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GM President on First EV, Chips, Outlook, Inflation

General Motors President Mark Reuss discusses the automakers first-ever electric vehicle, the Silverado RST pickup truck, supply chain challenges, the ongoing chip shortage, demand for vehicles amid rising inflation and working from home. He speaks to Bloomberg's Matt Miller at GM's proving...

www.bloomberg.com

 

[HawaiiEV]

Sure makes it sound like Midgate will not be an option on WT, only RST. Wonder what the starting price point for RST is.

 

[camaroz1985]

Just looking at two people in the cab you can tell how big this thing is. I mean looking at the prototypes and dimensions is one thing but seeing people in there puts it into perspective.

 

[Holeydonut]

Just looking at two people in the cab you can tell how big this thing is. I mean looking at the prototypes and dimensions is one thing but seeing people in there puts it into perspective.

FWIW, the male passenger is Matt Miller. He is maybe 5 feet 7 inches tall. so he's probably not the best person to be a proxy for interior roominess.

However, I do know one of the benefits of buying a Detroit-engineered vehicles is the interior engineers design the packaging around larger sizes compared to the Japanese and European counterparts. IIRC GM's target male for Trucks and D-segment vehicles is like 6 feet 1 inches and 215 lbs. So if you're about that size you should feel great in any Silverado EV.

Of course, larger and smaller people can still fit, but the distance to reach buttons and general confort/support start to feel a bit different for those larger/smaller folks.

 

[HawaiiEV]

Yeah I’ve been cozy in Japanese cars all my life, it’s nice in the Escalade to have room for all 6’3” and 240 pounds.

 

[Burbman]

The dip they went through at about the three second mark makes it look like the suspension is pretty stiff. A lot like my wife's MME. Probably a function of the overall vehicle weight due to the battery pack.

 

[SilverDan]

Great catch, I just wish they had more video. But since they’re apparently giving rides now maybe we’ll finally start to see more.