Expanded Silverado EV Production Delayed a Year as GM Cites 'Evolving EV Demand'

The Chevrolet Silverado EV is the automaker's eagerly-awaited entry into the electric truck space. As General Motors gets busy building the first examples, it has elected to delay one factory's transition to EV truck production, which could leave it idling for almost two full years.

As covered by The Detroit News, GM will push back Silverado EV production at its Orion Assembly plant to late 2025, instead of late 2024. The decision has been made with an eye "to better manage capital investment while aligning with evolving EV demand," said GM spokesperson Kevin Kelly. In regular terms, that means that current demand levels don't justify switching over the Orion production line just yet.