2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST Will get Energy Increase, Now Makes 754 HP

When Chevrolet debuted the 2024 Silverado EV, it was listed with an estimated most output of 664 horsepower and greater than 780 pound-feet of torque. Now, Chevrolet tells us these figures are revised upwards to 754 hp and 785 lb-ft – a major acquire for the all-electric truck.

If these numbers sound acquainted, it is since you simply heard them related to one other electrical pickup truck underneath the Basic Motors umbrella. The 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Version 1 debuted on October 20 with the identical output out there in Max Energy mode. It appears Chevrolet does not need its performance-oriented RST outgunned by the electrical Sierra.

A Chevy spokesperson confirmed the rise in an e mail to Motor1.com:

As we put together for manufacturing of the Silverado EV, our engineering workforce has additional refined the estimated efficiency specs for the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST First Version. GM now estimates horsepower to be as much as 754 and torque as much as an estimated 785 lb-ft when Huge Open Watts mode is engaged.

It is essential to notice that the revised determine remains to be an estimate, which implies it could but change once more earlier than the RST reaches dealerships. There’s loads of time for that to occur, because the RST is not slated to go on sale till the autumn of 2023. The Sierra EV Denali Version 1 has a good longer wait, arriving in early 2024. Each vans function the identical unibody design with the Ultium battery pack built-in instantly into the construction, so adjustments to at least one can simply transition to the opposite.

These energy rankings characterize peak energy out there in sure drive modes. Within the Silverado EV RST, it is accessible when utilizing the cheekily named Huge Open Watts (WOW) mode. The Sierra EV merely calls it Max Energy, however in both case, sprints from a standstill to 60 mph are estimated to take about 4.5 seconds.

Beating the RST and Denali to market would be the less-powerful Silverado EV WT, although it nonetheless delivers a stout 510 hp and 615 lb-ft of torque. There is not any phrase on whether or not it should see revised energy figures earlier than it goes on sale within the spring of 2023.