Good Tow? What's the Range? Pulling a Trailer with the 2025 GMC Sierra EV + Engineer Interview

[@gabrielback5615]

Wow, Id like to be able to jump onboard the EV train, but theres no way I'm paying that price for a truck.

[@dmitrydk92]

What choice do you have? 😅

[@CraigSmith568]

@@dmitrydk92 Keep what you have.

[@dmitrydk92]

@@CraigSmith568 the government will ban ice vehicles soon 😀

[@ShippyJack]

​@dmitrydk92 there is no ice ban coming anywhere in north america.

[@RidersInBlack]

​@@ShippyJack The Canadian government has banned the sale of any new internal combustion engine vehicle by 2035.

[@MrThewhip333]

On our locomotives we had dynamic braking which put resistance to the traction motors going downhill instead of dragging train brakes and wearing out , overheating brakes. It was progressive so you could apply more or less resistance to control train. It however shedded the heat out of the dynamic braking grids was not regenerative as there was no large battery pack to put anything into. Works really well and makes a cool wwwwaaaaaas sound when in full dynamic, you had to be careful of buff forces with all the train pushing into the head end especially on curves you could push rail out and derail. This is where distributed power helped with locomotives also in middle or end of train to mitigate buff and draft force as well as getting air to braking system on a cold Canadian winter day.

[@MontanaMedic13]

That's very interesting. I had never considered how much force that could apply to the tracks and how it could push out the rails on a curve.

[@bvon336]

Steve in terms of getting used to one pedal driving let me tell you as a guy who spends most of his time in a peterbilt dump truck the one pedal driving in my lightning was a quick learn since the pete has the good ol jake break. Pretty much the same experience. Love the lighting (pro model) test drove the work truck chevy and it was nice but the lighting has Soooo many more accessories etc since it's basically an f150 still. The GMC looks cool but man $$

[@TroySavary]

Anything with a hydraulic drive is similar to drive. As soon as you lift your foot in a loader, you start to slow quickly. So I found one pedal driving in an EV easy to adjust to.

[@stevemiro731]

dream truck for me but I will have to buy mine on the used market in a few years.

[@dad2817]

Nice those 9 people who bought one will enjoy the vid

[@Antwan.Frazier]

😂

[@andrewsharman4419]

Great review as ever Steve. Best vehicle reviews on the internet!

[@vijayvis]

@truck King Great review and interview. Probably the best review I have seen on EV truck towing. I see the tongue weight listed as 1000lbs in your video at 18 min 42 sec. I also noticed the payload is 1450 lbs, but the specs everywhere say 1350lbs. The payload is significantly lower than other EV trucks. Once you add the driver and two passengers, you will barely be able to put anything else in the truck. Wondering if you see the payload capacity of only 1350-1450 lbs as an issue for this truck.

[@theboston3386]

Man the dude was dodging lots of questions and dances around some.

[@rxibot]

I absolutely love towing with my lightning and it's awesome that they're getting so much better at running the electric vehicles.

[@volvo09]

This thing has an absolute beast of a battery, that's why it is the best at towing.

[@AHungryHunky]

​@volvo09 I saw some Tesla fan in another video complaining that it's inefficient and that other EV trucks are more efficient. I dont think they understand that trucks are, by nature, inefficient as daily drivers in order to do what they are actually built to do efficiently. If you build an aerodynamic, efficient daily driver focused truck, you have not built a truck but a car with a bed, a Ute as the Australians would say. There's nothing wrong with Utes either. Sometimes you just need a bed for big or messy items. A true truck, however, needs to not wheeze while towing and lose a significant portion of range because you put a giant box with the aerodynamics of a brick behind it.

[@davejones67]

You need to drive up some of our mountains out west

[@icare7151]

Full self driving creates more stress than it saves: Dozens of vehicles in self driving mode have resulted in major crashes resulting in in serious injuries and deaths.

[@mikeg8175]

I would disagree. The self-driving feature helps with speed control and lane keeping, so not as much concentration on input is required. Much like the old cruise control, the driver had to watch how fast the vehicle was catching up to the vehicle in front. The driver still has to pay attention and has responsibility. But operating the GPS or radio while driving feels much safer because the driver is being helped. I would suspect that more accidents are caused by driver inattention without help than with help.

[@icare7151]

@ Sounds great until the self driving feature fails resulting in serious injuries and/or death which is occurring every year.

[@mikeg8175]

@@icare7151 Obviously self-driving is not there yet, and my crystal ball is certainly not perfect, but we kill somewhere around 35,000 people a year in car crashes without self-driving. If self-driving cars end up dropping the number of deaths to say 500 a year, there won't be anyway to stop self-driving cars from being mandatory.

[@nlken7175]

I be surprised if GMC sells over a thousand of theses in Canada next year.

[@TroySavary]

We have two more on order after using one this summer.

[@Justin-ur5uc]

I guess I'm one of the 1,000. Not upset

[@icare7151]

Needs to have locking differentials.

[@james2042]

When they release a generator hybrid for sub 60k usd I'll be interested. Until then these look cool sitting on the dealer lots. My local chevy dealer has 9 silverado evs, all with 10k off the hood and they're still not moving

[@TroySavary]

Now how many ICE Silverado s does the same dealer have? Trucks in inventory is not proof they aren't selling.

[@mikeg8175]

I think like a lot of vehicle choices, one has to look at what the vehicle is being used for. In my opinion, EV trucks are basically 1500/F150 vehicles. To be used around town or on short trips towing. I tow a big 5th wheel with a 3500 Silverado. No one makes an EV truck that can do that job yet. For the way most people use half ton vehicles, and EV truck is a smart move. Will save you money over the long run, and be way more fun.

[@Ronn-p3r]

Can't afford an EV..but I did get two electric scooters last month

[@brightymcbrightface]

When will this be fitted with NACS or is GM just using an adapter? Will the Silverado or the Sierra EV be able to use the Tesla V4 Supercharger output (350kW)?

[@tjwatson0403]

GM will supposedly switch to NACS for the 2026 model year. The adapters should work, though being an 800v system, Tesla chargers won't give you the highest speeds

[@garyhalstead8299]

What about a goose neck ball?

[@jessewintersteen4740]

Is that a unibody truck?

[@brightymcbrightface]

This video is located around Woodside in Silicon Valley right next to Tesla's HQ. There are a lot of very wealthy people around there towing their expensive show pony trailers to the local horse parks. They'll all see no problem in this $100K 100 mile EV. : ) They still pay the transporter to show up with the goose neck behind the Super Duty. Black can hide a lot of sins in the body of a vehicle, but I'm starting to think this is not a bad look. Does it have a tow mirror option? It depends upon how long it takes to charge that 200kWh+ pack from say 5% to 75% (when the rate of charge drops below 190kW) On the Silverado EV, that's about 33-35 minutes. Not bad. I'm comfortable with a 40 minute stop every 3 hours of towing.

[@ALMX5DP]

lol at the center infotainment being buggy during the review.

[@volvo09]

Haha

[@MrMom950]

Yeah, i have REEEEEALLLY been on the fence about diving into a GM product coming from 20+ years owning Toyotas and Hondas... Im coming off of 14 years on a Sequoia and have had zero issues in that time, other than wear and tear and regular maintenance... I have see a LOT of videos on the Sierras about issues.. and it just reminds me... GM is and always will be GM... the difference is, you are getting into $100k+ vehicles even without EV... and they are having the same issues that GM has been known for for... well... forever... Its almost excusable when you are paying much less for a vehicle and it comes with that "GM risk"... but when the cars they are selling are the most expensive on the market AND they have non stop issues.. that is just where I can't seem to take the leap.. Sad because the Sierra HD 2500 AT4 is literally the best looking truck in human history... but I can't get myself to buy it because All i can think of is "$100,000 lemon"

[@kelviskelvis7140]

@@MrMom950 Its not excusable as a fanboy that you totally missed out on toyota's free engine replacement whether you wanted one or not. lol "All i can think of is "$100,000 lemon" and it just reminds me... failing toyota is and always will be failing toyota. The same failures that toyota has been known for... well... forever...

[@dmitrydk92]

Gerryrigeverything drained silverado ev to 0% and got 230 kw used. This battery is probably around 240 kw 😮

[@Scott-sm9nm]

5:10 & 17:15 it seems an obvious advantage to have the charging port in the same location as the Tesla's so that GMC customers can easily back in and charge at the 1000s of Tesla Superchargers. What % of the time is towing vs % of the time not-towing? 95+% not towing? Also pulling straight in if the port was passenger side front would leave the trailer more than likely blocking a lane.

[@SuperiorLawncare32]

I don’t like how close mine drives to the yellow line I would prefer it to be closer to the white line

[@richardchasse9216]

Which is better F150 Lightning or the GMC EV ?

[@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit]

right now GMC EV it has 50% more range on a bad day Ford is pulling back on production of the F150 Lightning because of how disappointing it is 2027 Ford is gonna put out better EVs although it may be just ford ranger EV Ram has the best EV for towing coming out the wheels are 8 lug which means it’s heavy duty

[@badwabbit1973]

the housing crisis grows as people can't afford so car makers use obscene prices too ensure evs are as divisional as their politics!!!

[@kelviskelvis7140]

@badwabbit1973 the puppet masters are the big oil guys who run the politics here and keep you poor.

[@moth450]

Its a gm product. You know the rear steering will go out first

[@kelviskelvis7140]

@moth450 The toyota engine recall is not a factor here.

[@KeenEye]

I’ll be picking one of these up this month.

[@oscarreynaable]

Wish you would have asked about phone as a key which is something GM is behind on imo.

[@TroySavary]

Why? Key as a key has worked just fine for over 100 years.

[@oscarreynaable]

@TroySavary Until you can use your phone as a key. Then I prefer that.

[@TroySavary]

@oscarreynaable And then get locked out of your vehicle if your phone battery is dead. No thanks.

[@Alb3rn-]

Great review and shared sentiment regarding towing with an EV. I disagree and think that the left-rear is the best placement for the charge port because backing-in allows for: - greater safety due to better visibility - getting out of dodge quicker in case of an emergency (the Japanese are taught to back into parking spaces) - looks cooler when parked - when charging cable and post location means better accessibility and people not having to manage the cable to avoid trips / potential falls - at commercial locations, it supports back-in policies Pull-through chargers here and are scaling, so I see towing with an EV to not be an issue.

[@TroySavary]

Passenger side is best place for the port, whether front or back, since it allows charging at street side parking. Could not care less how, well that works with Tesla, chargers.

[@andyfeimsternfei8408]

I've got one and I love it. The only problem is that it's not a Tesla! No FSD (Super Cruse sucks), software is horrible, no phone as a key, infotainment is too complicated and hard to use. How hard should it be to copy Tesla with everything but FSD? How hard is it to get people off the street and see how they struggle using the product? These problems are not unique to the EV lineup, its all GM products. I guess all the genius 19 year-old programmers work for Tesla?

[@donaldlajeunesse1455]

I believe your father said he was going to report what GM found out about his truck.....did he make a video on this?

[@TruckKing]

I am getting the truck back next week - so soon there after.

[@alittleofthisnthat5665]

Good video and you would get better range in an ev or gas if you didn't go full throttle merging on the highway empty or with a load just a pro tip as that truck can do way better than. 1.1 kwh

[@VMATT500C]

No grab handle on the drivers side entrance. This makes no sense on a $100K vehicle.

[@deemcclanahan]

$100,000 USD for 200 mile range. lololololololol

[@Math-zl8kq]

Such an affordable truck! It would take many years to break even compared to ice trucks.

[@craigheuchert578]

$110,000 CDN for an ICE Denali Ultimate that doesn't come with 4-wheel steering or air suspension. Add those to the ICE truck and the price between the two would be pretty close. No luxury tax on the EV which means the pricing is about the same. Now factor in virtually no maintenance costs and a quarter the cost for electricity to fuel if you can plug in at home for 90% of your travel and somebody would be saving money within the first year and be thousands ahead after only a few years.

[@johnhoover7869]

You definitely want to go easy on that throttle and slow for turns and corners to preserve tire tread.

[@Math-zl8kq]

@@craigheuchert578 Because of course everybody will go for the Denali Ultimate! A Sierra SLE Duramax does the job for me you can have one of theses around 65000$ cdn right now. So we are talking about a 60000$ price difference plus sales taxes plus financing fees so call that 80K$. On top of that add a much higher depreciation on the 125K$ truck and the delta in term of ownership is close to 100K$. So this buy a lot of diesel and maintenance. And before you say that this is an apple to orange comparaison it is not my call to only sell the most expensive sierra EV first so I have to use that as price comparaison.

[@Math-zl8kq]

@@craigheuchert578 Of course everybody will go for the Denali Ultimate! In my case a SLE Duramax does the job perfectly. These trucks can be available around 65K$ cdn so we are talking about a 60k difference plus tax plus financing so around 80k then if you add the extra depreciation of the 125K sierra EV more like 100k$ difference so this buy a lot of diesel and maintenance. Before you say it is an Apple to orange comparaison it is not my call to only sell the most expensive version of the sierra EV first.

[@TroySavary]

Our Silverado EV is saving us over $300 per week in fuel over the truck it replaced. So it is already saving money, since that is more than the payments.

[@moth450]

For 95k you dont get sunshade. Its hella heavy. And gm chinese build quality. They never discuss what to do with them after the 10 year battery life.. you cant scrap em. A new battery is 30k.

[@johnhoover7869]

Even going back to 2008 my GM owning friends deal w bukko electrical failures!

[@TroySavary]

Battery will last longer than 10 years. Even if it does need replaced by then, it will be far less than $30k. And at end of life, the batteries still have enough usable life to be repurposed. After that, they are recycled. Typical Fox watcher FUD.

[@kelviskelvis7140]

@moth450 You would make more sense if you were any type of a truck owner - but you are not. You just make up nonsense.

[@trussell6876]

120k + fees & tax & interest…

[@Antwan.Frazier]

Who is buying this🤔

[@kelviskelvis7140]

@Antwan.Frazier In 2024 over 10% of American buyers.

[@jasonrowe4574]

100k for a truck and you have to stick camera to you windows that ridiculous ! They some be integrated in to the vehicle like Tesla come on Gm thanks for pricing this out of the hands of millions of people 👎👎👎👎

[@artgarcia137]

@@jasonrowe4574 wow truck is heavy. What's gonna happen with all the ev's when people buy new ones cuz battery's cost so much China has massive junk yards of scooters cuz battery's are too expensive so they just buy new one. And what's gonna be done with all the battery's. That's gonna be bad for our earth. Cows give off more emissions than gas powered cars.

[@webjunkie2012]

For $114K, out the door , it is not worth it.. After purchasing it 2 weeks back, I won't recommend it. Maybe good for Show Off.. . Not a real 4X4 truck for Off Road use , No luxury features as massager seats / 3rd Grade Bose Audio .. missing many features that of basic Kia / Hyundai offers. GM is making too much Profits on this one for sure. No wonder , many are these Trucks are sitting in Dealer's Parking lots with No buyers..

[@w3072]

good job eh

[@CensorMeNot-dv5lg]

Lots to think about.... you seem genuinely excited about showing off the truck... but there is some real worry behind all that excitement. I don't wanna know what it's gonna cost the world to "switch over" to EV's. They're a fait worse than death.

[@TroySavary]

Drama queen much?

[@moth450]

If you hadnt noticed these buikders have made regular ice trucks close in price to the evs. So you ll choose ev.because it has all the gizmos and gadgets that are buggy like poor Bluetooth connections

[@minergate4066]

overpriced junk

[@craigheuchert578]

I am sure somebody said the same thing about the first big screen tvs. How is your CRT monitor working with your current computer?

[@minergate4066]

@@craigheuchert578 apples to oranges. im saying this particular product is junk not EVs in general. If they would allow China to sell their EVs here GM would have to shut down

[@craigheuchert578]

@@minergate4066 Not at all a bad comparison. Your term junk denotes something that is terrible and is no longer useful. From the review you probably should have watched all the way through; with the exception of what end the charging port should be, the Sierra is a far superior towing vehicle to any similar sized truck. China, like Europe does not have half-ton sized trucks. Cheap EVs are possible because of the much lower R&D required but you will also notice that the heavy duty applications the Sierra is required to do a Chinese EV would not have a chance in accomplishing. The Cybertruck uses similar build techniques to Chinese EVs and we know how well the Cybertruck fairs in towing and hard work. Moral of the day. Don't use broad strokes. We can all agree that with the Silverado and Sierra, this is the very first attempt at a General Motors EV truck that can do truck stuff. I would say that when it was thought up many years ago to what we see today as a real vehicle, it is a pretty amazing accomplishment of how much it can replace an ICE truck. The Cypertruck in the same vein has turned out to be more fragile than what Americans would normally accept. Imagine what the 2nd and later generations of the Silverado and Sierra will be. Just like the heavy and old big screen TVs compared to what you can get today.

[@minergate4066]

@@craigheuchert578 you're so dense it hurts

[@saulmorales8040]

​@@craigheuchert578 👏

[@DuramaxL5P]

Looks like a bigger Honda Ridgeline 🤮

[@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit]

Says the guy with the boxiest female marketed sports car (Modern Camaro)

[@DuramaxL5P]

@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit It's ok if you like electric trucks and also sit down to pee. I won't tell anyone. It's 2024, you can be anything you say you are these days bud!

[@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit]

@@DuramaxL5P funny because here in Houston I see dozens of fully loaded Peterbilt EV semi trucks that can tow more than a Dodge 3500 Cummins or a F-450…

[@MatthewNorbury]

😂😂😂😂

[@MatthewNorbury]

Trash

[@firebry23]

120k get f

[@MatthewNorbury]

😂😂😂😂 true