Basic Motors has the MultiPro tailgate, however now it seems like GM is creating one other new tailgate to battle its Detroit rivals.

GM just lately filed a trademark utility for the title “Multistow.” The appliance was filed Feb. 16, 2023 and seeks to use the Multistow title to “tailgates for motor land automobiles.”

GM kicked off the craze for trick tailgates with the MultiPro tailgate that launched on the GMC Sierra and later made its manner onto the GMC Hummer EV. The Chevrolet Silverado additionally will get its personal model, dubbed Multi-Flex. Each manufacturers supply six configurations based mostly round a movable heart part of the tailgate, which may function a load cease, a fold-out step, or a piece floor.

It is unclear how a GM Multistow tailgate would possibly differ from the corporate’s present tailgate, however the “stow” nomenclature implies some type of storage functionality. Chevrolet presents the brand new mid-size 2023 Colorado with a StowFlex tailgate that has a small storage space in its heart (proven above). Maybe the Multistow tailgate is a bigger model for the full-size vehicles.

GM could also be going after Ram and its RamBox bed-side storage bins. Ram additionally presents a break up tailgate that creates two vertical openings, making entry to the mattress simpler. That is one factor GM’s present MultiPro/Multi-Flex tailgate cannot do.

Do not count on the tailgate wars to cease there, nevertheless. A slew of latest patent filings signifies automakers want to one-up one another by including tailgate options. A Ford trisected tailgate patent surfaced in 2022, whereas Rivian has filed patent functions for telescoping and folding tailgates, in addition to a tailgate step.

GM can be bringing again the midgate for its Chevy Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV pickups. Ram confirmed its personal model within the Revolution BEV idea, previewing the model’s first manufacturing electrical truck, the Ram 1500 REV, due in 2024.