The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV is getting its own version of GMC’s CrabWalk mode, a feature that was missing when the electric pickup truck debuted as a 2024 model.
Chevy confirmed on Friday that its version of CrabWalk is called Sidewinder mode, making use of a name General Motors trademarked in 2022. While the name may be different, the function is the same. Sidewinder mode uses the Silverado EV’s rear-axle steering to turn all four wheels in the same direction, enabling diagonal driving at speeds ups to 20 mph.
2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV Sidewinder mode
Sidewinder mode is activated through the Rear Steering page in the Controls menu of the Silverado EV’s infotainment display. Once activated, graphics on the display and a confirmation message in the digital instrument cluster let drivers known they’re ready to go.
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This feature is standard on the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado RST, but will also be available on all 2024 Chevrolet Silverado RST First Edition models via an over-the-air update. Chevy said it will push that update to any leftover 2024 models still on dealer lots, as well as trucks already in customer hands.
2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV
Under the CrabWalk name, the diagonal-driving mode debuted in the GMC Hummer EV and was then offered in the 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1—GMC’s equivalent to the Silverado EV RST First Edition. The 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ is also expected to get this feature, branded as Cadillac Arrival Mode.
Other changes to the Silverado EV for 2025 include a new LT grade that slots between the existing WT and RST models, as well as range boosts for those models. The WT is now estimated to have up to 492 miles with the larger of two available battery packs, while the RST offers up to 460 miles of estimated range.
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