Posted on 07/28/2022 11:15:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
Chevy Silverado EV enjoys strong demand
The Chevrolet Silverado EV – GM’s direct competitor for the Ford F-150 Lightning – won’t go on sale until the spring of 2023 but the truck already enjoys a solid interest from potential customers. The electric pickup is part of General Motors’ plan to produce 400,000 electric vehicles between 2022 and 2024, and it is apparently doing a great job of attracting attention from future EV owners.
GM’s CEO Mary Barra spoke earlier this week during an investors’ call following the release of the automaker’s second-quarter financial results and unveiled the Silverado EV enjoys 150,000 reservations from potential customers. We spoke with Chevrolet to confirm the information and all we can say is that it’s absolutely accurate. About 65 percent of those reservations come from conquest customers, which means they are new to the brand.
The electric Silverado was unveiled in January this year but Chevrolet is currently putting the finishing touches and a camouflaged prototype with body cladding was spied about a month ago. Merely hours after the official debut, Chevy announced the RST First Edition model sold out in just 12 minutes. The first to arrive on the market next spring, however, is the base WT with RST First Edition deliveries following in the fall. The standard RST trim will arrive in the summer of 2024 for the 2025 model year.
During GM's recent Q2 earnings call, Mary Barra also said General Motors has more than 80,000 reservations for the GMC Hummer. This is a hugely impressive number given the electric truck’s starting price of $79,995 and GM is probably happy that about 42 percent of those reservations come from customers that are new to the company. About 60,000 reservations, or approximately 75 percent, are from customers that are new to the GMC brand with the biggest markets being California, Florida, and Texas.
Back to the Silverado EV, Chevrolet already unveiled the truck in its full glory and released a lot of information about it, though we are probably not going to see it at Chevy’s showrooms until the second quarter of next year.
Baught by people or institutions?
More EV Propaganda
Probably state and local government fleets, DOT etc.....................
Will be worth nothing when the batteries give out.
I like the commercial where the guy appears to plug in his truck to power up his house.
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They’ll be junk.
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wonder what would happen if one of those slipped into the water while backing in a boat and trailer on a slippery boat ramp...
What are all the GM engine builders in Mexico going to do for a living now?
“Baught by people or institutions?”
Bought by people that need a truck for mental reasons. There are many pickups in my work parking lot whose beds aren’t used.
Does anyone know of a private (i.e. needs to make a profit) that buys EV pickups?
That’s pretty much where I am. For the 14 grand up charge for the battery I can buy a lot of five dollar gas. And Oh, by the way, none of my gassers or diesels has ever set my shop on fire.
African children happily mining cobalt for their Chicom overlords haven’t commented yet. But I’m sure they are as thrilled as the Eco warriors who are saving Gaia.
No thanks. No EVs for me...or monkeypox.
Bought by people that need a truck for mental reasons. There are many pickups in my work parking lot whose beds aren’t used.
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Just like the old days when people needed a truck for work, they bought one for say $6,500.
Then came the PU craze where people bought PUs for 25,000 to make a statement and sometimes used the PU to haul garbage to the dump, sometimes.
As more and more people felt the need to make a statement, the price doubled.
Now its the same thing just more money, making PUs for people that actually need one, exorbitant.
Note the southern states have the orders.
Northerners are going to be a very tough sale.
Saw my first Rivian in the wild last week. The owner was happy, although he ordered two years ago at 68k and they’re 100 now.
“making PUs for people that actually need one, exorbitant.”
You might be able to order a stripped down pickup. Years ago a friend ordered a stripped down suburban for his family. Really basic.
But tradesmen and farmers like to show off too.
You know those instances where a car (or truck) goes into a flash flood, or off a bridge like at ChappaTedquidic, these heavy vehicles are not going to bob around for a bit: they will go to the bottom pronto.
And how long do tires last when carrying another 1,000 to 1,500 lbs ALL the time?
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