The Competition: 2024 Silverado EV Reviews Are Here

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Surely no accident. Try getting a long wheel base vehicle front on into a charging station (unless of course its a straight drive in & back out - which most chargers are not). You need to reverse in. It's one of my pet hates about the R1T having the charge port at the front. Reversing has never been easier with so many cameras and sensors. Citizens of America, don't be afraid to try reverse parking. It's easy.

It's funny how different people's priorities can be isn't it?

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[kurtlikevonnegut]

there are some parking lots with signs that say "head in parking only" and I hate that.

I find that to be legitimately outrageous. What could the justification for that possibly be?

 

[Belem]

I find that to be legitimately outrageous. What could the justification for that possibly be?

In states that have front and rear license plates, the only time I see that is when it's an angled parking on one way streets. But in Florida, there's a few parking lots I've been to that have those signs up. Maybe police/parking attendants can check for expired tags?

 

[MinnR1S]

Did anyone else see that center screen. They didn't put a lot of effort in that one.
I guess they had to cheap out somewhere after the extra 3000lbs of batteries they added.

 

[moosetags]

This is the no frills work truck and it is $78M, slightly higher than an R1T. The Silverado range is quite impressive. What is not impressive is the Silverado's payload. It is 1400# compared to my R1T's 1711#. All the reviewers talk about towing capacity which is meaningless without sufficient payload. My Airstream's tongue weight is slightly over 1000#. This means that a Silverado would afford me only 400# for passengers and cargo. A couple of medium sized passengers would use up 300#, leaving very little for tools and gear. By comparison, our 2020 Silverado 2500 Durumax has a payload of 3136#.

Our R1T will work for us towing the Airstream. The EV Silverado would be marginal at best.

Brian

 

[kylealden]

The Silverado range is quite impressive

As much as I'm jealous of the range, they literally just piled in more battery to get there. It nets out to less efficient than an R1T (not quite as godawful as the Hummer though), despite fewer motors, lower horsepower, etc.

Plenty of opportunity for the Max Pack to shine here.

 

[Zoidz]

It certainly fills a certain space right now in the market, clearly targeted at towing range and worksite use. For a general purpose truck like so many people use them for, the vehicle weight is excessive with "meh" performance. It will be interesting to see how this sells.

 

[kvenom]

You know what would have filled a gap in the market? A Long-Range PHEV version with $15000 knocked off the price.

 

[moosetags]

I find that to be legitimately outrageous. What could the justification for that possibly be?

Head in parking is required at all airport parking facilities as a security measure. All vehicle license tags are read every hour to determine vehicle positions and movement.

Brian

 

[rbr19870445]

This has me convinced that legacy automakers (outside of Ford and Volvo) don't understand or don't care on how to build an EV.

 

[Count Orlok]

I find that to be legitimately outrageous. What could the justification for that possibly be?

Airport officials remind travelers not to back into parking spaces

 

[Count Orlok]

Chevy seems to be answering questions nobody who wants a truck asks.

 

[TollKeeper]

If I wasnt locked in at Pre-Price Gate pricing, I would be --looking-- at the Silverado.

You can dog on the big name brand auto makers all you want (not just the big 3).. At the end of the day, there is something comforting knowing that if I need service, a local dealer is already in place, to service it.

I am not knocking Rivian here, they are building a network, and it will be a good thing.. as long as you live in a well populated area.

If I were to place an order today which one?

I am tactile in nature, and being that I have yet to put a hand on a Silverado EV...

On the other hand, I have touched, riden in, and drove, a Rivian.

So the order remains with a Rivian

 

[clcbjc123]

Any real trade worker will not pay $78k for a work truck. An HD 2500, double cab, long bed with some options is $51,000 MSRP. Large companies with public sustainable goals will buy a few. And I forgot, of course the local governments will pony up the money.

 

[azbill]

I am not knocking Rivian here, they are building a network, and it will be a good thing.. as long as you live in a well populated area.

Phoenix is well populated, but it took me 7 weeks to get a service appointment and my truck has already been there for 5 days. When I arrived they had 6-8 Amazon vans there, in addition to R1s, then I was told it is the end of the quarter so they need to get new deliveries out. Maybe I will get my truck back for the holiday weekend.

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