[LowRider]

Looking at these measurements I can see that this thing is going to be too massive for me. Right now I'm pretty close to cancelling. I've been driving small pickups since I got my first Ford Ranger around 1983. My Nissan Frontier is much smaller with a 6 ft bed. I don't need all this girth.

 

[EVTrucking]

Looking at these measurements I can see that this thing is going to be too massive for me. Right now I'm pretty close to cancelling. I've been driving small pickups since I got my first Ford Ranger around 1983. My Nissan Frontier is much smaller with a 6 ft bed. I don't need all this girth.

Like you I have always owned smaller trucks. I have thought about cancelling my reservation because it is as big as it is. However, it is a backup plan in case my R1T becomes an issue.

Maybe you should hang on to the reservation as backup. It will be nearly 2 yrs from now before deliveries begin.

 

[LowRider]

I'm a retired Union Carpenter. I built my house and did sidewalk for over 25 years using Ford Rangers and Nissan Frontiers with no problems. And I carried bicycles inside with the front wheels off. Now that I don't need to work I use my pickup to carry wood pellets and firewood and sometimes rocks and gravel.

I sure wish Rivian would come out with a stripped down model, maybe for less than $60,000.

 

[EVTrucking]

Looking at these measurements I can see that this thing is going to be too massive for me. Right now I'm pretty close to cancelling. I've been driving small pickups since I got my first Ford Ranger around 1983. My Nissan Frontier is much smaller with a 6 ft bed. I don't need all this girth.

I'm a retired Union Carpenter. I built my house and did sidewalk for over 25 years using Ford Rangers and Nissan Frontiers with no problems. And I carried bicycles inside with the front wheels off. Now that I don't need to work I use my pickup to carry wood pellets and firewood and sometimes rocks and gravel.

I sure wish Rivian would come out with a stripped down model, maybe for less than $60,000.

If Toyota comes out with a Tacoma EV that may be an option but who knows in regards to when and price.

I to used my Ford Ranger and Tacoma WT (two seater) to haul everything from pea rock to plants, even pulled a few stumps.

The smaller form factor does not meet everyones needs but for a significant portion of folks they do!

 

[HawaiiEV]

Toyota most assuredly coming out with a Tacoma Prime first. This will meet a lot of people’s needs and also likely be significantly better for the environment than a Silverado EV, from a CO2 perspective at least. Hybrids and PHEV a better way to martial battery resources as well, as most people don’t have commutes over 50 miles. Silverado EV likely worse for the environment then those old small trucks.

Why hybrids may be a greener solution than electric cars

Hybrids could be a more effective route to reducing CO2 emissions in the short-term than electric cars, according to Emissions Analytics.

www.motoringresearch.com

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[LowRider]

I just read the linked article and I've read similar ones, including one where the former president of Toyota said that he could build 10 hybrids for there cost of one EV. I've love to be able to get a plug in Ranger. It could possibly cut my gas usage by 75%.

I'm souring on the Silverado EV with it's huge size and low payload. Like the currant gas pickups, it's really looking like just another big luxury car. Only this one is even bigger.

 

[HawaiiEV]

I think it only makes sense under three conditions. You can charge off solar, need the range of a larger battery and you will actually use the capacity of the bed regularly. For everyone else it really is just going to be a luxury or status vehicle, no doubt most will be bought by people for exactly this. It’s really no different than the Hummer EV aside from the looks, most would be far more environmentally conscious and better served by a different vehicle.

 

[LowRider]

Remember when pickups were work vehicles? They were a heck of a lot smaller than the ones these days that people use to drive down to the store to get a cup of coffee.

I feel like GM is going for the big flash instead of making something that would fit. Something smaller and lighter, with a 300 mile range, that wouldn't need such a massive battery making even heavier and less efficient.

 

[HawaiiEV]

There are rumors of such a vehicle and small pickups are back for the first time in nearly 3 decades. GM can’t help but sell what people are buying and giant EV trucks seem to be in demand, for whatever purposes, with 100k luxury trims leading the charge. Smaller makes a whole lot more sense when it comes to EVs and present technologies now.

 

[LowRider]

Maybe the rumored smaller GM EV pickup will be more up my alley.

 

[LowRider]

I'm a New Yorker, who worked in NYC. Can you imagine trying to park the Silverado EV in a NYC parking garage? First of all, it's so tall it probably won't fit in the door or the elevator. And if you do get in, they'd probably want $100 and hour!

 

[HawaiiEV]

I can imagine very few people who need this truck in the city or suburbia other then contractors of some variety. But people aren’t buying for needs at close to 100k, that’s for sure. They are free and to do so, but I’m free to push back especially when the “environment” seems to be their primary argument. Just because a giant EV truck might be better than a Giant ICE truck for the environment, does not make buying a giant truck more environmentally friendly than buying an appropriately sized vehicle. Worse yet they complain about how large it is at the same time… 😂