GM CES officially announced electric pickup trucks to catch up with Ford and Rivian

January 6 news, according to foreign media reports, following the launch of electric pickup trucks by Ford and Rivian, the electric pickup truck market competition has added another member, and on Wednesday, local time, GM officially announced the launch of the Chevrolet Sorod (Silverado) pickup electric version at the CES online event.

GM CEO Mary M. Barra said the Sorod electric pickup will be divided into a commercial customer-facing work pickup (WT) and a luxury RST version for retail customers, with the WT version going on sale in the spring of 2023 with a starting price of $39,900 and deliveries starting in the second quarter, while the consumer-facing RST version is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2023, starting at $105,000. Additional models in this series will be available after 2024.

It is reported that the two models have a mileage of 400 miles (about 643 kilometers) in a fully charged state, support a maximum of 350kW of public DC fast charging, and can run about 100 miles in the state of charging for 10 minutes. In addition, the car has 10 power transmission interfaces, and can also power another electric vehicle when adapted to the charging equipment.

Currently, on the track of the first lap of the electric pickup race are Ford, General Motors and Rivian, the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck that went on sale this spring, which starts at $39,974, has received more than 200,000 F-150 Lightning bookings, with plans to double the capacity of electric pickup trucks to 150,000 a year; while Rivian's R1T model began shipping at the end of last year And for Tesla's Cyberruck release date is still undetermined.

Barra and GM President Mark Reuss believe GM will win long-term competition, first by developing a dedicated electric vehicle architecture and vertically integrated battery and car production chains, and then by launching electric vehicle models in large quantities in the mid-to-late century. Executives expect the company's proprietary Ultium battery technology to make it cost less than its competitors, giving it a decisive advantage.