GMC is delivering its first Sierra EV electric pickup trucks to customers

GMC says its constricted “Denali Edition 1” motorboat versions of the caller Sierra EV pickup motortruck are present being delivered to their archetypal customers and are disposable for acquisition astatine dealerships nationwide.

GMC’s 2024 Sierra EV is genitor institution GM’s 3rd electrical pickup motortruck built connected the Ultium EV level aft the just-launched Chevy Silverado EV. It’s besides GM’s 2nd GMC-branded EV aft the beastly Hummer EV Pickup (which present also comes successful SUV format).

(Personally, I deliberation the Sierra EV besides has a looks vantage with its uniquely armored front, which mightiness entreaty to buyers not sold connected the Ford F-150 Lightning’s large lightbar brow, Rivian’s arguably cartoony headlights, oregon Tesla’s plank-faced Cybertruck.)

Regarding cost, the Denali Edition 1’s $97,500 terms tag aligns with GM’s evident strategy that each its electrical pickup trucks indispensable outgo astir $100,000 astatine launch, including the Silverado EV first-edition RST, which starts astatine $96,495. (The Hummer EV launched astatine $110K, and present starts astatine $96K.) At its motorboat price, the Denali feels similar a pugnacious merchantability compared to a Ford F-150 Lightning that starts nether $70,000, and it comes with Apple CarPlay, which the Sierra EV unfortunately lacks.