{"id":40805,"date":"2023-01-19T18:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T23:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40805"},"modified":"2023-01-19T18:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T23:35:16","slug":"gm-mulls-compact-electric-pickup-truck-after-silverado-ev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40805","title":{"rendered":"GM sees a compact electric pickup truck as its next opportunity after Silverado EV"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\"GM-compact-electric-pickup\"
\n\t<\/figure>\n

General Motors<\/a> (GM) is contemplating releasing a compact electric pickup that would make the Silverado EV look like a giant. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

GM has made it widely known that it\u2019s going all in on EVs (despite releasing a hybrid Corvette<\/a>) by providing an \u201cEV for everyone<\/a>,\u201d including SUVs, crossovers, luxury, and pickups. <\/p>\n

A significant part of the automaker\u2019s plan is to offer an affordable EV lineup of models priced under $30,000. GM is already offering the lowest-priced EV on the market, with the Chevy Bolt EV starting at $26,500 \u2013 but the company isn\u2019t stopping there.<\/p>\n

GM already has an electric truck in the works, the Chevy Silverado EV<\/a>, with an available 400-mile range, 754 hp, and 785 lb-ft of torque.<\/p>\n

Although the stripped-down work truck (WT) model has a starting MSRP of $39,900 + DFC, the suped-up RST trim will run you over $100,000.<\/p>\n

Paying over $100,000 for an electric truck, or any truck for that matter, is out of many people\u2019s budgets. It seems GM has a plan to make owning an electric truck more accessible for everyone with its compact design.<\/p>\n

\"GM-compact-electric-pickup-1\"
Chevy Silverado EV RST (Source: GM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GM mulls compact electric pickup truck<\/h2>\n

According to a new report<\/a> from Automotive News<\/em>, which saw GM\u2019s small electric pickup at its EV design studio in Warren, Michigan, the truck is \u201cfuturistic and sporty\u201d looking.<\/p>\n

The EV pickup features two doors, a low roofline, and a 4 to 4.5-foot-long bed and may become a part of GM\u2019s under-$30K, affordable EV portfolio. The company plans to listen to its customers, incorporating feedback, as it designs cost-effective EVs for every buyer.<\/p>\n

Michael Pevovar, director of Chevrolet\u2019s affordable EV and crossover design, told reporters:<\/p>\n

\n

The input may come back that it\u2019s just too small, and that\u2019s ok. Maybe [it won\u2019t be] right for what this architecture can provide, but does it have legs for different architecture where it might need to be a little bigger.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If GM decides to bring the electric pickup to market, it would likely draw sales from compact gas-powered trucks like the Ford Maverick as the industry moves to EVs, with no direct competitor.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

A compact electric pickup from GM, in my opinion, would do well on the market. Although North America is not known for its compact pickups, with trucks like the Ford F-150 gobbling up the sales share, it may find its place.<\/p>\n

Smaller trucks like the Ford Maverick seem to be gaining momentum, with sales up<\/a> 460% this year, reaching 74,370 in total. With several bigger electric trucks already out on the market, like the Ford F-150 Lightning, Rivian R1T, and more to come, like the RAM Revolution<\/a>, Tesla Cybertruck, and Silverado EV, there might just be a market for a compact EV pickup from GM. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m dying to see what this would look like. What do you guys think? Should GM follow through with the mini electric pickup?<\/p>\n

\n

FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> More.<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Motors (GM) is contemplating releasing a compact electric pickup that would make the Silverado EV look like a giant. GM has made it widely known that it\u2019s going all in on EVs (despite releasing a hybrid Corvette) by providing an \u201cEV for everyone,\u201d including SUVs, crossovers, luxury, and pickups. A significant part of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}