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Review: 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST arrives for civilians

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The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV full-size electric pickup truck was first delivered in Work Truck specification to fleet buyers nearly a year ago; but only now can civilians take one home. The first retail version to arrive is the top-of-the-line 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition. miles per kilowatt-hour.

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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

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2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Drivers of the Chevy Bolt EV may qualify for a $3,000 discount on the Chevy Equinox EV. And the Chevrolet Silverado EV RST electric truck got a lower price than anticipated, as well as more miles of EPA range than it was originally supposed to get. Now, GM reportedly seeks a similar deal with CATL.

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GM’s epically bad year still earned it $10 billion – but that’s not due to EV sales

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Barra also expects GM’s “competitive position” to improve, EV-wise, this year with the GMC Hummer EV, Chevrolet Silverado truck, and Blazer EV, although GM has a stop sale on the Blazer due to software issues. General Motors said earlier this month that is finally ramping up production of its Cadillac all-electric Lyriq SUV this year.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

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The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Simply put, if a person is intentionally putting themselves in danger by participating in illegal driving behaviors, no driver-monitoring system would be enough. Such is simply the nature of the car industry.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

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We’re not holding our breath for that mythical $30,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV, but we figured retail versions of Chevy’s Silverado EV pickup truck and Blazer EV SUV would have reached the market by now. For that reason, the EX30 stands alone—and that makes it an important, and affordable, EV for this year.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

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We’re not holding our breath for that mythical $30,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV, but we figured retail versions of Chevy’s Silverado EV pickup truck and Blazer EV SUV would have reached the market by now. For that reason, the EX30 stands alone—and that makes it an important, and affordable, EV for this year.

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2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV: Chevy’s lowest-priced electric car gets a big brother

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If it were a person, you might almost feel sorry for the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV, which was launched in February. As GM seems unlikely to produce high volumes of Ultium vehicles until the end of 2022, the Bolt pair will remain the automaker’s only affordable EV offerings.