As a fellow Silverado EV owner, I pose a question to you. Isn’t it funny how the EV doomsday “experts” always seem to be people who don’t own EV’s? Don’t let the haters get you down, I say EV 4 LIFE!
don't know about any doomsdays, but the vehicle is more expansive but does less and depreciate worse because of battery, now if you ok with spending money for that by all means enjoy the EV benefits, if i would have the money i would probably do it too even for enjoying innovation alone
Congrats on your Silverado EV. We're a dual EV household now (non-Tesla), and will never go back to ICE. I can't have, and don't want a gas statin in my garage, but I can have a cable that's ridiculously convenient for "fueling" our daily drivers.
I’ve driven many different vehicles in AZ as I lived in metro Phoenix for decades. Overheated a Sierra hauling a load, almost overheated a Jag XJ with heavy items in the trunk; a Malibu blew the water pump going to Tucson, a Buick Regal worked fine in any temp, as did the Tahoe that I currently have.
Great video and love the graphics showing your state of charge and position on the journey. Would have loved to hear more about how the AC worked in such extreme heat and if there were any other things you learned about the truck from this trip.
Thank you. Jacob Ball does an excellent job on the editing, for which I'm very grateful. I wish I would've thought to mention the A/C! (Which would make sense in a video about heat:)) But to the truck's credit, it was good enough that we really didn't even notice anything, which is probably why I didn't think about it.
Another thing that might be affecting your range is your speed. I have a Chevy EV blazer and I’ve noticed mileage is greatly reduced when you drive anything over 70. The efficiency estimated mileage tends to match the odometer mile for mile when you stay at 70 or below.
Yeah, the on-the-road charging is expensive. It's the home charging where you really get it for cheap. Plus keep in mind its 440's per "tank". As opposed to my gas one that's realistically 230 and costs $85.
Thanks for this video. We just got a Cadillac Lyriq for my wife and we love it. I drive a Silverado and am considering getting the Silverado EV going full electric. 2 questions. How long does your charging at home take on the included charger? Do you have the 50amp plug in charger or did you hardwire? And second, I am in Florida, so like you Vegas it's HOT. How did the glass roof with no shade cover do? Was it crazy hot with the sun beating in?
Love the Lyric. Charging the Silverado at home, I get about 14mi/hr according to my dashboard. Seems like charging overnight I get about 25% charge depending on about how long. I'm using a 30amp 220v charger. They sent me the new Powershift charger, but it hasn't been installed yet. According to GM, I should get closer to 30mi/hr charging with that, plus the future capability to charge back to my house in event of an emergency. Great question on the glass roof- I had that same concern myself. HOWEVER, it has a special coating where it never gets overly bright inside, and I've NEVER felt like the sun was bearing down on me through that top part. Has really been a nice addition with little-no downside. As far as going all electric, assuming it fits into your lifestyle, it could potentially be the right thing to do. I don't believe I'll go that way myself, but could be ok for certain people. If you're just a commuter and don't have a boat/trailer to pull long distance regularly, the Silverado would be great for you! Follow up and lmk how it goes!
I agree with these assessments. We took delivery of our Lyriq in Jan and our SEV RST 2 weeks ago. We had already installed a 60 amp circuit and now share the circuit with 2 tesla universal wall coonectors. Charging at home the Lyriq gets 32 miles of range per hour the SEV gets about 23 when only one is in use. (Half when both are in use) As for heat in the summer we have the SEV RST in white. No issuses the glass roof has a nice IR block on it. We have no regrets transitioning off ICE fully.
That’s been my experience with EVs. I liken it to more like a pilot for long trips. You have to map it out as opposed to the convenience of an ICE car. But the flip side is as a daily driver you have everyday convenience with NEVER making a stop at a gas station, and if opec decides it wants more profit and cuts oil production. That’s what makes USA 🇺🇸 great,drive what you want.
And if we can get more hyperfast chargers that WORK, it would be a non-issue completely. And the mapping out in the Silverado EV with Google has been really slick.
Most small aircraft can fly 400 to 500 miles before empty......... going just 120 miles and having to charge to half a tank to go another 120 miles would make for a long long trip. That drive is around 420 miles and my "travelling car"/ 2015 tahoe can do that easily on 3/4 tank without stopping and drive 80 to 85mph
@@flipphonewizard5448 wow that’s great for your Tahoe, but how much did it cost you to fill that up in the summer, and how much does that cost to fill up as your daily driver. I guess it all depends if you big driving trips every month,maybe an EV isn’t for you. I don’t have time for long driving trips so I fly to my destination as it takes a day just to get out of Texas which DOES NOT have the infrastructure for taking on a regular basis long EV trips. Enjoy your Tahoe as we enjoy EVs
@flipphonewizard5448 so it could go way further than 120 miles (it has about 440+ miles of range), but the computer calculates the most efficient charging locations based on how full the battery is. I'm traditionally a gas guy too, but actually don't hate this route at all.
Driving too fast man. Lol. I think if you went 70-75 you would see a difference. Just a like an ICE car. If I have the hammer down my gas mileage will suffer.
$41 to charge 1/3 of a tank. That’s no cheaper than gasoline, maybe even more depending on the grade of gas you use. My f-150 hybrid I put Olin non-ethanol and can cost me $120 to fill up but I will also get 680 miles from a tank.
BUT the Silverado will only cost him $20 to FILL UP 100% at Home where most likely 90% of where is charging is going to be. Road Trips he's paying retail just like gasoline. But overall his fuel bill bill wil be thousands less than yours. I have driven ev over 4 years now. Costs me $6 to fill up my ID 4-240-300 miles of range depending on weather. (xcel energy half price charging midnight to 6 am..like most electric companies) Education is a fantastic thing, instead of posting your "views" or those of others use the greatest tool every invented and search for the reality . battery technolgy has come a long ways and getting better every year. the Solid State ev batteries stae coming out in 2027 an will reduce weight by upto 50% , will be denser (hold more energy) and range will start at 400 miles and go to 800+ miles depending on vehicle
Good observation here- thanks for notating. However, @electric-rideshare below has a point regarding the typical costs. It's the hyperchargers for road trips that become as costly as gasoline. Otherwise, it's extremely economical.
Wrong, most EV charging happens at home when the rates are far less. Also, the ICE POS spews toxic air pollution every mile it is driven. And gas comes from the gas and oil industry that causes disastrous oil spills and fossil fuels are cooking the planet. Also, toxic air pollution in the form of particle matter harms human health. There are many other costs to using fossil fuels.
All you’re gonna do is like it more and more … you simply cannot beat having a gas station in your garage … if people got use to the connivence of charging at home vs using a gas station the whole “EV on a long trip” argument would cease to exists. When on a road trip does anyone stop, fuel up for 3 minutes and leave ? No one does, you use the bathroom? Get some food and fuel up … it’s an easy 15-20 minute process anyways … there’s not much of a difference. Now being able to find DC fast chargers 150kwh or higher at every stop along the way … that is a different story. When you plan trips you have to map out how fast the station is, luckily the Google map option when used, preps the battery for you before you arrive allowing for the fastest charging possible, and will tell you how many spots there are, how many are currently being used, and or when the last time someone used that charger so you don’t plan your way to a broken charger, which I have yet to see.
Some great points here. Caveats from my perspective being the following: 1. 150 kwh isn't nearly fast enough- especially for a huge battery like the Silverado EV. Needs to be at least 250 (like teslas) to make it fast enough to not get annoying. This is exacerbated exponentially when towing- (video coming soon). 2. I agree with stops being a few minutes anyway. When I've found a working hyper charger, and it's only 15 min to charge, it's seemed very convenient/reasonable. 3. The google map option is great, but not always accurate. The biggest problem being when chargers are "operational" but charging much slower than capacity. That way you plan on a particular stop and it being short, but ends up being long. 4. I've had several chargers underperform (grossly) which really put a hindrance to my long distance traveling. But these were in direct sunlight and high heat. Why don't they protect them at all with some shade!? Thanks for watching and for comments.
Yeah, good observation. Fast charging on the go you pay about the same amount per mile as you do with gas. The big savings are when you are charging at home on a regular basis. When you do that, it's a huge savings. There are a bunch of other reasons for going electric.
Great video showing your normal trip experience. Thanks for sharing. What was your avg. energy usage rate in mi/Kw-hr? It seems you did quite well at 80 mi/hr and high ambient temperature. Your efficiency would be good to know as well.
You know, I was too new to EV's on this maiden voyage to pay attention to that, but as I recall from afterwards, we were about 1.8mi/kwh. And that's with the heat and me driving about 80-85mph. I'll be posting a towing video soon that has that rate and how it was recorded and calculated.
@@NielTheRealDeal at an avg. 1.8mi/kw-hr that is 368 mi range for a usable 204 kw-hr battery under high speed and high temperature. This is very good in my estimation.
If you check the left side of the screen and change the to the trip odometer I found it gives a much more accurate real time miles per KWh … and of course it will tell you how far you went on how much power etc, there’s also a screen option that displays how much battery is being used for propulsion and how much is used for AC or Heat …
Tesla had me take the car down to 6% going from SF to LA in the 120 degree heat and the car throttled down to 30 mph on the freeway. Thank goodness we were only 3 miles to the charging station and we were close to the off ramp. I would never trust Tesla taking me down that low again. Also, the battery took forever to charge in that extreme heat. My Tesla is 8 yrs so the battery tech is older. Never again will I take an EV on a road trip. Too many stops.
Wow. In my silverado, you can set the minimum charge at arrival to whatever level you want to prevent that. I would assume the newer tesla are improved on that. The heat kills the stupid chargers.
It never has to run. That’s something ICE engines have to do because they are inferior. Replace the battery at 10-15 years & these EVs will run like day 1. Let me guess, $10-$15k is a lot to replace a battery, right? You do realize that you will have spent around $50,000 in the same time on gasoline ⛽️? Because people can’t do math, the oil industry has control.
EV batteries charging speed does not change , range will lose 10% based on previous testing on older evs. (other than Nissan leafs which are terrible because they dont cool the batteries, no thermal management whatso ever) all evs batteries come with at least 8 years/100,000 warranties (same or more than gas engines)...rivains come with upto 175,000K mile warranty
I have pretty solid confidence it should be a working vehicle for years to come. However, for it's regular usable life for me of less than 5 years, I know it will be great. But I understand your hesitancies, I had them myself....
