PlugLog

Reality Check

Will a 2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV 8WT work for your life?

Put in where you live and how you drive. See your range at any temperature, what home charging costs there, how clean your grid is, and how far you can go on real roads, with every fast charger on the way.

200 kWh usable492 mi EPA est. rangeBuilt from real drives, not brochures

Then set your daily miles, highway share and the temperature below.

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mi a day

Charging at home

Town35% highwayAll highway
−10°45°100°

Outside temperature

20°F

Turn the knob to try any day.

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Estimated from other EVs' real drives until this model has enough of its own.

Until its owners log enough real drives, range is worked out from 2,422 real drives in EVs (5 of them this model's) at each temperature, as a share of their own EPA ratings, applied to its 492-mile rating. Where PlugLog doesn't have enough cold-weather drives yet, it uses Recurrent's winter range study (30,000+ US EVs over several winters: 78% of ideal-weather range at 32°F, 70% at 20°F), applied to PlugLog's warm-weather drives. Each temperature band switches to real data from this model on its own once it has 20 drives from 3 drivers, and its label changes.

Real data from this model: 0 of 5 temperature bands so far

Range at 20°FEstimated

351mi

vs 492 mi rated (-29%), at your 35% highway.

Days per chargeEstimated

9.2

Your 38 mi a day uses 11% of a charge at 20°F.

✓ Easy on 240 V

Home chargingEstimated

$101/mo

At 17¢/kWh. A gas truck: $162/mo.

Your grid

0.77lb CO₂/kWh

The US average (EPA eGRID): 50% less CO₂ than gas.

Range through the year

Estimated from real drives in other EVs, until this model has its own. At your 35% highway; the knob's at 20°F.

  • Below 32°F · youest. · Recurrent study348 mi
  • 32–50°Fest.456 mi
  • 50–68°Fest.486 mi
  • 68–86°Fest.497 mi
  • Above 86°Fest.493 mi

In the cold, most of the range lost goes to heating the cabin and the battery, and a cold battery charges slower until it warms. Precondition before a fast-charging stop.

Your week, on one chargeEstimated

38 mi a day at 20°F, plugging in overnight at home on 240 V the night before a day that would end under 20%. The orange days follow a night plugged in.

MON
89%
TUE
78%
WED
68%
THU
57%
FRI
46%
SAT
35%
SUN
24%
240 VFrom 10% to full in about 12 h at 16.7 kW

At 38 mi a day, a regular wall outlet falls behind at 20°F: plan on 240 V, or some public charging.

What it costs to runEstimated

A year at your 38 mi a day (13,880 mi).

  • A gas truck · 25 mpg$1,943
  • Silverado EV 8WT, charged at home$1,208
  • Silverado EV 8WT, DC fast only$3,197

Gas: $3.50 a gallon. Power: 17¢/kWh, and 45¢/kWh for DC fast.

How clean your charging is

A year of CO₂, on the US average grid (EPA eGRID).

  • A gas truck10,900 lb
  • Silverado EV 8WT on your grid5,400 lb
  • Silverado EV 8WT on the US average5,400 lb

50% less CO₂ than gas, where you live. Gas: 19.6 lb CO₂ a gallon.