The Chevy Silverado EV is one of the best electric trucks ever built, so why is nobody buying it
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A ~14,000 unit year against ICE Silverados selling 10x that per quarter shows that product quality alone doesn’t move truck buyers — charging, price, incentives, and use-case fit still dominate. Fleet and logistics operators should treat EV trucks as targeted deployments where infrastructure and duty cycles line up, not blanket replacements.
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