GMC confirmed on Tuesday that the limited-edition launch model of its 2024 Sierra EV pickup will arrive in summer season 2024—with about 10% extra EPA vary than initially urged.
The total-size electrical truck, touted to be the “Denali of EVs,” bears GMC’s top-luxury Denali badge and can provide a CrabWalk mode, not like the top-trim 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST additionally detailed earlier this month.
The highest GMC Sierra EV Denali Version 1 will arrive at a beginning worth of $99,495, together with the $1,995 vacation spot charge—altogether, hundreds lower than the around-$107,000 worth that was urged when Inexperienced Automotive Experiences first offered a Sierra Denali EV preview. The Version 1 rides on enormous 24-inch wheels and can embody four-wheel steering (enabling that CrabWalk mode), an air suspension enabling adjustable trip top, a 16.8-inch touchscreen infotainment system, and GM’s SuperCruise freeway driver-assistance function, which has been expanded to incorporate 750,000 miles of suitable U.S. and Canadian roadways.
2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Version 1
2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Version 1
2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Version 1
With a dual-layer battery pack anticipated to be the identical 205 kwh as prime trims of the GMC Hummer EV, the GMC Sierra EV can take full benefit of 350-kw, 800-volt charging connectors, in response to GMC, permitting as much as 100 miles of vary in 10 minutes.
The truck produces a “GM-estimated” 754 hp and 785 lb-ft of torque in its Max Energy mode, and the automaker has offered a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds. Towing capability is predicted to be as much as 9,500 kilos, and bidirectional charging functionality will permit it to export as much as 10.2 kw of AC energy for campsites, workplaces, or extra but to be detailed.
2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Version 1
Just like the Silverado EV, the GMC Sierra EV presents a versatile midgate setup, permitting cargo objects as much as 11 toes lengthy to suit with out hanging out from the car, by borrowing a number of the cabin house and utilizing the mattress tailgate’s load-stop. There is a entrance trunk—a frunk, in EV parlance—too.
The Sierra EV was revealed in December 2021 and at the moment confirmed for a 2023 market arrival. GMC has urged all alongside that it won’t be the “high-volume entry” electrical truck that GM CEO Mary Barra harassed in describing the Silverado EV. That possible signifies that work-truck variants deliberate for its Silverado EV sibling gained’t be translated to the GMC facet, though GMC had stated that an off-road-focused AT4 mannequin is on the best way, in addition to an entry Elevation trim round $50,000. With the Denali’s cheaper price, maybe the bottom truck might be extra reasonably priced, too.