New GM electric truck faces competition and skeptical buyers

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PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The competition among U.S. automakers for a still-small pool of consumers seeking electric vehicles is quickly intensifying.

General Motors, normally the top-selling U.S. automaker, officially unveiled the Chevrolet Silverado EV Wednesday with a virtual press conference at the CES gadget show. Work truck versions go on sale in the spring of next year, followed in the fall by a high-end consumer version.

By then, they'll face competition from rival Ford's electric F-150, startup Rivian's R1T, and possibly Tesla's Cybertruck. Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, has promised an all-electric Ram.



Industry analysts say the intense competition in the electric pickup market means that battery-powered vehicles are moving into the mainstream after years of confinement to luxury or smaller vehicles.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/new-gm-electric-truck-faces-competition-and-skeptical-buyers/ar-AASsXlb

[Achilleaze]

1. It ain't a real truck.

It's a high-priced, fancy-ass form of transportation that looks like a truck, but is too nice and too damn expensive to mess up doing the actual work that trucks are expected to do.

So screw it. No one who needs a truck to actually do work (as opposed to those who want to ride around in a fancy carriage pretending that they do work) would invest in this set of wheels.

d'oh.