EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan takes a test drive in a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV Trail Boss, an all-electric pickup truck that is slick, fairly compact (for a full-size truck), and full of smart stuff and very good range. Plus, it lives on GM’s Ultium platform, designed for EV specifically, and ours had the Max Range battery..
This is a good-looking pickup that’s also smaller than a gas Silverado – 12 inches less wheelbase, and 7 less in length. It’s aerodynamically sleek, quiet on the highway, and gets a decent-size frunk, tightly-mounted running boards, and a 2-inch factory lift kit for a decent 10 inches of ground clearance.
Inside, a wide set of digital screens with configurable gauges displays in front, and a multi-media navigation/audio/climate control screen that also shows more. It seats five adults just fine, and even has a pop-out rear window and flip-down midgate to haul longer stuff in a 57.3-cu-ft) cargo bed with retractable cover.
It’s a truck – it can tow up to 12,500 pounds of trailer and still keep decent range – GM estimates up to 478 miles on a full charge from a massive 205 kWh battery pack, and we had 450 miles when we got it at 93% charge. Quick too – 5 to 80 percent charge in under 50 minutes on a DC fast charger. Oh yes – it’s got rear-wheel-steer, and it crab walks as you see below- rear wheels turn a bit in tandem with fronts.
So read lots more about this – 2026 Chevy Silverado EV Is The Real Trail Boss – and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.