The Chevrolet Silverado EV was noticed by a Drive reader because the automobile was being filmed, possible for upcoming commercials.
Earlier this week, The Drive posted a video on Instagram of the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV being filmed in downtown Helena, Montana. The Blue truck was seen going up and down the road, adopted by a digital camera automobile, possible gathering footage for use in an upcoming commercial. The recognizing comes shortly after the Silverado surpassed a number of important milestones.
When it comes to latest achievements, the Chevy Silverado EV lately hit 150,000 reservations (solely shortly after hitting 110,000 reservations in February), and solely months in the past, extra specs and information in regards to the automobile had been posted on the Chevy web site. The truck is marketed to have a max vary of 400 miles, a powertrain able to 660 horsepower and 780 pound-feet of torque, a 0-60 time of 4.5 seconds, and a max tow ranking of 10,000 kilos. The truck may even characteristic 4-wheel-steering and Chevrolet’s new “multiflex midgate” mattress know-how that may enable the again panel of the inside cabin to be folded down. Pricing and a breakdown of specs/choices per trim haven’t but been launched, nevertheless, Chevy has said that the Silverado EV can have a sub-40,000 greenback beginning worth.
The specs launched for the top-of-the-line mannequin do make the automobile aggressive with Ford’s F-150 Lightning. The Silverado can have 80 extra miles of vary, make 80 extra horsepower and 5 extra pound-feet of torque, be rated for two,300 extra kilos of towing, however will lag behind the F-150 Lightning’s 4-second 0-60 by half a second. A promising competitor to the Ford F-150Lightning, nevertheless, these specs have but to be examined and verified in the true world, and this doesn’t account for any modifications that Ford might make for the 2023 Lightning.
The query that Chevy is posing to customers is, “Would you slightly go along with the standard F-150, or would you favor a brand new method with new options?” It could prove that the four-wheel steering or the folding down rear panel win over many purchasers, however as of now, Chevy hasn’t put the Silverado EV out out there for customers to seek out out. Deliveries are anticipated to start in Fall 2023.
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