GMC Sierra EV Denali Debuts October 20, Entrance Fascia Teased Once more

GMC has dropped the second teaser for its upcoming Sierra EV Denali. The brand new video exhibits off the truck’s entrance fascia, one thing we’ve seen earlier than, however we now know the pickup will debut on Thursday, October 20, at 5 p.m. ET.

GMC will reveal the Version 1 mannequin subsequent week, and potential consumers can even have the ability to reserve it. In accordance with the automaker’s consumer-facing web site selling the truck, the Sierra EV Denali is “constructed to tower above every part you thought the electrical truck could possibly be. That’s why it’s the one EV that deserves the identify Denali.” GMC first teased the truck in December 2021.

Little is thought concerning the truck, which can be a companion product to the Chevrolet Silverado EV (pictured above) that debuted earlier this yr and the GMC Hummer EV. The Chevrolet debuted with an estimated 400 miles of vary and a dual-motor configuration that may produce as a lot as 664 horsepower (495 kilowatts) and over 780 pound-feet (1,063 Newton-meters) of torque. The truck can hit 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) with its Broad Open Watts mode in 4.5 seconds.

GMC will doubtless supply the Sierra in numerous trims and configurations, however the buyer shouldn’t anticipate the whole lineup to be accessible all of sudden. It may supply a high-performance mannequin that borrows elements from the 1,000-horsepower (745-kilowatt) Hummer EV.

The automaker will doubtless have quite a lot of battery pack sizes accessible, with a single-motor, rear-wheel-drive variant serving because the entry-level mannequin. Nevertheless, it doesn’t appear to be that’s what will debut subsequent week as GMC touts the posh Denali model. The video offers a glimpse of the seats, the roof, and the tailgate. 

We do not know when the GMC Sierra EV Denali will go on sale. Chevrolet revealed the Silverado EV in January 2022, and the primary examples gained’t start arriving available on the market till the spring of subsequent yr for the 2024 mannequin yr. We wouldn’t be shocked if the GMC launched in late 2023 or early 2024. Common Motors has staggered the launch of its different EV fashions, and it may do the identical with the brand new GMC truck.