Video Summary
Here's a summary of the YouTube video:- The Chevy Silverado EV is completely bespoke, built from the ground up, with no shared parts with other Silverados.
- The Silverado EV takes full advantage of the efficiency of packaging with the electric drivetrain.
- The Ford F-150 Lightning, the 2023 Truck of the Year, is an F-150 where the engine was removed and replaced with batteries and an electric drivetrain.
- The Lightning drives and feels like every other F-150 but is quieter and faster.
- The Lightning tows much the same as its ICE counterpart and is smoother and more comfortable.
- The Silverado EV has a 400-mile range.
- The Lightning’s charging is relatively slow due to being 400 volts.
- The Silverado has a two-layer battery that is 205 kWh that runs at 400 volts when driving the car, but goes into a series mode at charging stations to become 800 volts, enabling fast charging, with rates that were seen at 260 kW during the review.
- Silverado provides a longer range and faster charging, therefore being preferable to the Lightning for longer trips.
- The Silverado's interior plastics are pebble-grained and shiny, which could be off-putting.
- The Silverado EV is rated as more aerodynamic with 0.331, compared to the Ford Lightning at 0.4 range.
- Super Cruise is a significant piece of technology for the Silverado, and a real hands-off driving system.
- Ford also has BlueCruise but the EV has to be with no trailer. Chevrolet can SuperCruise with a trailer.
- The Silverado EV RST has a suggested retail price of $96,000.
- The Silverado EV has a mid-gate that goes down to increase the cargo length up to 10 feet, which has electrical releases.
- In towing, Silverado was kind of moving around a bit.
- The rear seat on the Chevrolet isn't as comfortable.
- The interior cabin feel is more luxurious in the F-150.
The Chevrolet Silverado EV wins this comparison test by a thin margin.
