The push to build a greener future is everywhere you look, with automakers introducing new electric vehicles that tout more power, better performance, and longer driving ranges. These models defy expectations and prove adopting an electric lifestyle has many advantages. Fortunately, Chevrolet is among those automakers and is already knocking it out of the park with the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV. With over a century of experience building capable, high-performing workhorses, Chevrolet electrifies the best-selling Silverado and gives drivers the capability, performance, and versatility expected of the brand.
The 2024 Silverado EV undoubtedly marks a new chapter for the truck, which Chevrolet introduced in the late 1990s as a more modern and better-equipped replacement for the C/K Series. The C/K lineup was practical and utilitarian, designed solely for work. The Silverado instantly turned heads because it finally proved truck owners no longer had to compromise between comfort and capability. The best-selling Silverado has been in the business of exceeding expectations ever since.
Today, the 2024 Silverado EV continues that no-compromise approach with its outstanding design, value-oriented packaging, and potent, electric heartbeat. It’s a truck capable of handling everything the road and life throw your way with style, grace, and sheer determination. But what else can you expect from the Silverado EV in 2024? How does Chevrolet utilize the Ultium Platform to make an iconic truck like the Silverado more capable, versatile, and engaging to drive? Here’s a closer look at Chevrolet’s remarkable handiwork and what you’ll experience from behind the wheel of the highly anticipated 2024 Chevy Silverado EV.
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Chevrolet takes a streamlined approach that buyers will appreciate when shopping for the 2024 Silverado EV. Instead of a half dozen trims with minimally different design details and features, the 2024 Silverado EV is initially available as a Crew Cab in two configurations–the RST First Edition and the WT. So, what’s the difference?
The Silverado EV WT and RST First Edition are built on the industry-leading Ultium Platform. The modular platform heightens the truck’s functionality and improves its performance across both trims. For example, the platform allows Chevrolet to sculpt the Silverado EV’s front end to improve aerodynamics by reducing drag and turbulence. Because of this, the Silverado EV WT has one of the best and lowest drag coefficients in the segment, which is apparent from its 450-mile driving range.
The Ultium Platform also sets the stage for the remarkable RST First Edition, the Silverado EV’s more tech-savvy and better-equipped trim. Chevrolet pulls out all the stops to equip the RST First Edition with everything you expect from a Silverado. The truck offers four-wheel steering, the revolutionary Multi-Flex Tailgate with powered release, an automatic Adaptive Air Suspension, an expansive 17.7-inch center touchscreen and infotainment system, an 11-inch driver instrument display, a 14-inch head-up display, and trailering-capable Super Cruise. It’s everything you expect from a best-selling workhorse, but more and electrified.
The RST First Edition and WT are the framework for the 2024 Silverado EV, but you can expect more from Chevrolet and its electric powerhouse. As the 2024 Silverado EV arrives at dealerships, Chevrolet plans to expand the truck’s lineup to include fan favorites like the Trail Boss and other trims. This gradual extension gives Chevrolet the opportunity to finetune the trims, ensuring each offers distinct personalities and tangible value that Chevrolet fans appreciate.
The 2024 Silverado EV has an incredible legacy to live up to, with the Silverado renowned for its exceptional capability, versatility, and work ethic. Fortunately, the 2024 Silverado EV lives up to and exceeds every expectation. Chevrolet guarantees as much by using the Ultium Platform to design an all-electric powerhouse that can handle every condition without breaking a sweat.
The Silverado EV WT sets the benchmark for the truck’s performance and rolls off the Chevrolet production line with a Dual Motor setup and a 200-kWh battery pack. The electric heartbeat produces 510 hp and 615 lb-ft of instant torque, making for an incredible experience behind the wheel. The Ultium Platform adds to that experience, with Chevrolet sculpting the WT’s front end to improve the drag coefficient, resulting in an exceptional range of up to 450 miles.
The WT’s output also works to your advantage when towing. As a fleet-inspired truck, the WT can tow up to 10,000 pounds and support a payload of 1,400 pounds. But where does that leave the RST First Edition? Fortunately, the well-equipped RST is no slouch and easily outshines the WT with its Dual Motor setup that delivers 754 hp and a jaw-dropping 785 lb-ft of instant torque. Behind the scenes, the RST’s e4WD system transfers power to the truck’s wheels using front and rear drive motors for optimal performance in any condition.
Chevrolet complements the Silverado EV’s exceptional power output with other performance-oriented features. For example, the Silverado EV’s chassis features an independent front and rear suspension, with an automatic Adaptive Air Suspension on the RST First Edition that lets you lower or raise the truck two inches. The Silverado EV’s four-wheel steering is also notable, boasting a tighter turning radius to make the truck more agile and easier to maneuver.
Technology is at the forefront of the 2024 Silverado EV, with the all-electric truck relying on Chevrolet’s Ultifi software platform to deliver over-the-air updates to the truck’s operating system. While this technology is integral to the Silverado EV’s performance, many other cutting-edge features take a more centralized role in transforming your experience behind the wheel. Those technologies stretch from connectivity to trailering and driver-assist tools that seal the Silverado EV’s fate as a tech-savvy road warrior.
Climbing in the driver’s seat of the 2024 Silverado EV puts you in a modern cockpit framed by expansive digital displays. The driver instrument display stretches 11 inches and is reconfigurable, allowing you to customize the layout to your preferences. To the right sits a class-leading 17.7-inch LCD freeform infotainment display with the Chevrolet infotainment system, seamless smartphone integration via Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Google Built-In, navigational tools, and an array of in-vehicle apps.
The Silverado EV continues to impress with yet another display that ensures your focus stays on the road. The RST First Edition features a 14-inch multicolor head-up display that gives you a clear view of the truck’s speed, battery level, and other performance insights. You’ll also see notifications from the Silverado EV’s many driver-assist tools, which include the industry’s first true hands-free driver-assist technology, Super Cruise. Now available when trailering, Super Cruise lets you take your hands off the wheel and enjoy the ride by constantly monitoring your attention and the flow of traffic to adjust the Silverado EV’s cruising speed as needed.
Beyond the truck’s expansive digital displays and Super Cruise, you’ll also find many advanced trailering technologies and features that extend its versatility and functionality. For example, the 2024 Silverado EV features the revolutionary Multi-Flex Tailgate and an optional Multi-Flex Midgate that extends the truck’s capacity and offers over 10 feet of floor and storage space. These features support the Silverado EV’s impressive payload, while Chevy’s Advanced Trailering System and trailering technologies support the Silverado EV’s 10,000-pound trailering capacity. Of course, the functional features and technologies don’t stop there, including the nearly two dozen outlets around the truck, which offer up to 10.2-kW of power to supply electricity to your home, run power tools, and power other items wherever you travel.
Chevrolet is an automotive pioneer credited with shaping the global automotive industry since the 1900s. The 2024 Chevy Silverado EV is a testament to the manufacturer’s rich history and dedication to improving our lives by building long-lasting, capable, and innovative trucks that do more than meet our needs but exceed our expectations. The result is extraordinary because it gives our customers the opportunity to get behind the wheel of an all-electric powerhouse worthy of the Chevrolet name.
The Silverado EV showcases Chevrolet’s keen awareness of driver needs and its efforts to go above and beyond to deliver. Edwards Chevrolet Downtown appreciates and adopts that same approach, doing so since we opened our doors as the first Chevrolet dealership in downtown Birmingham over a century ago. Today, we celebrate Chevrolet’s rich legacy and our own by treating our customers to an unparalleled experience that welcomes them into our family with open arms and a smile.
With transparency, honesty, and integrity at the forefront of everything we do, you can expect something new and exciting when you trust the Edwards Chevrolet Downtown team with all your automotive needs. Our vast selection is a shopper’s paradise, with models like the Silverado EV begging for a place in your garage. Moreover, our transparent and competitive pricing saves you valuable time and money because there’s no question you’re getting an exceptional deal. Add in our hassle-free financing and lifetime promise to partner with you, and there’s no doubt that we’re the most trusted team to bring your Chevrolet dreams to life.
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