Hi and welcome to the Work Truck Week.
I am Nichole Kraatz.
I'm the chief engineer of our Chevrolet Silverado EV.
And I'm here
to talk to you guys today about this awesome new product from Chevrolet.
We re-imagined this vehicle from the ground up.
Everything is all new for the Silverado EV.
And that's really based on our Ultium architecture.
So that we could get over 400 miles of range on a full charge.
The vehicle has been sculpted and designed to have aerodynamics.
One of the lowest coefficient of drag of aerodynamics that we have
in the production full-size truck industry today.
And that's really to enable the 400 miles of range.
The truck you see here is actually our RST model.
It's our retail model, the fleet truck
I will point out some differences.
First thing is the appearance.
The work truck is really designed to be more of a full,
full time usage truck for our fleet customers.
And so you'll see more mould and color accents, flatter
just to keep the durability up because of the high usage
of all of the areas that our customers are going to be touching.
So as we walk around this truck, the aerodynamics
and the design of the vehicle have been put into every single area of the vehicle
to make sure that we can meet our over 400 miles of range.
We've got
10,000lbs of towing capability
with 1200 pounds of payload, 510 horsepower.
We've got a couple of great things offered for our work truck customers.
We have 10.2kw of off-board power available when you use the accessory power bar.
There's ten outlets on board,
including four in the truck bed itself.
The model that you see here, this is a five foot 11 truck bed.
The model that you see here has a mid gate.
The work truck will have a flat standard, fixed back panel but the truck itself
has just been designed for usage for our fleet customers, for their tools.
They can charge their job sites.
You can also charge a home as well with the off board charging capability.
The charge port itself allows you to have 350 kilowatts of DC
fast charge, which allows you to get 100 miles of charge in just 10 minutes.
It's one of the best in the EV class today.
And then as well, through that charge port, we can charge another vehicle
and give them charge, which is a really great opportunity
given the fact that we have this over 400 miles of range available.
If you follow me to the inside of the truck,
this truck is that's being shown is the RST.
It has a slightly different interior from the work truck.
So the things that you'll be seeing differences wise again is materials
for our fleet customers.
We make sure that we have high touch
surfaces, things that people are constantly using.
And so you'll see a more mould in color type materials in the work truck.
And then we've still got a eight inch cluster with an 11
inch screen that's slightly smaller than what's shown here, but still
reconfigurable cluster, great infotainment system.
And then for our fleet customers, the opportunity is in terms of our Ultifi
architecture a lot of technology,
an extreme amount of safety features for the work truck are available
as standard for the work truck, which is really great for our fleet
customers, And then our Ultifi architecture allows
you to upgrade the vehicle with over-the-air software
and other opportunities in the future for apps and other
personalization for the fleet customers in the future without having to
go back to a dealership or a shop so we can do everything over-the-air
and allow new technologies and new advancements to be
put into the truck, you know, as we go through the future.
And then the last thing that we have is because we've redesigned this truck
from the ground up, we've changed the cabin proportions.
We've got this five foot 11 truck bed.
We've actually got a larger cabin than the traditional Silverado with second
row area. That's really great.
And then we have a frunk
in the front of the vehicle that allows us to have additional storage.
One of the things that we're really excited about for our fleet
customers is being able to put a toolbox in the front.
There's some charging capability in the front with a charge port with 110
volt outlet and being able to accessorize with tools and other things.
This truck has really been designed for upfits and for accessories,
and it's a great opportunity for the Silverado EV.
In terms of our fleet customers.
So hopefully that helps you understand a little bit more
about our Chevrolet Silverado EV.
And I'm glad that you guys could join us!