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2024 Silverado EV - Revealed
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Uglier than a bowling shoe.
Perhaps even more depending on driving style it seems. Nice!
And honestly in that WT trim level it actually doesn’t look too bad IMO.
I like the work truck offering. This portion of an attached video shows some of the reasons I like that model.
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Yeah, very frustrating, GM backs off a 40K truck, its official from GM = not happening.
Its just the way I am, sure, I watch how I spend my money but Im not cheap but I think these prices are sick and Ill never be a buyer unless something changes and that change will only occur in an economy correction or the day people stop taking out mortgages to buy a vehicle.
I do get it, some things are worth more to one person than another and I guess why I think the cost or my Harley was reasonable.
SO now we will have 80k EV pick ups, all will look the same, dressed up from the factory instead of allowing an individual who like a hobby, likes to customize. But I know that breed is dying off.
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Once the Lightning prices went way up, it was pretty clear there would never be a $40k Silverado EV. Lightning starts at $60k, and $79k for the big battery. I doubt the Silverado will dip much below $60k. Demand is through the roof for these vehicles.
Similarly, the $40k Cybertruck will likely never happen either.
Similarly, the $40k Cybertruck will likely never happen either.
Don't forget markup...
of course.. It'll cost over MSRP for many. This all makes sense in the scheme of things when you look at a longer view. GM just invested billions of dollars to squeeze out the last profit runs on their ICE trucks & suvs. Electrics not exactly profitable it was only a matter of time for the price to go nowhere but up. They can afford not to sell these EV's for a while longer.
Just a quick comment on mileage. For rough numbers the 200 kwhr battery pack will result in 400 miles of range or 2 miles/ kWh. If we used $0.30 per kwhr in California, ( please leave home based solar charging out of this ), it means you can go 2 miles for $0.30 or one mile for $0.15.
Now assume this is a gas powered truck. I’ll throw out a number like the gas truck might get 15 mpg. ( we can tune this up later). In California, gas is closing in on $5/gal, or 15 miles for $5 or one mile for $ 0.33.
So, the electric truck is half the cost to power it, if you charge at home. Not bad actually. I’ll let the others comment on the replacement taxes for road tax, electrical costs at public chargers, yada, yada, yada.
Now assume this is a gas powered truck. I’ll throw out a number like the gas truck might get 15 mpg. ( we can tune this up later). In California, gas is closing in on $5/gal, or 15 miles for $5 or one mile for $ 0.33.
So, the electric truck is half the cost to power it, if you charge at home. Not bad actually. I’ll let the others comment on the replacement taxes for road tax, electrical costs at public chargers, yada, yada, yada.
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One thing about styling. Truck owners tend to like bling. Lotsa chrome and a front straight grill the size of a billboard. Why bother toning it down to look like a piece of unpainted drywall?
I agree that the proportions look off to say the least. I don't think its as bad as the joke that is the Cybertruck but no way do I think this looks very good either.
I get that they were going for a better aero to improve mileage but it looks like a weird Avalanche.
If they do actually get a REAL WORLD 400 mile range, then at least they did something correct. At least 400 miles before towing you can actually drive the thing around for a while before having to charge it back up. Still, if you don't have a fast charging system in the area its still going to take forever to charge it back up on a 220 volt home system if you run the battery down.
I get that they were going for a better aero to improve mileage but it looks like a weird Avalanche.
If they do actually get a REAL WORLD 400 mile range, then at least they did something correct. At least 400 miles before towing you can actually drive the thing around for a while before having to charge it back up. Still, if you don't have a fast charging system in the area its still going to take forever to charge it back up on a 220 volt home system if you run the battery down.
Just a quick comment on mileage. For rough numbers the 200 kwhr battery pack will result in 400 miles of range or 2 miles/ kWh. If we used $0.30 per kwhr in California, ( please leave home based solar charging out of this ), it means you can go 2 miles for $0.30 or one mile for $0.15.
Now assume this is a gas powered truck. I’ll throw out a number like the gas truck might get 15 mpg. ( we can tune this up later). In California, gas is closing in on $5/gal, or 15 miles for $5 or one mile for $ 0.33.
So, the electric truck is half the cost to power it, if you charge at home. Not bad actually. I’ll let the others comment on the replacement taxes for road tax, electrical costs at public chargers, yada, yada, yada.
Well...30 cents to start with. A vehicle like this is going to necessitate signing up for the Ev program or you'll get tiered into oblivion.
Road tax gets charged up front but at 8000 lb this is a big boy thats going to chew through rubber like a puppy does the sunday times.
Its seems out of whack for a vehicle that weighs 8K to only have a 1475 lb payload but I understand why that is....
I got to say, it looks like a real trucky truck
The researcher who co-won the Nobel price for inventing the lithium ion battery had the last name of Goodenough. It was Elon who pulled the trigger on the Lithium ion battery and decided that packaging several thousand together to use in vehicles was Goodenough”. Now we have that 8,000 lb truck with the 1475 lb payload. You wouldn’t have been able to make this stuff up.
Id like this truck better if it used cylindrical cells vs the pouches it does use.
Ultium is a gamble at this stage.
It doesn't seem sustainable either. The price of some of these vehicles is just nuts.Yeah, very frustrating, GM backs off a 40K truck, its official from GM = not happening.
Its just the way I am, sure, I watch how I spend my money but Im not cheap but I think these prices are sick and Ill never be a buyer unless something changes and that change will only occur in an economy correction or the day people stop taking out mortgages to buy a vehicle.
I do get it, some things are worth more to one person than another and I guess why I think the cost or my Harley was reasonable.
SO now we will have 80k EV pick ups, all will look the same, dressed up from the factory instead of allowing an individual who like a hobby, likes to customize. But I know that breed is dying off.
