- Oh man.
Okay Chevrolet.
So, if this is your work truck?
Man, you're gonna love your boss
for letting you drive one of these.
(upbeat music)
This is the Chevy Silverado Electric Work Truck.
This is the greatest electric work truck
that is out there on the market right now
for workers, for fleet.
This is the first actual electric truck by Chevy
and I feel like it is the competitor to the Ford F-150
and a little bit the competitor to the Rivian truck.
And today I'm gonna go on my first ride,
take a look at the car, and give my first impression
of what I think about this truck.
If you look behind me, there is hay right here.
It says 10,000 on it.
This can tow up to 10,000 pound capacity.
It is made for work.
I think Chevy is doing something really cool.
The way that they're launching this truck
is they are only selling this work truck to fleet customers.
So you think about construction companies
to, I used to be a pharmaceutical sales rep,
and we had to have a vehicle.
When you look around and you see pickup trucks
like Ford F-150s or Chevy Silverados on the road,
a vast majority, I don't know the exact percentage
but a lot of those are companies
that are buying them as a tax write off.
They're having their employees drive them.
And it makes so much sense in today's world
for employees to drive an electric truck,
and so that's where Chevy is starting.
Now, if you look over this way,
there's a blue truck over here
and I also saw a black one earlier.
This one is not the work truck.
This is for your retail customers.
That is the one that I would buy for myself.
And this one we're not really gonna talk about
too much today, it is here,
but that launches later in the year or early next year.
That one is gonna cost more money
around a hundred thousand dollars.
And it has like glass roof,
it has all the fancy things, bigger wheels
and it's gonna have all the bells and whistles,
but it's also gonna cost you a hundred thousand dollars.
But I mean, come on,
we're gonna do a review of this at some point.
This is the RST and look at that,
it like opens up the entire back.
Gosh, I don't know how much we can say about this truck,
but I will tell you it is good looking.
It is really, really nice and it has some cool features,
but it is gonna cost you more money
like $30,000 more money.
But if you're somebody that owns a company
and you have employees and you need a truck for them
that is the customer that Chevy is selling this to first.
(upbeat music)
So let's talk about this truck
and why it is the best truck for a company, for a fleet.
The best range of any electric pickup truck out there.
So 450, like that is over a hundred miles better
than any other electric truck.
So that the employees that are driving this truck
have tons of range and not very much range anxiety.
You know that they've done the Hummer EV,
we've tested the truck,
we've tested this SUV version of that.
They said that this has 24 battery cartridges
or sections inside of it
and that's the same that the Hummer has.
How many battery cells are inside
each one of those cartridges that goes inside of there,
that we don't necessarily know.
This truck weighs 9,900 pounds.
So it is incredibly heavy.
It's almost as heavy as the Hummer,
but this thing has over a hundred miles more range.
The motors inside of this work truck
are not as big and robust as what the Hummer has.
That reduces the weight
and that also increases the efficiency of the motor
which will give it more range.
The second thing that's very easy to spot,
the tires and the wheels on this
are a lot smaller than what the Hummer is.
And if you didn't know this
your size of the wheels can greatly impact your range.
So much so that with the Rivian truck
if you get the bigger wheel package
when you order your Rivian truck,
you lose 30 to 40 miles range
just by having the bigger tires.
The third thing that they did
is that they have air curtains that go around it
and the front grill is very aerodynamic.
So all of those three things combined
make this truck a lot more efficient,
aerodynamic, and better range
than what the Hummer truck gets,
with essentially the exact same
gigantic battery pack inside of it.
Honestly, it's something that I would consider
to buy just to have the range.
And then one of the added benefits
is that you could put different things inside of the back.
There's tons of room inside for the kids,
but again, at this time, this is the work truck.
I can't buy it for my company.
I don't really need a fleet of trucks.
And I just flew in here from Utah,
so I've only heard a little bit of specs.
This is going to be purely, at least right now,
my first ride impressions, the inside,
the acceleration, how it feels.
They told me I have 30 minutes
which it took me five minutes
to set up this GoPro right here. (laughs)
'Cause I'm really tech savvy.
So I'm gonna take 25 minutes
and we'll do like a 0 to 60 launch.
We'll just get a general feel for how's it suspension.
How does it feel.
Before I even drive, I will say,
you can tell this is a work truck, it's a fleet vehicle.
It doesn't feel super fancy over the top like,
(roof knocking)
that's a metal roof, there's no sunroof.
The customer version will have the sunroof
and some of the other features where it's just customer.
This is a work truck.
And they had to do me dirty here at GM.
They had to bring me to a beautiful golf course.
I mean, look at this.
Golf course, oh, that's beautiful.
Eagle Crest Resort.
Ah, you guys know how much we love golf,
so I wouldn't say do me dirty.
What I should say is GM really knows me
and they care and they appreciate me enough to say,
"You're gonna come out here
and you're gonna be by a golf course."
We're gonna pull out into the road,
we're gonna stop and we're gonna do acceleration, ready.
Alright, we gotta come full stop, one, two, three.
(gentle music)
0 to 60 just ended.
I need to figure out more about the modes in this.
It took a second to get going.
It wasn't immediate,
it was more like a gas car in a way, the way it accelerated.
To be fair, if this is a work truck
do you really want to have
the fastest 0 to 60 time in the world?
Say you're in construction and you've got a Sawzall,
two-by-fours, wood and all that stuff.
No, I don't think so.
Would I rather have the fastest 0 to 60 time in the world,
or an extra 10 miles range?
Definitely, I'd take range every day of the week.
Okay.
Regenerative braking is on
and it seems to be at a very high mode.
I didn't even use the brake right there,
it just stopped.
I'm guessing that's what contributes to the range in this.
It does make quite a bit of noise,
like intentionally, like it makes like an acceleration
like a growl, like maybe an actual gas truck would do.
I guess that's good.
I mean people, they're making the transition over
kind of like that.
They like it to feel somewhat normal
instead of just being silent.
I'm sure people like it.
I don't, and I think you can turn it off on some vehicles.
There we go. (laughs)
Okay, I like this truck, this is nice.
Some of my really good friends
that only buy Chevrolet trucks, one of the reasons why
is because they absolutely love the suspension
and it feels good.
Well, this vehicle is almost 10,000 pounds.
And we are at a stoplight,
We have another chance to do acceleration.
Maybe if I turn off some of this stuff.
No, oh, we gotta go, it's green.
Oh hey, that one picked up better.
That one was better.
What happened on that one?
All right, hopping on the freeway.
Oh, there's some bumps.
Let's intentionally go over these bumps.
(upbeat music)
There's some, oh, yeah, it's handling 'em pretty well.
Oh, we are kicking up some dust behind us.
Okay, getting on the freeway, going on the ramp.
Accelerating, 70, 80, 80.
I'll just say 80. (laughs)
Good highway speeds right there.
Here comes a bridge, bumpy.
Yeah, handled it really well.
(upbeat music)
Steering feels great on the highway.
Let's see how the passing speed goes.
Say I need to pass this truck really quick,
step on it.
Yeah, that's great, really smooth.
Another reason why I'm calling this
the best electric work truck out there
is that they really simplified everything inside
in order to bring that cost down
and also have less things that could get damaged or broken
when your employees are taking care of it.
Because let's be real,
when your employee is driving your vehicle,
they don't take as good of care as if it's your own vehicle.
And so they have made it incredibly easy
to clean, the leather on the seats,
the floor mats that are in here
are extremely easy to clean out
and the materials are honestly pretty simple,
which saves some cost.
Instead of just going full on touchscreen,
they actually do have a touchscreen in here
but they actually have physical buttons in here.
To move the seat, it's just your regular little thing.
I know a lot of people are gonna say
they don't like this right here,
because it looks like a Honda Ridgeline.
That's okay, that's understandable.
That can be valid for you for an aesthetic standpoint.
But if you look at it from electric truck standpoint
they didn't want to do a clear cut bed on it
because there's a battery pack under there
that is a structural piece of the vehicle.
Where with some traditional gas trucks,
the truck bed could be like easily replaced,
taken off, put back on.
But this whole thing is structurally sound
to protect that battery pack that's underneath it.
Well there's another benefit to having that on the side.
I know know it's not aesthetically as pleasing to the eye,
'cause you think of that Honda Ridgeline,
but it does add some aerodynamics to this
and helps you get more range,
which is an important thing with an electric vehicle.
And then also it's good to know,
this truck bed is five feet 11,
and from what they told me,
that is the longest EV truck bed
that is on the market right now.
So it's a little bit longer than a short bed
and it's a little shorter than a long bed.
But even more than that, for your fleet,
you can charge things on there.
You could hook up a saw to this thing and charge it
and run it off of the back or off of the charge port.
You also have a ginormous front truck.
Right now we've got a YETI cooler inside of here.
But you also charge things and run power
off of the front trunk too.
Another thing that they've done versus a gas vehicle
is that because there's no motor in the front,
they have moved up this entire compartment
giving you good leg room up here.
But really what that impacts
is when you're sitting in the backseat,
you have an insane amount of leg room.
Now remember I was just sitting up there in the front seat.
I didn't move the seat up forward
to show the legroom to look bigger than it is.
It really is just very, very large
and tons of legroom back here.
And because there's no gear tunnel like the Rivian has
and also because the floor inside of here is actually lower.
So if you do put these two seats up
you have tons of storage that's inside of the truck.
So yeah, definitely benefits
to having an electric work truck
versus having a gas work truck.
When Chevy first announced this truck,
they said that it was going to have
8,000 pound capacity for towing.
And now it turns out, now that it all is said and done,
it actually has 10,000 pounds of towing.
And the payload amount that they said
that you could have in the back was 1200 pounds,
but it actually has turned out to be 1400.
So it's one of those rare instances
where a company tells you what the range
and what the payload,
and all the towing and all this stuff's gonna be,
and then it ends up turning out better.
Like usually companies tell you one thing
and then when they actually launch their truck,
it turns out worse.
So good job on that one Chevy,
like actually over-delivering on the stats that you said.
Now to be fair, you did say that the price would be
like 30 or $40,000 and now it's up to like $70,000
in that range, plus whatever other fees you have.
So, but I do understand that the world has changed
from the last year and a half, two years.
Parts, competition, everything, it just costs more money.
It's just the way the market is.
Inflation has happened and it is what it is,
but still at least you've out delivered
on some of the things that are important to most people,
like range.
Check this out, this is the ultimate use case.
We've got this plugged in right here.
This plugged in right here.
And what are we running?
How about a taco truck?
Yeah, a food truck right there is being run off of it.
And then this one over here
is running a barbecue food truck,
which I must say the brisket?
Mm, so good.
Like sometimes people mess up brisket, these guys didn't.
So if you're ever in Detroit, go find these guys.
Instead of having a super loud generator next to your truck,
you take this with you and you have this
run your entire food truck
while you're at whatever event it is.
Okay, I wanna point out one important thing.
When I did a video on the Ford F-150,
there's a couple of things
that I knocked them on at the very end.
I said there's three things that I didn't like.
One of them was the looks.
I really didn't like that the Ford F-150 Lightning,
and I still don't like it,
that it looks like, I like the truck, but I don't like
that it looks exactly like every other Ford F-150.
Like, really, unless you're an expert
you don't notice that little Lightning badge
or maybe a little difference in the lighting,
but but there's something to driving an EV,
it's, call it pride, call it keeping up with the Joneses,
but if you're going to go through the hassle
of having range anxiety, of charging it at your house,
of dealing with all the questions for people,
you might as well have something that looks good
and it stands out and when you drive it
people are like, "Ooh, that looks good."
Now the work trucks with the white and the black
maybe not as sexy as what the black and the blue look like
of the consumer ones that are coming out.
But I will say I like the looks of this
better than I like the Ford F-150 Lightning,
because it looks more unique.
You look at it and you're like,
"Okay, that's different, that is unique."
And then don't get mad at me Tesla fans.
But there's some things about the Tesla Cybertruck
that I don't like, and one of them is the looks
in a work environment, it's a little bit intense.
The Cybertruck look is a little bit much
for some corporations, it might be a little bit bold
and in their face for a work truck driving around.
And so I think the Chevy Silverado EV
is a perfect mixture of both of those.
It looks different, but it doesn't look so standard.
It's kind of in the middle.
So that is definitely a huge plus
for the Silverado EV in my opinion.
And then the other thing that I did not like
about the Ford F-150 Lightning, that I gave them a knock on
is that it was really hard to charge your vehicle.
You had to use Electrify America.
A lot of the dealerships don't support electric vehicles,
so you'd go to the dealership
and you can't even charge there.
But to Ford's credit and now to GM's credit
they have now made some changes
to where they've partnered with Tesla
to open up all of the, however many it is,
14,000 Superchargers all around the world to their vehicles.
And so that is something that is coming next year.
So now the biggest issue that I have
with a lot of these competitors to Tesla
is that road trips are not great, they're just not.
But now because GM and Ford partnered with Tesla
to use the Tesla supercharging network
that raises the likelihood of people wanting to buy these
and actually use them
and enjoy their experience on road trips so much more,
that now I can recommend you buying trucks like this,
because the range anxiety when you are out and about
is diminished so greatly.
Electrify America, it's okay but it's not great.
And Tesla Superchargers, incredibly reliable,
all across the world, easy to find, easy to use.
So good job to GM and Ford for swallowing your pride
and saying "That is better
we're gonna partner with you, we're gonna do it."
And then also good job to Tesla to say,
"Yeah we'll let you do it."
I'm sure they're gonna make some money off of it.
Off of people when they actually charge,
they can make a little bit of money and profit
off of essentially being the gas station
for all electric cars.
But they deserve it.
They paid the money, they put in the investment,
they almost went bankrupt multiple times
and now it's the big boys are partnering with them,
which I really like.
So if you're somebody that uses a towing feature often,
you're going to love electric trucks,
and more specifically this Silverado Work Truck,
because it does have so much range.
When you do tow things
typically gonna lose 20 to 30% of your range
just off of pulling something that's heavy
and towing something.
And so if you already have a smaller battery pack size
and then you take 30% off of that
while you're towing something,
talk about major range anxiety,
if you're going out to the desert,
if you're towing something across town.
And so it is really nice to have a bigger,
larger battery pack with 450 miles range.
And then maybe if you're towing something,
maybe let's call it you have 370, 380,
that is a lot of range versus some of the other trucks
and how they might line up.
The shocks were really comfortable.
The acceleration was good.
It wasn't insane, it wasn't super super fast
compared to most electric vehicles.
So Silverado Work Truck is here,
it's an electric truck from Chevy
that you can buy that you can use if you own a company,
and stay tuned in a few months.
I'm going to review the full other truck
and take it on a ride and kind of feel that one.
'Cause it does cost more money,
but it has a lot of features
that is really gonna make you say
"Wow" when you're driving it.
So thank you to Chevy for sending me out here to Detroit.
They did not sponsor this video,
but they did pay for my travel and for yummy barbecue.
And I think if you own a company
and you need a work truck for your fleet,
you're gonna like this too.
And good job Chevy for going after the fleet market first
with a truck, which is a huge part of your customer base.
And then let's come out with one for the consumers
that we can take a look at,
and hopefully, if you're listening to this Chevy,
can you please get that 450 mile range
in the other car too.
'Cause like consumers would like to have lots of range.
I like going on road trips, I really do.
So anyway, thanks for watching, I'll see you.
(truck dings)
Whoa, hi, I'm here.
Yep, I'm here guys, I'm here car.
No key found.
Side note, it's very warm in Detroit in the summer.
It's 85 degrees and all I brought was a hoodie
and now I'm in a truck that has no AC on going right now
and I look like a sweaty mess.
So let me get outta here.
Electric.