DETROIT — The unique membership of pickup vans sporting six-figure value tags is getting a brand new member. The $107,000 GMC Sierra EV Denali Version 1 arrives simply over a 12 months from now.
The primary of three deliberate trim ranges, the Sierra EV Version 1 is powered by a pair of electrical motors, for a ranking of 754 hp. The pickup can have a spread of 400 miles, towing functionality of 9,500 kilos and a brisk 0-to-60 mph time of simply 4.5 seconds, GMC says.
And just like the GMC Hummer EV, the Sierra EV Denali Version 1 will be capable to do the crabwalk.
The highest-of-the-line Denali brings a laundry checklist of luxurious, security and comfort options, together with quilted seats, actual wooden trim and three screens, together with one for the heads-up show. The Tremendous Cruise hands-free driving system will likely be configured for trailer towing.
The truck can energy a home or recharge one other car, reminiscent of a Chevrolet Bolt. Its 350-kilowatt charging system can inject 100 miles of vary into the Ultium batteries in 10 minutes, GM says.
Following the debut of the Sierra EV Denali Version 1 pickup in early 2024, GMC will flesh out the lineup with two further fashions — the entry-level Elevation and the off-road-oriented AT4 in early 2025. Duncan Aldred, international vp of Buick and GMC, stated at a media preview for the Sierra EV Denali that the Elevation mannequin can have a beginning sticker value of round $50,000.
Aldred additionally stated GMC’s advertising and marketing plan for the Sierra EV Denali Version 1 will supply first dibs to the truck to present GMC Denali pickup and SUV house owners.
This technique additionally addresses manufacturing constraints with the truck. Will probably be inbuilt very restricted numbers at Normal Motors’ Manufacturing facility Zero plant in Detroit because it ramps up output of a broad array of electrical autos. These embrace the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Hummer pickup and utility, GMC pickups and Cruise Origin supply car.
“On this one we’re going to strive a special tactic,” Aldred stated. “We’ll invite our Denali house owners to a personal [showing] and to order one, after which open it as much as public reservations as much as a restricted quantity.” GMC desires to keep away from the scenario it confronted with Hummer EV orders, he stated, wherein so many reservations had been positioned — about 90,000 — that lead instances for the car bought too lengthy.
Aldred wouldn’t give a selected manufacturing quantity for the Version 1, however stated it could be lower than 10,000 items.
As with aggressive electrical vans, the Sierra EV Denali pickup sports activities a front-opening “frunk” for storage, however this one is power-operated and options two drains for moist gadgets, reminiscent of scuba gear ice baggage and coolers.
The physique of the Sierra EV Denali Version 1 has two different novel options, together with a mid-gate design that extends the rear of the mattress to contained in the car. The rear part of the cab folds ahead and flat, growing the mattress from 5 ft, 11 inches to greater than 9 ft, enabling an object, reminiscent of a surfboard, to slot in the mattress.
Not like different vans, there is no such thing as a seen seam on the facet of the physique separating cab from mattress. It is hidden below a trim appliqué.
GMC just isn’t involved in regards to the six-figure window sticker of the Sierra EV Denali Version 1. In line with GMC, the common value paid for a light-duty Sierra pickup is $65,000.
“It is fairly superb,” stated Aldred. “A couple of years in the past, after we had been planning Hummer, the quantity of autos bought over $100,000 in your complete trade was not that many. Now, that has radically modified within the final three years. There’s been a speedy enhance in car costs and there is been a fair faster rise on the high finish. We count on to promote out actually fairly rapidly.”