Posted on 12/23/2021 5:43:39 AM PST by Red Badger
The 2022 CES show in Las Vegas will be very important for Chevrolet. The automaker will unveil the electric version of the Silverado which will be based on a modular platform and will use the company’s Ultium batteries. It will be aimed directly against the Ford F-150 Lightning and the likes in the quickly growing segment of zero-emission trucks. And according to GM’s boss, it will be unmatched on the market.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra recently spoke during an Automotive Press Association meeting in Detroit where she discussed the Silverado EV and the automaker’s strategy for electric vehicles. When asked about what the customers could expect from the electric truck, she simply said that she believes it to be awesome.
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“I think when you see the timing that the Silverado will be available, and what that vehicle offers, I think is unmatched. I think that’s going to make a big difference.” Making a comment probably aimed against Ford, which used the platform of the existing F-150 for its electric version, she also added that the Silverado EV will “educate people on what you can do with an electric truck when you have an electric truck platform.”
Interestingly, despite the fact that the electric Silverado is not launched yet, Barra said she is confident General Motors is leading the field in terms of EV and autonomous technologies from all legacy automakers. Her statement comes just days after Ford announced it is temporarily closing customer reservations for the F-150 Lightning after hitting 200,000 pre-orders.
“For an OEM of scale, we’re first. Full stop,” Barra said. “For start-ups that are only focused on one area, luxury segments, etc., those are obviously competitors that we treat very, very seriously, but when General Motors puts its scale, its highest loyalty in the United States across our brands, we have a lot of assets that we’re going to bring to the party.”
Source: CNBC
Has she been treated for delusion yet??
Thank you Fed subsidies to produce cars nobody wants.
“Electric vehicles are simply a means to limit people’s ability to travel autonomously.”
EV’s are the ultimate anti gov’t effyou
You can buy home charging stations for $699 for Lowes.There are also companies working on backyard solar panels that will recharge the vehicle off grid.
It gets no more independent than that
“Thank you Fed subsidies to produce cars nobody wants.”
200k deposits on Ford EV F-150 trucks were sold before they hit the market. Just because YOU do not want one does not mean others don’t.
I like it.
I’m a big fan of home-built aircraft, boats and cars and I definitely like some of the home-built electric vehicles I’ve seen so far.
Very creative use of discarded tech repurposed as daily transportation, tools and toys. What’s not to love?
And this will happen more and more now as more of the current EVs are crashed or worn out and sent to the scrap yards to be parted out and repurposed.
Lots of potential cool yet to be discovered by people playing with ideas in barns and garages here and around the world and I can see myself wanting some and having some sooner or later.
things are always better when middle men are required... to charge the batteries, to establish recharging stations, to replace the rare earth metals for the batteries...
Cough up $14 grand every 7-9 years for new Chinese battery arrays!
CEO happy speak. Based on the Volt and the Bolt, GM has a very long way to go to catch up to the electric vehicles game. As electric trucks go, it appears Ford is in the lead, though I don’t know they have produced anything more than media test vehicles. So far the Electric Silverado is just vaporware, and based the Bolt, something to be avoided until the batteries are proven safe.
Sorry GM sells junk. With the exception of the Corvette perhaps.
I left GM for Toyota years ago. And I ain’t going back to GM, unless I somehow lose, my mind and develop a penchant to buy low quality, low reliability junk.
That’s electric’s problem. I was appalled to see the Leaf can’t even make it to Savannah from Atlanta. Electric vehicles aren’t for people who enjoy road trips. There’s also millions living in apartments who have no way to charge an electric vehicle at home.
GM is “first” in EV technologies.
It can drive itself to a GM garage when parts start to fail take out loan light appears.
Bingo!
the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t
Otherwise, GM is too close to The Government--and maybe--The Party.
How many had Fed subsidies or tax credits?
Having spent more than 30 years in the fleet industry, I understand a few things about EV’s, and newer vehicles in general. . . they have become a ridiculously complex and expensive way of performing what is really a simple task - motor transportation.
I realize that EV’s have their fans, and that’s great - if it were to be a choice. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be a choice. The Biden administration is quickly and quietly killing off internal combustion vehicles. We are to be left with the choice that government dictates. Some people will have no choice at all.
The idea that we should put all of our eggs in the “electric” basket is anathema to freedom, but that’s where we’re heading, like a runaway freight train.
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