Chevy Silverado EV smashes world record for longest drive on a single charge

A 2026 General Motors Chevy Silverado electrical conveyance (EV) during a Great American Road Trip Expo hosted by the Department of Transportation (DOT) successful Washington, DC, US, connected Thursday, May 29, 2025.

General Motors claimed a caller satellite grounds for EV driving connected a azygous charge, aft a Chevy Silverado EV traveled 1,059.2 miles without recharging its battery.

The perchance record-breaking tally took spot implicit 7 days astatine GM’s Milford Proving Ground and Detroit’s Belle Isle “using astute driving techniques” that included limiting the velocity to 20-25 mph. The motortruck was a 2026 Chevy Silverado EV Work Truck with an EPA-estimated scope of 493 miles. But by making a fig of adjustments, GM’s engineers were capable to acold surpass the vehicle’s estimated range. Like far, far, acold surpass.

What benignant of adjustments? First of all, the trial was conducted successful the summertime for “optimum ambient somesthesia for artillery efficiency,” GM says. They besides lowered the windshield wiper blades to trim drag, inflated the tires to the highest acceptable unit for little rolling resistance, removed the spare tyre to lighten the load, and optimized the instrumentality alignment. A tonneau screen was added to the motortruck furniture for smoother airflow, and clime power was turned disconnected for the duration of the test.

The Work Truck is besides a much stripped down trim, lacking the elephantine touchscreen, fancy leather interior, folding midgate, and smaller alloy wheels of its sibling trucks. This is besides apt a value saver and helps with achieving a longer range.

The Silverado EV was already impressing reviewers with its unparalleled scope earlier the record-breaking run. Edmunds’s trial of the Silverado EV Work Truck with the Max Range artillery battalion drove 539 miles connected a azygous charge, 47 miles past its EPA estimate. But the ratio was besides terrible, clocking successful astatine 45.3 kWh per 100 miles, oregon 2.2 miles per kWh.

The existent Guinness World Record for longest EV thrust connected a azygous complaint is held by Lucid Motors, for a 749-mile travel made by the company’s Air Grand Touring sedan. Lucid grabbed the rubric from a Mercedes-Benz EQS 450+, which traveled 649 miles.

In confining its driving to a backstage track, GM notched its milestone nether perfect conditions, portion different attempts were made successful much real-world settings. Lucid’s record, for example, was achieved connected a travel betwixt Switzerland and Germany connected highways, secondary roads, and alpine roads.

Its unclear whether this would conscionable the standards acceptable by Guinness World Records, but we whitethorn ne'er cognize arsenic GM doesn’t person immoderate volition to taxable it for consideration. “There are nary existent plans to taxable to Guinness,” GM spokesperson Catherine Scales said. “It was a passionateness task led and executed by GM engineers.”