure what point you think you are making here
The weight of this thing is going to eat tires.
and 4 of those tires will cost about as much as a cheap economy car... this thing is ridiculous.
It's better to make it and charge what you need to charge for it than to not make it. Gas pickups were already so expensive buyers might not even notice.
This junk is being publicly-subsidized to the tune of $50k per unit. Take that away (and take away the mandates), and sales go to zero.
Was that a broken vent fin on the rear seat vents?🤔
Can the front passenger seat fold flat? That would be incredible.
You wouldn’t be able to run the built-in Google Maps without the subscription. If you buy this truck you will need the GM connectivity subscription.
At least rich guys will get their tax rebate
So this is how we're supposed to 'save' the planet???
I just ordered a 2024 GMC SLT with the 3.0L Duramax. That's all the truck I need and I can refuel it in 5-7 minutes.
why do manufactures keep putting things out so ridiculously expansive
Look great!....but damn, $90k+....ooof!
How can you go ICE fishing with a Silverado EV? 😂😂😂
When will manufactures figure out that for the same reason normal people don’t by luxury cars they also won’t by this. It’s too expensive! This should be $60K. The base should be $40K… and the way things are going they WILL be after a year or two of depreciation.
I wish chevy would bring back the avalanche
The fact I cant connect my phone is a big deal breaker!
GM is next level with their cars..
I like this truck.
Who are all of these people with $100,000 car budgets?
Would have liked to see the NACS (Tesla charging) connector at launch 😢
It seems like it's going to be a suuuper slow roll. We're at least a year away from anything with a J3400 connector (it's technically not NACS), and most likely 24+ months before we see more than one or two out there
Just learned today that the avalanche that also has a mid gate was a unibody. Ffs what marketing Guy told you that lie
Destined to sell as quick as Lightening!
No Apple car play, no thank you! Take your silver adooo and shovel it!
Tired at this point but…no CarPlay/Android Auto, no buy! Assuming I could afford it, which I can’t 🤗
Electric trucks don’t make sense. Just do a diesel generator electric drivetrain with half the battery pack. Make it more like a diesel electric locomotive or the other fantastic series hybrid for GM the mighty Volt.
You might want to go back and re-evaluate your experience with BlueCruise given that F150 has a revised system ( BlueCruise 1.2) which is way smoother than version 1.0 before you make the assumption that SuperCruise is smoother. Functionality wise SuperCruise appears to offer some functional differences
We have driven all versions of Blue Cruise including the upcoming 1.3 version and SuperCruise is still significantly smoother. This is not an assumption, it's simple fact.
It's a EV Truck! This is one of the highest models and 1st edition.... $$$$$$
I know $94K is a lot of money but if you actually analyze this package in comparison to the . market, it's actually a ton of vehicle for that money. I'm certain GM will be losing a lot of money on one.
Think about it. An F-150 Lightning platinum is same price and is shared with the best selling vehicle in the country. The Lightning has a much smaller battery. Has slow battery charging tech. No mid gate functionality and so on.
I'd expect this to be $110K at least.
If they called it the Avalanche I'd care about it.
They already made the mid gate twenty years ago with the Chevrolet avalanche
Techinally its a body on frame but modified. Regular unibody cannot tow 10,000 lbs and hold a 200 kWh battery pack
When are they going to learn the mass majority doesn’t buy $90,000 vehicles! ! ! And the ones that do don’t buy GM Ford or Stellantis ! ! !
Tesla started with a very pricy vehicle too. Price will fall over time just like any other tech.
@@potatocores8549 What years have vehicle prices decreased from the previous one? Batteries are almost 150 year old technology and lithium batteries are 30 years old now. What, exactly, makes you think prices will come down?
It's going to be cheaper to buy new wheels and order up some heavy duty truck tires.
Expensive? That’s a bargains compared to the Cybertrash.
Really wish manufacturers would do that midgate in their ICE offerings. That makes the bed enormous.
they did in the original avalanche which gm discontinued like total idiots in 2013.
@@billybobbob3003Yes, I really liked the Avalanche.
@@billybobbob3003 Yeah, what idiots to discontinue a truck that was selling like 20K units per year because consumers preferred crew cab pickups instead of the expensive Avalanche with its tiny bed and leaking rattling midgate.
@@plmn93 alot of these ev start ups are selling less than that plus government bails detroit automakers out all the time they are the government so yes they are idiots.
$8k I will buy it
I realize Chevy is trying to top Ford with a full size EV truck but they should have made the Colorado EV first.
Dream truck, yeah ( dream ) 😂 $$$$$$$$$$$$
Close in the back, add a 3rd row; Suburban EV done. They’ll sell everyone even at $100k. Should get 450 miles of range.
This vehicle is simply absurd.
Waiting for BYD shark truck crossing south border
It's not hard to find a $95k ICE pickup, so I don't know what everyone is complaining about.
Of course this truck isn't for everyone, but neither is an F-350 Platinum.
Because some people are stupid enough that they think 200+ kWh battery pick up truck with 700+ HP should cost 60K or 70K.😂
Bet the insurance is a fortune.
Logical
should have just made a hybrid first
The best? 🤔 Tons of batteries to ruin the ride and wear out suspension components faster claim higher range. Especially expensive 24's. Less towing and payload. Love the midgate but not worth the price and other sacrifices.
Overlanding?? In this?? My dear boy, please define "overlanding". Who would take this more than 1 hour from civilization. I call that glamping.
I’m just not seeing value of this at 100k . Looks decent though . I want end be all truck at 100k I don’t see it here . 80k for vinyl floors.. for the wt . That’s no sir .
Scale it back to an El Camino, please. This is as obnoxious as the Hummer without any real usefulness.
He forgot to mention you're WAAAAY outside the EV Tax credit, and the fast charging is not good for the life of the battery. Wanna talk that replacement price?
Fast charging a modern battery on a road trip is fine.
Fast charging an air cooled Nissan leaf every day is a baaad idea
So the sliverado ev is more like the avalanche of yester year- borrowing the mid design. hmm
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I can say what I want, but Chevy will not only sell every Silverado EV they can make, but will have a long waiting list to boot. So who knows maybe I'm the one who's out of touch lol
They priced it like beef... By the pound.
4:22 😂 rest assured Chevy will sell tons of $100k EV trucks like this 😅