2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Drive Review: A Lot To Ask At $96,000

Join InsideEVs Editor in Chief Patrick George as he gets his first chance behind the wheel of the new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. How does it stack up against the Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, and Ford F150 Lightning? Let's find out.
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Design Walkthrough
02:24 - Design Interview
04:13 - Tech and Infotainment
08:07 - WOW Mode
09:05 - Driving Impressions
13:10 - Towing
14:50 - Conclusion

[@tribalypredisposed]

Two hundred is not “a little bit more than twice” as big as one hundred twenty, the size of the Cybertruck battery pack. This is not very hard math here.

[@TroySavary]

Don't let little things like accurate math get in the way knee jerk GM bashing.

[@JohnHBatte]

You all moss the point the silverado ev gives you a rolling emergency home battery backup system of 215kwh. The best high quality low price home battery backup is Big Battery's Ethos and a 215kwh system would cost $76,000 and something like tesla powerwalls would be over $130,000. So a home backup $76,000 and a crew cab truck $76,000 value. Meaning you get $152,000 value for$96,000! That is full value no gas or diesel offers. It is beyond excellent value for the money and yes the ability to fully run a house for over 10 days and make emergency road trips is essential. If you haven't lived through a freak ice storm or been in survival situation, take it from a farmer, former firefighter, and survivor of many multi week power outages covering nearly entire states, record snow storms and record floods, this bis the truck every man should own. The f150 lightning is also excellent and yes by only home backup capable it is worth every dime and may save a life one day. I've seen people lose power on life saving equipment and needed power.

[@thomashall2306]

That backseat actually looks normal for most modern trucks. It is not big or spacious... Unless you are 7'8".

[@forzax1boats]

The Chevrolet Silverado EV RST and Forza X1 Electric Boat make the perfect eco-friendly duo!

[@InsideEVsUS]

That would be a pretty cool combo

[@bahamatodd]

Compared to the other $100k trucks on the market you're getting a lot.

[@aaronbounds1336]

Uh…the Tesla Semi has (extrapolated based on public statements) an 850 KWH pack. Bigger isn’t the whole goal. Efficiency is good also.

[@scottgibbons5862]

That's why guys who want a big back seat go for a truck with a big back seat

[@GodTM]

No carplay rules this one out.

[@bobhirdes6725]

NO IT'S NOT A LOT TO ASK FOR the SILVERADO RST EV. You get every penny's worth and this truck can do things your V8 SILVERADO CAN'T. Plus you will save hundreds of dollars every single month when you compare charging your Silverado EV vs putting gas in your Silverado V8.

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

Exactly how much of a market do they think there is for $100k electric trucks? They need to drastically improve their market research.

[@bobhirdes6725]

WRONG! you need to drastically improve your market research.

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

@@bobhirdes6725 Yes exactly how many $100k electric trucks are selling? If they did market research they utterly failed.

[@bobhirdes6725]

@@matthewhuszarik4173 WRONG! they haven't hit the showrooms yet

[@user-gq4hz7rh6k]

If the could stuff a 5.3 into this, I would by the new Avalanche.

[@Crakmonkey691]

If you're reviewing something and you don't have a single negative thing to say about it it's not a review it's a paid advertisement. And to say that Chevys driver assistant is the best in the business is a lie Tesla has been working on their program for the last 12 13 years

[@alittleofthisnthat5665]

🤔...big batteries aren't controversial/ that's mind trick made up by #Tesla who's vehicles never meet their rated range but will tell you how efficient they are. Big batteries are required/mandatory especially for trucks to come close to their ICE counterparts for payload and towing which the Tesla Cybertruck isn't able to do because it lacks "big battery "

[@TKX18]

I love it, but is unaffordable. GM no longer cares about what the consumer wants. They just want to please the investors.

[@dalelong4716]

There are plenty of people that could easily afford the EV RST, the problem is, do they think this vehicle is worth the price. It isn't just the cost, but the opportunity cost of taking 100k out of investments to pay for it, and no longer making money on that 100k.

[@QuietStormX]

So what for Apple Carplay and Android Auto, GM want there own data than Apple! So What plug in...

[@leadreviewer3257]

Love what your doing but your videos are too slow in getting to the point I'll catch this elsewhere

[@urbanstrencan]

Looks like modern day pick up but it's too expensive for Chevy,

[@dalelong4716]

The black paint on this truck blends in with all the black plastic cladding on this truck. Any other color, as in the blue paint they used on the initial pre-production vehicle really showed how much plastic was really used on this truck, hideous.

[@scottgibbons5862]

Every house is electric so why would I want my truck to run my house

[@wingsounds13]

Why not? After all, EVERYBODY can afford to buy a $100,000 car/truck. Right??? 🙃😱 The Rivian is a much better looking truck because its styling is simpler and the front end is not five fucking feet high. I know... I know... gotta LOOK tough! 🤮

[@kelviskelvis7140]

The six foot bed puts this firmly into the full size half ton pick truck category. The $20k less figure for the LT model makes a more compelling business case to transition over to BEV.