The 2024 Chevy Silverado EV has the coolest truck feature: a midgate and here’s how it works!

[@bruddahmanmatt]

Avalanche reborn.

[@jamespaul2587]

Exactly, the Silverado is just a more popular truck name. The same reason Ford called their crossover a Mustang

[@fredtalmadge5307]

My neighbor still has his Avalanche and likes that feature.

[@ayushmalpeddi2793]

​@@jamespaul2587but unlike the mustang which is a 2 door 4 seater coupe the avalanche was actually a pickup

[@aliendroneservices6621]

​@@ayushmalpeddi2793 *_"The Mustang is a sedan._* Don't like it? Take it up with the Sports Car Club of America, which classifies the Mustang in the "American Sedan" class. The Mustang was always a sedan. It has always been a sedan. It always will be a sedan, unless it changes significantly. If the word "sedan" offends you, then choose the term "pony car," which is also fine and respects the Mustang's unique role in history as a sporting sedan variant of a non-sporting sedan, in this case the Ford Falcon."

[@L.L]

Actually pretty nice to have

[@illuminape7632]

literally the best looking EV truck. Possibly the best out. the range is incredible too, as proven by JerryRigEverything, it ACTUALLY gets 450+ miles of non towing range. INCREDIBLE.

[@juanar9231]

Better than the cybertruck 😊

[@wjoseph-rx9mj]

At least, it’s look like a real truck a grown man and woman designed

[@russellsavage8453]

Avalanche rides again

[@hughhefnerd6751]

My 05 avalanche had that and i love it!

[@ayushmalpeddi2793]

Definitely has to be the best EV pickup or really any 1/2 ton pickup on sale. Aside from efficiency eveerything else is pretty damn good

[@illuminape7632]

i mean it gets the best range, and has the lowest aerodynamic drag coefficient of all trucks.

[@ayushmalpeddi2793]

@@illuminape7632 I recently saw Caranddrivers test and it averaged almost 2 miles/kwh at 75mph which is decent. But I'd still like to see closer to 2.5 miles/kwh and a smaller battery to reduce wasted weight/space. I think the gross battery on this is like 220kwh which is insane. Smaller battery and higher efficiency means companies can produce more EVs and reduce costs for consumers. Also a smaller battery means quicker charging. Rivian is claiming 420 miles for R1T Gen 2 with a 141kwh usable battery. I think it's optimistic but either way it should be noticeably more efficient. Now it's also a smaller truck. Hopefully these full size trucks can achieve low to mid 400 miles with 175Kwh batteries in the future

[@Jgjginkg244]

You are a very athletic and coordinated, Alex!!

[@TheCOZ]

All to be used once or twice to impress the neighbors. In three years all those moving parts will make up an epic rattletrap. 😂

[@illuminape7632]

almost as bad as the fresh off the production line Cybertruck rattles? lol

[@GearboxEnt]

These parts don't rattle in 20yo+ Avalanches, Escalade EXTs or H2 SUTs... Not sure why they would in the Silverado.

[@greywolf8060]

great to use as camper too. And better if bed topper like Avalanche too.

[@louied420chavez2]

Remind me of my 03 Chevy avalanche

[@marcosramos4596]

The Mid-Gate should be standard on all trucks!

[@rolandharris2706]

I don't understand why every truck wouldn't do this. Just makes sense. Great to camp too.

[@philippepeltier142]

Smart

[@josephharvey5742]

Bring this back with a combustion engine or hybrid and I'd buy it. I owned a 2006 Avalanche and would have bought another one, however they discontinued it.

[@CoRektOh]

The glass removal bit seems prone to failure. Hmm.....

[@KRAVMAGA1999]

Wow sooooo avalanche

[@sunnyb4100]

Until the window busts

[@Cw7003]

There has been a few going back a ways so not really new but still cool. Probably don’t want to use it down a dusty road.

[@E-Bat.Modding]

Far better looking than Cybertrash.

[@actionshootingsports8830]

It’s not new, it’s from the great 2002 Avalanche 😢

[@EnterprisingLeadership]

Avalanche and Escalade EXT?

[@tu6198]

Midgate is nothing new. 1999 Nissan concept. Avalanche had it.

[@kevinW826]

Chevy avalanche had it first

[@PWlangford1]

Wish it was a gas engine.

[@wjoseph-rx9mj]

It just a minivan with a bed

[@WhoDeanyUnchained]

🤯

[@dlewis9760]

20+ year old tech. BFD. Thanks, Rip Van Winkle.

[@mp211204]

Avalanche all day

[@rvboyett]

Come on Alex, you know this isn't new.

[@AAutoBuyersGuide]

"New truck" feature, not new feature on a truck...

[@Pdpawlak]

The ole “mislead the audience cause it technically correct” trick

[@Icayn]

@@Pdpawlaknah he’s good I wouldn’t call that misleading. Be kind.

[@illuminape7632]

@@Pdpawlak how did he mislead you, by you having poor english skills?

[@moehio]

Decades old features. Needs a power rear window.

[@james2042]

I'll consider a chevy if they make a gas truck with the mid gate

[@aeromtb2468]

avalanche EV

[@August1Three]

To many $130k trucks.

[@Chrisp707-]

Just call it the avalanche sigh. It's an avalanche nit a damn Silverado I hate when companies do this.

[@tonys9413]

This is a real working truck ……… not a juvenile, vanity “Truck”.

[@garyclark6747]

Load the bed with projectiles and avoid sudden stops. 🤔💡🫤

[@illuminape7632]

invest in 10 dollar straps. lol

[@G-Rated]

Rearview camera mirror first came out everyone claimed it was a gimmick. Y’all remember that too? Now their top trim trucks got them lol. They even said the Sierra’s Multi-Pro tailgate was a useless gimmick in 2019, now they offer some form of multi-functioning tailgate on their trucks. Leave it to *gm* to lead America in innovation, both mechanically and in terms of tech. Although this isn’t a new feature as it’s borrowed from the Avalanche, it was very creative & smart to revive this feature in the new Chevy Silverado EV.

[@chonyi]

If cybertruck had this, it would be the perfect “car camping” rig. Could have had climate control and Netflix with the tonneau cover closed. Safe from bears, weather, AND could just drive away in case of emergency. Instead, you pay $3k for a stupid inflatable tent. 😒

[@lawrenceralph7481]

Well you need to have something to do when you wait to recharge it for an hour every hour and a half while towing. A sad collection of foolish ideas. A GM classic, like the Aztek, Vega, Edsel, the DeSoto, Mustang 2, the Sun liner, the Humvee and the Corvair. Stupid compliance vehicle.

[@phatcowboy76]

ridiculous in every way. Only a poser would waste 100k to putter around in an overweight monstrosity like that. It has some practicality but zero value. Gm will sell 3 of them. To dealerships. Where they will sit for 2 years.

[@danguelph2676]

exactly.

[@4Whopper]

They are sold out.

[@illuminape7632]

damn, sounds like you're butthurt its better than a cybertruck lol

[@illuminape7632]

i think things only putter if they're ... not EV's. and this thing gets almost double the cybertruck's range... and has more functionality.

[@philliplarocque9328]

Still dumb if you need a truck and crew space

[@AAutoBuyersGuide]

That's probably why the work truck doesn't have this feature. -Travis

[@philliplarocque9328]

@@AAutoBuyersGuide do you mean the same truck chassis minus the flooding back wall? then you loose all the benefits of the big truck and showing off that it's the biggest in the business means nothing

[@philliplarocque9328]

@@AAutoBuyersGuide can't have your cake and eat it too.

[@davidmenasco5743]

You know truck guys are constantly complaining that they need a version with two doors and long bed. So here you get to switch it up. Crew cab on Monday, long bed on Tuesday.

[@philliplarocque9328]

@@davidmenasco5743 I will also say, this thing has I believe the longest range so I mean it's nice but maybe a bit of reworking for a work truck.

[@gmoney9068]

It's a goddam EV....why can't you just push ONE button and eliminate the 12 steps?

[@illuminape7632]

because.

[@illuminape7632]

why don't you just get a job at chevy so you can show them how its obviously done lol.

[@gmoney9068]

@@illuminape7632 When the presidential motorcade converts to all EV's, then MAYBE I'll consider buying one. Don't you wonder just "why" the presidential motorcade doesn't use EV's?

[@Vibegeneral]

Junk

[@davidmenasco5743]

Junk is a fleet of vehicles that causes crop failures due to climate change.

[@illuminape7632]

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