# GM responds **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680 "2022-01-06T12:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/1 "2022-01-06T12:53:08Z")
… to Ford’s announcement of doubled electric truck production. > **[Chevy Silverado EV revealed: GM’s best-selling truck goes electric](https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/5/22863648/chevy-silverado-electric-truck-specs-price)** > > The fully loaded first edition will start at $105,000. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/2 "2022-01-06T13:05:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \* Trailering-capable Super Cruise, GM’s hands-free driver assistance technology, allowing drivers to travel hands-free on more than 200,000 miles of compatible roads across the US and Canada Just what we need, hands free driving while pulling a trailer. What could go wrong ? ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/3 "2022-01-06T13:18:57Z")
Used to think Toyota was small sedans. And Chevy was big pickups. Both have good mix of stuff. Wonder if segment sales would show more details. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/4 "2022-01-06T14:33:51Z")
> [@It\_s-Me](#): > > Just what we need, hands free driving while pulling a trailer. > > What could go wrong ? I’ve seen those commercials where the driver takes their hands off the wheel of their GM truck and clap and stomp the rhythm to Queen’s “We Will Rock You”. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/5 "2022-01-06T15:04:30Z")
As usual bring out something .5% of people could actually afford . ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/6 "2022-01-06T15:08:21Z")
How about the Mazda e with the 100 mi battery range? Around town car. Still $35k ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/7 "2022-01-06T15:14:58Z")
You forgot the $39,900 work truck, available when the $105,000 truck comes out. ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/8 "2022-01-06T21:01:07Z")
What keeps bothering me on this is the truck clearly resembles an Avalanche…but it’s branded as a Silverado by Chevrolet. Did they pull some Avalanche parts or designs out of the file cabinet? I still think Ford has a better offering in the Lightning. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/9 "2022-01-07T05:01:35Z")
Has a midgate like the Avalanche, haul 9ft long objects with the tailgate up. ![2024-Chevrolet-Silverado-EV-4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/3/c35302502690e7c2305f3c27cbc028bd1ed6709f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/10 "2022-01-07T11:40:05Z")
But how often do folks actually USE that feature? That’s always bothered me about the Avalanche; the whole midget thing is neat and all…but it’s always seemed like a solution in search of a problem to me. Of course, I may be odd. It apparently doesn’t bother a lot of folks to drive a 4WD SUV back and forth to Walmart every day on paved streets. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/11 "2022-01-07T11:47:56Z")
> [@ledhed75](#): > > But how often do folks actually USE that feature ALL the time! I have owned two Avalanches. My current one is an 04. It is the Swiss Army Knife of trucks. Haul 6 passengers or a stack of 12 ft 2x10s or 15 foot sticks of trim or 10 ft sheets of drywall or tow 8500 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-responds/181680/12 "2022-01-07T13:57:44Z")
$105k model and $40k model? Who knew a truck could have $65k in options?