GM just electrified truck wars with announced Silverado EV’s estimated range

The electric version of truck wars just got a jolt with the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV work truck.

General Motors’ newly named president of North America, Rory Harvey, said Friday that the Chevrolet Silverado EV work truck will get a whopping range of 450 miles on a full charge.

That range will top the Ford Lightning pickup, which can get up to 320 miles of range on a full charge, as well as the Rivian R1T, which gets 314 miles; a Lordstown Motors Endurance at 200 miles, and even GM’s own GMC Hummer pickup, which gets 329 miles.

General Motors President of North America Rory Harvey during a virtual media call on May 18, 2023.

“When you look at that range, particularly in respect to the work truck which is predominantly a fleet vehicle, we believe that gives us a competitive advantage in terms of those fleet customers,” Harvey said of the Silverado EV during a news media briefing Thursday.

The Silverado might be passed up in the future. Stellantis introduced the 2025 Ram 1500 REV pickup last month saying it will offer two all-electric options, one of which would offer a larger battery and the target is for it to hit 500 miles on a full charge. It is expected to market later next year.

The 2024 Silverado EV work truck will be offered in two range specifications. At launch, it’ll have an EPA-estimated range of 450 miles on a full charge, Harvey said, and “then we’ll have other variants that start to be introduced and we will have an option in terms of different configurations in terms of mileage.”

Shortly after the launch of the first Silverado EV work truck, the automaker said, another will follow with a GM-estimated range of 350 miles on a full charge.

Harvey said GM is on track to deliver the first work truck to customers this spring and start production of the RST later this fall. The RST is a more upscale model. According to Chevrolet’s website, the starting price for a Silverado EV is $39,900.

The 2024 Silverado EV RST will travel an estimated 450 miles on a full charge. Image provided by Chevrolet.

Harvey credited GM engineers with having the “tenacity and working through all the different solutions” to surpass GM’s initial target of 400 miles of range to reach the 450-mile mark.

“We look at refinements, we look at aero, we look at the way the vehicle is calibrated, the way the vehicle is set up,” Harvey said. “There are so many factors that go into it. The team was able to refine it.”