Video: Can the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV Do a 460-Mile Road Trip Without Charging?
Key Points:
- Impressive quickness and quiet operation are electric-vehicle hallmarks, but the on-the-road charging experience is oftentimes frustrating.
- With up to nearly 500 miles of estimated driving range, the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV makes charging-free road trips a real possibility.
- We put this big, heavy full-size pickup truck to the test on a 460-mile road trip to see whether we could make it the whole way without stopping to charge.
There are a lot of things I like about electric vehicles, from their instant torque that lets you scoot quickly from a stoplight to their smooth, quiet operation, but one thing I can’t stand is fast-charging them on a road trip. With sometimes-glitchy chargers in mostly inconvenient locations combined with the extra time that charging adds to a journey, it’s a drag on multiple levels.
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But what if an EV had so much range that you didn’t have to plan your road trip around charging at all? That’s the kind of range promised by the 2026 Silverado EV Trail Boss; when equipped with the available Max battery, Chevrolet says the truck offers 478 miles of range.
We put this claim to the test on a recent 460-mile road trip; watch the video below to see whether we made it the whole way without stopping to charge.
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