2023 Chevrolet Silverado E electric pick-up confirmed

The first all-electric 2023 Chevrolet Silverado E will be unveiled in January, with manufacturing scheduled to begin the following year.

According to Automotive News, General Motors' vice president for global product development Doug Park said the battery-powered Silverado would enter production in early 2023 when speaking at the AutoTech Conference this week.

While revealing the model name as the Silverado E, Park confirmed the Chevrolet would make its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show next month.

“You'll see in [2022], of course, the Hummer SUV will launch. The Cadillac Lyriq will launch,” Park explained at the online conference.

“And then very soon after that, you'll start to see the Silverado E, the Sierra, and then there's a couple of other vehicles we're going to talk about at the consumer – at the CES show – that we'll also launch in [2023].”

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While full details of the Silverado E will be revealed in January, Park assured the audience the electric pick-up would offer a driving range of at least 300 miles – or 483 kilometres.

“We believe [electric vehicle] life starts at 300 miles of [driving] range, not 200 or 250. We've been there. We've done that. I think when you really start to get mass adoption, [to get] people interested, it's got to start with the three.”

Like the GMC Hummer EV – which uses the same Ultium electric platform as the Chevrolet – the Silverado E will adopt four-wheel-steering to greatly improve its turning circle.

Ford announced this week it has been forced to close reservations of its electric F-150 Lightning, with CEO Jim Farley telling Automotive News the Blue Oval has received almost 200,000 reservations – more than twice the company’s annual production targets, despite doubling its capacity in August.

Australian buyers appear to be warming to the idea of full-size American pick-ups, and manufacturers are taking note. Following the popularity of the Ram 1500 pick-up, Ford recently brought in an F-150 for evaluation, while just this week Toyota refused to rule-out offering the Tundra as part of its Australian line-up.

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Given the Chevrolet Silverado is already offered through GMSV’s Australian dealership network – made up of former Holden dealerships – it makes it a relatively easy process to add the electric variant to its line-up.

“The Silverado EV is another vehicle in the General Motors line-up that demonstrates our vision of an all-electric future,” a spokesperson for GMSV told Wheels, but added there was no local announcement to make on the model at this time.

The Chevrolet Silverado E will be unveiled on January 5, 2022, with production set to begin in early 2023.