I Ask the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV's Chief Engineer 3 TOUGH Questions: Here Are the Answers!
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Damn, every truck should have vinyl floors. It is an upgrade as far as I am concerned.
Yup, I hate carpet in my trucks.
yep my wife does dog shows, works in vet field, etc etc.. This whole leather seats and fancy materials on high traffic areas isn't my thing.. Give me a good dura tec fabric seat, vinyl floor and we will send that thing all day. This work truck is a+ because of this, to bad there RS / consumer one isn't optionable yet with it.
That’s one of my favorite features of my trail boss: no carpet.
Loved that my 1500 Denali while I had it had the upgraded vinyl floors.
It’s like. Do you want carpet in your whole house. Or hard floors (tile,luxury vinyl, wood)
Did you ask her which package you have to order to get cruise control?
Lmao. Just to get cruise control?
I still can't get over the fact that his truck does not have cruise control. How does any vehicle made after 2010 not have cruise control as a standard basic function
You need to order a certain package for cruise control as a feature in 2023? Shit cars have had that feature for decades, that’s pathetic coming from EVs. Should be a standard in the lowest of their basic trim models
@@josevazquez1042 i don't think it has anything to do with EVs as his truck is a standard ICE truck.
@@daddystired Inside joke
It must be SUPER rewarding to have worked so hard on this project and to be driving one around in the real world. Nicole’s interviews are awesome, and it’s so cool that GM is letting you interview actual engineers instead of PR people. Shows how confident and proud they are of their people and products. These are incredibly impressive trucks. Can’t wait to drive an RST, and I hope the production ramp up is relatively fast speedy as the new Ultium battery plants come on line.
An Engineer that is this well spoken and quick on her feet is a needle in a haystack…. Ask me how I know
Kyle of out of spec did a nice interview that day with a young engineer on towing dynamics. Worth watching.
@@TheExumRidge Thanks! I did!
The truck honestly looks great, the problem is the price point.
I will never like that minimalistic front end that all ev's seem to have. The rest of the cars/trucks design im not overly concerned about but they look to plain and simple and boring not to mention when you simplify is easy to go into the it looks cheep category
@@Sourman1545 the front end could be a bit better. By "looks great" I also meant the features/specs it has.
yeah. It will go down. That's how it always goes, it's expensive at first, and once enough people buy it they can afford to ramp up production and drive down cost. The huge deposit of lithium we found in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field will help. It's dissolved in the brine; it's just a matter of filtering it out of the water. Controlled Thermal, the Australian company that's extracting it, thinks they can get 300,000 tons every year for the next 100 years. It's northeast of San Diego. They also plan to build machinery to get geothermal power from the naturally hot brine (there's a huge blob of magma right there that's heating the rock). They think they can get 1.1 GW. (we already have 730 MW of geothermal up here in the Bay Area.)
It's like the first IBM Personal Computer Model 5150.....when that thing came out in 1981 (my dad got one! it was my first computer at home), it was 5,000 USD, which is like 16,000 USD today. But you hold about 1000 times more computing power in your pocket, and it cost you a small fraction of that. 🙂
I'm more impressed with her than the truck. Never have I heard an engineer speak of something they designed without them going off the technical deep-end. Her answers were appropriate, thoughtful, spoken to the common man, and most importantly seemed very genuine. Good show.
She was well spoken but what new relevant information did she add? It was like hearing from a marketing rep instead of an engineer....
For example when she was asked how they obtained such a tight turning radius, all she did was BS the topic....
@@nc3826 what would you rather she have said? Something about steer by wire and increasing the depth of the wheel well?…maybe engineering a longer rack and reduced gear ratio between the rack and the steering wheel. Why does it matter? This is a work truck, not a rock crawler. And that’s exactly why I think she was on point. She has a good head for what matters.
@@loudandclearmedia The interview was still interesting, since she was living with the truck. So her feedback was appreciated. And she's probably far better spoken than the average engineer. But she admitted she knew nothing about EVs before she started this project.
And I would rather her say 'anything", that actually addresses the steering radius question. I was not asking for a detailed explanation. But something anything, would have been nice.... Instead of just repeating back the facts that were included in the question, which is what she did....
As a the marketing person she was fine, just not as a lead engineer.
And why are you ranting about rock crawling? You seem to have had a stroke being so defensive about her. Good luck getting that taken care of....
@@nc3826 ummm, my comment was praise, yours was rant. Are you okay?
It's called a critique.
"loudandclearmedia" Thanks for the irony. UA-cam wannabe experts are the best.
Have a nice day.
She is a smart Chief Engineer and can be proud of what she and her team achieved, bravo!
They built this truck to be exactly that, a truck. I saw on another review that the reasoning for the higher price is because the cost of all the parts that make this truck has gone up since the first announcement of the EV. But otherwise from all reviews that Chevy did their homework on this first turn out. Now I can't wait to see when real time reviews for the Equinox EV.
Put me on the engineering lead and this sucker would and perform exactly like a warthog from halo including the gatling style 3 barrel 50 cal. Or in the troop transport version, if youre like that I guess
Great to hear directly from her. I think they killed it. Front and rear charging option might be nice.
Chief engineer... lol... how much you wanna bet that this will just be another EV-fail like everything so far... this country is so broken at its core. And people are blind to see that but eventually they will have to wake up that it was never a good idea to turn this world upside down.
It’s been designed to use Tesla’s charging network, which is the best currently. Their stalls are mostly back in. The rear camera makes that easier to judge distance than pulling in forward.
Placing the charging port at the front of the vehicle is much more conducive to charging while towing.
Plus, it was designed long before Tesla's bassackwards charging scheme was a consideration..
Lastly if you think you need a camera to drive forward into a charging location, you should not be driving.
Love how at ease she is in front of the camera. That shows she knows her stuff and is passionate about her work.
Why can’t they have the Midgate as an option on a WT? Just saying 😊
I'm not a fan of mid gates but it does need an 8ft bed at a minimum to be a real work truck. Personally i would sacrifice the back seat go single cab just to have a longer bed
Then it would cost $90k
She's wrong about fleet buyers not wanting versatility. I'm not sure they should be concentrating on "fleet" buyers but more on general contractors, landscapers, small mom and pop type contractors etc. The WT 4 is out of their price range.
This one is pretty bare bones already, what are the lower trim levels going to be like? Smaller batteries (terrible range), less features than this? GM among others have dropped the ball as far as research. Who exactly are they getting their research polls from?
I agree 100%. THE customer who would use the midgate the most is the working man, i.e. fleet buyer. She really dropped the ball on that.
They decontented the vehicle to get the price down. All new tech starts off expensive. It will take scale to reduce prices, just like any other technology.
She's not totally wrong, but she's definitely not right.... She acted more like a marketing person than an engineer....
As someone with an engineering and financial background..... The economies of scale of just manufacturing one type of EV pickup, would have made The price increase for the WT versions marginal....
I disagree with a lot of things that Tesla does, but simplifying their offerings..... Does increase efficiency and make a lot of sense....
Look beyond the sale price, figure out what the monthly Total Cost of Ownership will be. Yes, the monthly loan will be higher, but is made-up by the difference in gas vs charging costs. The end result is a more expensive EV is actually cheaper to Own.
@@nc3826 I think most of the costs are from the batteries, which are common across vehicles with some having a reduced module count. The higher margin versions are constructed to boost profit margins, and the WT vehicles are probably offered to boost volume and increase scale.
That was a great interview!
Key question that was missed: How many will they ship, and how quickly? If they only produce Hummer / Lyriq quantities it will be very disappointing.
This is a completely different market though. There are 20 tradesmen customers looking at this truck for every potential hummer EV customer, if not more. As such I think they’ll be cranking them out. Same thing with the ford lightning. We’re about to see a LOT more of these kinds of trucks on the road.
I’d love to know how confident she is about her truck if you mention having Munro Live tear it apart. 😁
People in the industry know Sandy is a hack who is only known because the Tesla cult loves him. She would not give a shit about what he has to say.
It would be nice if they are planning on a front charge port to make charging while towing a bit easier at pull in chargers, should make using the short Tesla charge cables easier also.
Except for during towing, it's in the right place currently for tesla superchargers (rear driver's side).
It's charging port location should be able to handle Tesla's stupidly short charging cables.....
But I agree a front charging port location is ideal for most applications, Including towing, except it's considered more vulnerable in an accident and more complex to install....
I'm looking forward to more pull-through charging stations with overhead covers so it's more like the ICE experience. I think for towing it's going to be necessary, and FWIW, even without towing it's more convenient. With ICE, the filler can be on one side or the other depending on brand so you still have to figure out which side to use, and having the overhead cover is nice when it's raining or if you need shade.
Refueling gas vehicles only takes a couple minutes, so a pulls through design Is much more conducive to its operation....
pull-through charging stations will always be few and far between due to the space and time constraints....
Range extenders and eventually battery swapping.... Make more sense for EVs designed to Tow....
V4 Superchargers cable is 4.5 feet longer than the current ones, so that should help. However I plan to tow a lot and unhooking to back in would suck if it was multiple times a day, so I have been hoping for drive through stalls. Otherwise I will be pulling alongside at night when there aren’t people around and hoping nobody shows up.
I had a minor crash with my Tesla which has radiators in both front corners, so coolant leak and it can’t be driven very far until it gets in the body shop. So I’m fine with the charging in the back. I also have a VW with the charging port on the passenger side and I don’t like it. Driver’s side rear is good for me
I just purchased one and love it.
How do you mount signal lights and floodlights on the top of the truck? How do you mount a backrack?
The hard questions would have been "how much are you losing on each truck you sell?" and "how do you make enough to satisfy demand?" Sold out already?
Thats a question we will save for GMs cheif accountant brother. The engineer you want to talk about the engineering. Its spec sheet capabilities, things added or taken away etc. I think harley is losing a lot on livewires as well man. But they make a killing on everything else so it sucks to see all the profits shoveled into the fire
As a person who loved the Astro/Safari vans, this vehicle reminds me of how those were built. They were basically a unibody vehicle bolted to a semi-full frame chassis. Great video, awesome truck!
Wow. That is one down to earth woman. So great to see that. And she knows what she's doing and proud of what her and her team as she said have build.
i have always gotten double-cab trucks with a 6.5 foot bed, and that's barely long enough for many jobs. So 5'11 isn't going to cut it for a lot of people. i know i know, "you can always get a trailer". but the whole point of a work truck is so you don't have to hook up an 8 foot trailer just to run to the lumber yard for a few things. Ask anyone who actually uses a truck for actual truck stuff, how big should the bed be? the answer will be a minimum 6.5 feet. and yet they keep shrinking bed sizes. while at the same time saying "its a work truck"---really? no it isn't!
Gasoline is energy dense, but your gas engine only uses at best about 30% of that fuel for propulsion, the rest is just going out of your exhaust. Its hugely inefficient. Its also why losses when towing are more noticeable in an EV.
Losses while towing in an EV are more noticeable because there aren't reliable fast chargers set up for tow vehicles everywhere. I still plan my route when towing my camper because I prefer roomier truck stops. But I can't go over 250 miles before I need to refuel. It's the same for ICE trucks with smaller gas tanks, but there are gas stations everywhere. In an EV you have to be super cognizant of where you can charge because some areas don't don't have many functioning chargers. I had to limp my rental Tesla to chargers with under 2% remaining twice on my last road trips. I made it, but it sure was uncomfortable.
In cold climates, the gasoline engine becomes much more efficient because that heat energy can be used to heat the cabin where as an electric vehicle heat energy needs to be created by the batteries to warm the cabin and the batteries them selves which is hugely inefficient.
@@MarkSmith-cz3by Many modern EVs employ heat pumps to improve cold weather range. There's still a loss, but this can be mitigated somewhat by preconditioning before departure and enroute to chargers. Unless you road trip in cold weather frequently it's not an issue. Tesla in particular is excellent at this.
It’s closer to 40%.
@@user-tb7rn1il3q It depends on the trailer profile. The bigger the parachute, the bigger the mpg hit.
Why were all three "TOUGH" questions snow balls? Ask about her decisions to use a known inefficient Hummer platform. Why she decided to not include cruise control. Why remove the regen paddle?
I don’t think the platform itself is inefficient, simply the Hummer implementation that is. Doesn’t this have the same battery size as the Hummer, but get considerably more range?
you guys had questions i needed to know the answer and the lady had answers. very good interview guys. now if i could afford one.
I was hoping he would ask about the one-piece body. You can’t put a flat bed or a work body on this truck. I wonder if they plan to offer a model with a separate bed for contractors and other companies who need their trucks outfitted with utility beds. Maybe a 3/4 ton?
This is a light-ish-half-ton-truck...for her a "full-size"...
Good point. Thats the nice thing about ford. Toyota wont sell you a single cab but ford will so you can get single cabs with flat beds or utility trucks the powerline people set them up with cranes etc. A real work truck 😂
so how to i access my spare when there is a slide in camper or anything big in the box ?
When loading heavy skids of bricks, steel or whatever those plastic covers over the spare tire access holes will be gone.
I love these guys. TFL is awesome!
At eighty five hundred pounds this thing's gonna eat tires for lunch
It sure will and how long will it take to charge that massive battery, especially on an L2 charger!!
Putting only 10,000 miles on a totally new platform truck wouldn’t make me feel all that confident
But hey shes got two houses so at least she has enough juice to gey from one to the other and charge in the garage
Would like to see carbon fiber bed. Not bed liner, just entire bed and rear of the truck
Youd like to see it but you wont be willing to pay for it and neither will most people who will ever exist on earth 😂
I am extremely impressively by this clean design! It’s super hard to design something that stands out and this one does! Very smooth and aero look with comfortable design elements!
@7:20 - Work truck in name perhaps but it is better to keep referring to it as Fleet Truck. Every truck can be a work truck but Fleets aren't about the that extra feature life.
Theyre the same thing
@@censored4christ162 In most cases they literally are not. They are models expressly made for business that are not sold to consumers.
I think I met Nicole in Indy as I was charging my ID4 and she had a Hummer. Just said she was an engineer.
Really annoying that this engineer has to brag that she has this and that just to brag how much money she has.
She just seems proud. What's wrong with that? And when did she mention how much money she has?
Sounds like that’s a problem with your perspective. I didn’t think she was bragging at all, she was explaining how she uses the truck herself.
@@officialyasir sounds like you grew up on the streets and were never introduced to manners.
@@MatrixDiscovery Perhaps you can teach us some manners. Please tell me exactly what she said you found to be offensive.
Might we obtain a confirmed pricing? The substantial elaboration in responses following the initial posting and subsequent removal of the $30,000 price from Chevy's site suggests that the final cost could potentially surpass that amount. I have a sense that the eventual price will exceed $30,000 by a significant margin.
4wt is 78K (seen here AND is Fleet ONLY) and RST is 105K. that's all that will be available for 2024
@cordellroberson532 lol so much for 39k price tag that was advertised huh. What a bunch of crooked lies.
GM has a history of their large SUV’s and vans having weak roofs. You should have asked her about roof strength in a rollover with these new HEAVIER vehicles.
For the most part, they don't roll over. Super low center of gravity. I've never seen an EV rollover besides that one Model X the guy drove off a cliff face...
@@maj429I still expect a strong roof just like the teslas have.
Ask her why they’re already jacking the price up before it even launches.😂😂😂😂
Its all lies. Theyll hail it as great as it fails in every way possible just like venezuala
Should have named it avalanche!
Ok so how fast to charge to drive another 450 miles. What's the warranty period. How much does a replacement battery cost. ??
All the dirt and wood and stuff need a path to the ground. Can't have a gap between the cab and bed because there's a now a battery in the way
Great segment! One thing I wish that someone would ask is, can you plow with it?
Nope you're going to have to buy an electric snowblower 😅.
Other than the effect of temperature on the batteries, I have wondered how an EV full size truck would perform with a plow. My gut says they probably won't support it, though, because you typically have to chop up the lower valence to accommodate a plow mount that hangs down, both of which would kill aerodynamics and range, and then you have a totally different 12 volt architecture from an ICE truck to contend with for the controls.
Unlikely, there is no frame.
Plowing is harsh on a vehicle you sure you want to expose your battery to that kind of vibration?
Liked her. Seems genuine
Should've asked why they removed paddle regen on demand
I just dont trust gm and electronics
Hey.. Great video but you forgot one of the most important question... What about the ZR2 version?
She talks about minimizing “pain points” for customers, but doesn’t mention that the headlights are put in the area of the truck most commonly impacted in parking lots and by animals and debris you’d encounter on the road. Which would be pretty painful to spend $500+ dollars every time someone taps your bumper and busts out your headlight.
So clearly, “pain points” are money makers.
Does it have a heat pump or electric resistance heat?
Bro its probably both those things at the same time together.
What's going on in the barn behind you pretty cool
$80k plus for this work truck configuration. Again, $80k plus. Yes, 450 miles of range unloaded. But with limited public charging infrastructure across the continent all the while utilizing the towing capabilities and dismal payload numbers, this $80k plus vehicle is going to be a hard sell to the average farmer, RVer, contractor, and tradesman.
And I wish Andre pushed her more on the payload numbers. It seems like a balance of sufficient payload and acceptable range is a fairy tale. Batteries are heavy as this is the biggest limitation for electrified trucks doing HD truck stuff.
Payload will probably be around 1300 lbs lol. The problem is the 3K lb battery takes away most of the load capacity. All EV trucks have that problem. They are all too damn heavy as it is. Yeah she will avoid the question like the plague. Because the capacity sucks. For the same price point you can buy a HD 2500 and drop a 2K lb pallet of pellets in the bed and the truck will hardly squat at all lol. And if you wanted to, drop another 2 thousand pound pallet. Yeah this 9K lb EV truck has the same capacity as a mid size frontier. That's not even funny. That is sad.
@@HiPlains1 I agree 100%. I believe this push for electrification in work and purpose-built vehicles is very premature and will be short-lived as the "buy-in" from everyday consumers will be very limited. With the current state of battery tech and public infrastructure, these electrified trucks are a novelty item for those with deep pockets and those who want to impress their friends.
Don't get me wrong, electrification is generally good when efficiency is there and the primary purpose is daily commutes to and from work. Just look at the success of GM's Bolt and even bigger, the global powerhouse of Tesla commuter vehicles, especially the more affordable Model 3s and Model Ys.
Unfortunately, there are just too many obstacles at this time for large scale rollout of truck duty electric vehicles; ownership costs, public infrastructure, and battery weight just to name a few. IMO, any carmaker "all-in" on electrified trucks in the short term is playing Russian roulette.
@@HiPlains1 The majority of light duty pickups are mall crawlers. Users who actually use payload capacity will buy a HD truck. Same for those who tow longer distances. This will actually be a boon to the HD truck market, while the light duty market will now grow exponentially. It's brilliant.
@@whythatsfantastic4602 that doesn't represent reality. Most folks RVing use the daily driver 1/2 ton, unless the coach is a big 5th wheel or toy hauler. And with a massive increase in purchase pricing, electric pickups will still be a hard sell to the masses. So many other obstacles for buy-in too like lack of public charging and range limitations. Adoption will be a very long a gradual process...unlike what many EV proponents believe. And I'm saying this as an EV owner myself.
This is gm trying as hard as pissible to make an electric budhet full sized and it costs over twice what the old f150 v8s were back before rhey switched to plastic valve covers and upped the price. And its worse in a lot of ways
Will the EV Work Truck get the Digital Rear view camera?
Here is an interesting question. The undercarriage does not look aerodynamic at all. Aren't Tesla's pretty smooth underneath? If I purchase one of these Silverado EVs and add a carbon fiber panel underneath, I would worry about the batteries or motors overheating.. Please ask them about this next time.
She's just blowing smoke when yakking about competitors suspension.
One thing GM has is experience in testing new vehicles and validating functionality. 450 mile range is really throwing down the cauntlet.
How far does an f150 v8 go
Considering the $80k base msrp for a work truck, I do not think the industry is worried.
I still want to know how big the battery is?
450 miles to a charge but how much if your pulling a trailer a certain lightning has issues with that. a 5'11 bed is cute but a real work truck needs to have a mandatory 8 foot bed
This truck weighs more than my RAM 2500. It has a range of 450 miles without a load or towing. It can only tow 10000 lbs, yet is an 8000 lbs truck. I guarantee it can not tow 10000 lbs 150 miles. That makes it useless except for people that really do not use trucks. If you are up north, that range will drop dramatically in the cold. And how much does it cost? 60K plus for a base unit?
Is there a snow plow package?
Did she just say the battery structure is part of body structure? That's......kinda worrying.
Thats how they have to build every one because to gey barely ebough range to go anywhere at all they have to make the battery the core spine of it so to speak. The battery is build into a box almost that acts as a frame in a way. But to me.the downside js now your electrinics are at the lowest possible point 😂😂😂
When will reliability be best in class from these EVs? I thought less moving parts was going to increase it.... I keep seeing videos of electronic and software failures.
Bro theres almost nothing in the class what is even best in a class of almost no competition?
As soon as I heard her explanation for not having the fold down mid gate completely turned me off. Wouldn’t the fold down mid gate be the ultimate work pickup truck, it eliminates the issue everyone has with a pickup. To be able to fit full sheets of plywood or full lengths of lumber flat with the cover closed is game changing. To make you pay over 100k for that feature makes me not even consider buying this. I’m sorry but it’s so stupid, I was so excited when I found out about the fold down mid gate. 😢😢😢
1400lbs of payload? So less than a Ford Maverick Hybrid... Not a great start.
Yep...just 1400 lbs. And it has a worthless 10k max towing capacity with that payload. Subtract the weight of a family of 4 as well as bed cargo and a WDH and an owner will have about 600 lbs left over for the tongue weight of a camper.
As she stated in the video, GM will have variants that offer more available payload but at a cost of range deduction. So basically, you can't have your cake and eat it too.
I don't like the spare tire lock. I imagine pressure washing the bed. Or the bed being covered in melting snow.
When she said she likes to tailgate, ask her if the front camera helps her get close.
So full bed, can't get to the spare.....nice
That angle of the C-Pillar is going to make it difficult to put a topper on that.
It won’t allow generic toppers to fit but companies will have no problem making them for it, just like the first Gen Ridgeline or Chevy Avalanche with their sloped pillars.
Toppers were made back in the 1960's and 1970's for the Chevy El Camino and Ford Ranchero sloped bed pillars and later compact VW pickups, Subaru Brat and Baja short beds.
Won’t fit even a normal hard bed cover. Also, I feel sorry for someone trying to access that spare tire, especially in the winter!
my tough question would have been when is the Equinox EV coming out for real?
Yeah you can keep that
It's not a Body-on-Frame truck?
It's not a unibody either?
Maybe it's a *unibody* on frame? 🤔
At least they don't falsely/deceivingly call it "exoskeleton"
How can I get that? Without the price mark up? And can I get only get one ?!
HELLO EVERYBODY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG WILL THE BATTERY PACKS WILL LAST 5 TO 8 YRS.AND HOW MUCH TO REPLACE THE BATTERY PACKS
I am curious about why you didn't include Nichole's name in the description or title. Why would it be great to boost her profile?
Yea did not really state what the range is towing. We shall see.
8 lug wheels, the weight of a 3500 truck, the capacity of a 1500 truck , and That's progress . You can keep that junk . That's what I would expect from government motors .
There is no disputing that there are some fantastic vehicles being built today. But none are affordable.
Im not paid by gm or worried about anyones feelings. I think it sucks. Its a robbery. I bought an accord and i took two trips to texas 850 miles both ways. So over 3000 miles total and that wasnt even really that long of a trip compared to whats possible in usa. If i had to stop and charge every 350 miles it wouldve turned a one day trip each way 4 days total into like 5 or 6 or something.
Pretty impressed by her but I love my ice truck. And I don't want it any other way.
I know it's to make the truck more aerodynamic but I don't like the swept back rear cab. I never was a fan of the Avalanche.
Me neither. Can’t tell if it’s coming or going.
when will they be ready for tesla charging?
When is this truck hitting Canada? Seems to be no answers up here…
Did u 2 call each other before dressing. LOL!
So much for 39k price tag that was advertised huh. What a bunch of crooked lies. 39k to 79k wth you guys are out yo minds.
I hate the myltipro tailgate. I wish I had a old fashion regular tailgate.
YEAH RIGHT, there is no way a women is a chief engineer of ANYTHING but my sandwich!!! lol
Still single, huh? Wonder why.
@@jamesengland7461 Nope, married with kids
@@Georgewashington-o7m then you ought to have learned more respect for women by now.
Funny, you mention the catalytic converter. I have a 99 F150, and I just replaced two of the four that were stolen and it cost me $520.🤪
4? I thought those things had just 1.
@@censored4christ162
Nope, 4 total🤪
Cut to the chase. Ask her what was built in and designed to fail. Example. Northstar v8 head gaskets. Active fuel management system. 2.8l v6 check engine light. The gm stealerships where promised something.
Bro you dont have to. I can tell you right now itll be the battery that fails or the computer will freeze up amd youll have to hard reset the compiter whike thenredlifht turns green and red and green and everyone is honking at you
Can only imagine her electric bill.
A lot less than the gas bill will be if it is ICE.
Government motors is paying it when they require another unnessessary bailout the next time the wind blows because most of us arent going to buy the truck
@@user-tb7rn1il3qthats because those of us with ice vehicles actually go driving to far away places people with electrics cannot easily make get too. We arent busy charging in the garage or the charging station. Also the ice vehicles cost half as much so its funny you convieniently act like its a benefit when one bill shrinks but the others hyper inflate. Like the insurance bill. The power bill. The mortgage payment on it. The cost of the hours of life wasted charging where you cant work to pay the bills because youre stuck charging an electric truck. How convienient the gas bill went away and the light bill went uo and the insurance bill went up the car loan went up, the range went down. Come on man, if gm is scamming you, youre getting scammed by a lot of others. Theyre playing you. Even gm cant see what they got sucks. Ford makes a "lightning" it cant do anything its literally embarassing. Car guy youtubers buy them to tow and they find the ligjtest automobile.possible to tow and it goes 100 miles and needs to charge for an eternity. Its embarassing. We are going to all die if the ford f150 lightnining is the future we have to rely on 😂 I domt even want to try to buy an f150 hecsuse the money just goes into the fire. Like the harley livewire. Look at zero motorcycles its the same writing on the walls. Super ecpensive bike, low range. Spends the whole time charging, people are nervous about buying it used
Is anyone developing a camper shell for it.
Still need quick charging stations, they are building electric vehicles very limited charging stations.
A quick charge station is like communist bread lines compared to a gasoline pump
What about a slide in camper ?
5th wheel towing capabilities?
I’ll simplify it for you. The only reason this truck gets more range than the Lightning is because it has a larger battery. That would be like Chevy bragging its gas Silverado gets more range than the F-150 but don’t mention it’s because it added a secondary gas tank.
I think that bigger battery will be very important to fleet customers...
@@richfarfugnuven6308 bigger batteries aren’t the solution to range increases. Weight reduction and motor efficiencies paired with a good thermal management system and aerodynamics would be better than added batteries. Larger batteries means added weight, added charge times, added charge costs, added costs paid for by the consumer.
@thiswillnotendwell4402 agreed, but as counter-intuitive as it is to some people, everything getting lighter costs more money. You could make a carbon fiber truck that is very light, but the $$$. Fleet customers will want the size for hauling large objects. The range will be important as heavy hauling in the winter, You will be lucky to see 200 miles out of this truck.
Isn't that why the measure of MPG is for? Not defending anyone here, but information is key here. Just saying...
nope. the silverado has a much better drag co-efficient than the lightning.
Great video
She's wrong at one point. Efficiency does matter. You can get a similar or better range in an efficient EV with a smaller battery than an inefficient EV with a big battery. The optimum, of course, is an efficient EV with a big battery, but not everyone needs the maximum range. People have to think about what they really need in everyday usage.
Ill wait until Munro Live takes one appart and see whats inside 😊
Sandy praised the Lightning and it is just an ice truck with a battery! He should bow to the Silverado but doubt it because he hates GM!
Nobody except Tesla stans care what Sandy has to say.
TLV. Well it looks and sounds like the perfect option for those Seventh Day Adventists here Downunder in a largest state of any continent in our world ! ! Does it come with a Toyota badge ? V.
No wonder this truck is so weird. The chief engineer wasn’t designed this truck around her own needs. Doesn’t fit with the general public.
5’11 bed , not long enough for me , expensive grocery getter
I was hoping for a 200 foot bed myself . dang it when will they learn . 🙄
I hate to be the one that says "women don't know what they're doing" but there are some serious design flaws for it to be considered a "work truck". He's right, there is no midgate and a lot of "workers" need that for "FULL VERSATILITY".
Which competitors have a mid gate?
@@paulrybarczyk5013 Okay, that's a fair point but to consider it a "work truck" without that feature is a disappointment. Even their own Sierra 2024 ev has a mid gate.
Men engineers didn't step up for Ford or gm to lead the development of ev pickup trucks. So this is what us guys who actually use a truck pretty much only for work purposes and truly like evs for the reduced operating costs end up with. 😐
And that has NOTHING to do with her being a woman.
What I like most about GM is that the women take a very big part of administration and production, so kudos to GM.
Do you believe men can be women simply if they identify?
You didn't ask about the GVWR!!!!!
How reliable is the truck, the brand Chevrolet...i know that EV it's a new filed, but....in the gas segment, they are far away from Toyota, hopefully they will cache up the EV market 😑 thx