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Hi, I'm Ryan Vaughn, Design Director for Chevy Trucks

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This is the new Silverado EV. We're really excited about it. We've just revealed
it and I can walk you through some of the design features for the truck

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We're really taking advantage of the fact
that this was designed ground up and using

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our Ultium EV platform. It allows us to deliver things
that we really have not been able to achieve any other way

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on traditional full-size combustion pickups. So from a packaging
standpoint, we've done a lot of work to devote as much space as possible

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to the occupants, to occupant spaciousness
and to storage flexibility and functionality

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which we'll see as we walk around the truck. Also the one thing you're
probably noticing straight away is it doesn't look like a conventional

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pickup truck. That, of course, is because it isn't. It's a full EV and
we're really taking advantage of that by things like a very sleek front end

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We no longer, of course, need a traditional grill. So we've taken
advantage of that to really clean the front end up, very sleek and modern

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and also really make the profile of the
front of the truck more sleek as well

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That actually improves forward visibility. So we're rounding the
nose off, we're lowering the cowl so the base of the windshield has

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come down. So when you sit in the truck, you've got
great forward visibility and great forward down vision

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We're showing this as an RST trim, RST model, and
that includes things like these 24 inch wheels

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So largest in the segment, low profile tires.
This is more of a street or on-road truck persona

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As we saw in the CES presentation, there's
other versions of the truck that we're working

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on like Trail Boss that will have
more of an off-road rugged persona

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You can really see too the sculpture and the
form language that we're able to get into

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this truck that's really beyond what
we've been able to do up to this point

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We're really excited about that. Just the drama and the
sleekness and the modernity of the truck really comes through

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So as we move around to the side, we can really
start to get a sense of how we've reproportioned

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the vehicle and really taken advantage of
what the Ultium architecture is giving us

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from a packaging standpoint. So for example, the front
overhang is very short compared to what we see typically on

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full-size pickups. And that's of course, we don't have a
conventional engine, we don't have things like radiators

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and charge coolers that we would typically have to package. So we're actually
making that overhang shorter by moving the front axle forward and that's

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giving more space to the interior. We're also
actually moving the second row occupants rearward

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So we've got more couple distance, that's the
distance from the front row to the second row

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That means more rear seat legroom and knee room. So even though the
vehicle overall is really similar to the size of a combustion Silverado

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there's more interior space available because
of the packaging efficiency that we have

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And that extends to the bed as well. So we have a 5'11
bed, which is the largest in the EV truck segment

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And then we can go even further and expand
that bed using the mid-gate, which is the

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bulkhead between the bed and the cab. We can actually fold that
down and expand that space and we can show you more detail

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about that. So another thing that really drove a
lot of the design and the appearance of the truck

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is aerodynamic efficiency. That's a huge enabler to
achieving our range and we're getting over 400 miles of range

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And a big part of that is how
aero-efficient the truck is

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And we talked about how sleek it is, how smooth. Things like in a
conventional pickup, you have a separation between the cab and the bed

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Obviously here, that's completely integrated. Things like the sail
panel, this area of the truck here, that was tuned very carefully

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to improve aero as well. The wheel design, a lot went
into that to make that as aero-efficient as possible

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You notice it's enclosed. There are actually still some
air passages through here to allow for brake cooling and

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that sort of thing. A lot of work
even on things like tire sidewalls

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Just going through every detail to make sure the
truck is as aero-efficient as it can possibly

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be and we've been able to make it dramatically
more efficient than any other full-size pickup

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that we're aware of today. So as we come to the rear
of the truck, again, just all about the functionality

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Things like corner steps, they're
nice and big, easy to get to

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We've got our multi-flex tailgate as well
with all the various positions that we're

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used to that from, we've offered this on our
Silverado already. So it's deployed here as well

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And that really works with the mid-gate functionality
too to deliver a lot of different cargo configurations

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and flexibility. So the mid-gate has
actually got a few different configurations

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There's a lower portion, which is a 60-40
split. So we're seeing the 60% side go down now

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So the seat folds, that side folds down. So in this configuration,
you can fit something long in like a kayak, but you still have use

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of that second row. You still have
a seat for a second row passenger

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Now that other 40% side, we can fold down as well.
So we can do 100% that full pass-through folded down

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And then there's one step beyond that, which
is folding, removing the glass so that the

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rear glass actually removes, it stows in a
pocket on the forward side of the mid-gate

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And then the whole mid-gate folds down
to open up the entire rear bulkhead

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So the truck is also available with various power
outlets. You can see three of them here in the rear bed

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There's another one located in the frunk, the
e-trunk forward storage compartment, which

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we'll look at in a second. There's a total of 10 power
outlets capable of delivering 10.2 kilowatts of off-board

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power, which is a lot. You could power something
like a house or a campsite and a worksite

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So obviously one of the major benefits of
an electric architecture is we have a lot

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of space available in the front of the truck. So
this is our e-trunk, our frunk storage compartment

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And we're really working to optimize the
space here to make sure that we have as much

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volume available for storage as possible. We've worked to really
make sure that the load floor is as low as possible to obviously

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make for easy loading. We've got tie-downs,
we've got power outlets, we've got lighting

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They're also working on a full suite of accessories
as well, things like tool boxes and pull-out

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trays to really maximize the
functionality. Hi, I'm Nicole Kratz

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I'm the chief engineer for our Silverado EV. And
I'm going to talk a little bit about the interior

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We redesigned this vehicle from the ground
up, and the EV architecture allowed us to

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do things that we haven't been able to do before. And so one of those
things was reconfiguring the front compartment, the cab, and the pickup bed

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So as Ryan just mentioned, we have a 5'11 pickup bed.
We have the frunk in the front that you just saw

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And now we're going to talk a little bit about
the cab. We have a really great spaciousness

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We've moved the second row passengers rearward
and the front row passengers slightly forward

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to make the overall length very
similar to our current ICE Silverado

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What that allows us to do is accommodate a
6' foot passenger, maybe even 6' tall plus

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really comfortably in the back row. The fixed glass roof that's on
the RST model allows for really great headroom and spaciousness

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And so our occupants are really feeling this
sense of spaciousness, openness, the truck

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doesn't feel closed in to drive. If we go over into the
interior, in terms of the front row, there is a lot of technology

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in our Silverado EV. I'll go to the other
side and point out some things for you

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The first thing that you'll notice is a 17
inch display in the center, along with an

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11 inch cluster. And we call this screen a freeform
display because it really can integrate into the design

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of the instrument panel itself. It doesn't need to look like,
you know, an iPad that's just sort of stuck on the center

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of the IP. We've done a lot of work with
the center console, again, EV architecture

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It really allows us to build this truck and
reimagine the cargo flexibility for our customers

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So we've got over 7 gallons of space in the
center console with a console that includes

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a moving cup holder that allows you to access
all of that storage space down in the console

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As you can see, we have done some physical switches. We've
done a good mix of virtualization as well as physical buttons

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So the HVAC switches are still sitting here. So customers that, you
know, use things, that go and use things frequently can go ahead

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and touch them. We have a volume switch still,
but volume knob up in the left hand corner

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And then on the other side of the driver's
steering wheel, there are chassis controls

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that are still physical switches. Now we also know that
we wanted a cleaner, slicker look for the interior

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And so some of those switches have been taken away and virtualized. But when we
virtualize these switches, we still have a switch bank sitting on the screen

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right underneath that volume knob. Those are
switches that are always going to be there

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They're persistent. They stay on the screen and
they're available for you to use at any time

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You don't have to search for them through menus. At the top of the screen,
there's also reconfigurable apps that allow the customer to choose apps

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and switches that they might use more frequently than others. So this is
all personalized at the top in terms of what applications you want to see

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and you want to use while you're driving your Silverado EV. And you can
see the great spaciousness that our fixed glass roof provides as well

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Now Ryan mentioned that we had dropped the cowl
down and that the front overhang was shorter

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What that means for our customers is really great forward visibility. So when
you put that together with this great glass roof, it makes the truck feel really

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open and easy to drive. Lots of great spaciousness. We've got
a lot of technology sitting inside of this vehicle as well

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As you can see, there's no push to start button. This is GM's first
vehicle where you can have a key fob in your pocket or an enabled device

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like a cell phone or a key card. All you need
to do is open the door, get in the truck

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Nothing needed to get the truck to
start and be ready to drive away

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You're free to buckle your seatbelt, type
into your navigation screen and be on your

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way very quickly. GM's also got, as Mary
mentioned at CES, the Altify platform

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What this really allows us to do is reconfigure
and personalize the vehicle after purchase

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There is not just over the air capability,
but also personalization and apps that are

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available for future purchase. And what this really means is
that you can continue to reconfigure, personalize, upgrade

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your vehicle over time and not have to go
purchase a new vehicle to get cool new apps

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and other features in your vehicle. The last big
technology is of course important to us is safety features

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The RST comes standard with Super Cruise with
trailering that really allows a hands-free

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driving experience on compatible roads. And it also senses when
you have a trailer to enable Super Cruise while you're trailering

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A little bit about the chassis and trailering. So the RST
offers 10,000 pounds of trailering and 1,300 pounds of payload

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It's a really great trailering capability for this pickup truck. We've designed
some things into the chassis to make the chassis very capable and as well

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really a great trailering dynamic drive as well. So our chassis has
rear independent suspension, 24-inch wheels and tires, which is a first

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for the full-size truck pickup market. We have
adaptive air suspension and we have rear steer

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And for those that are not used to driving
a pickup truck that might be interested in

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an EV and what this pickup truck has to offer,
what we'll let all those customers know is

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rear steer on this vehicle really makes this
vehicle very nimble and versatile in terms

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of being able to turn and the amount of
control that it has even at highway speeds

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Pulling a 10,000 pound trailer feels really
amazing going down the road when you've got

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rear steer helping you keep that trailer under control as well. Ryan mentioned
earlier that the Altium platform, that battery structure that's been built into

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the bottom of this truck and really the vehicle
has been built literally from the ground up

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The structure provides a really great vehicle dynamics performance.
So a traditional pickup truck has that cab and pickup bed separated

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It's got a frame with a body on
the frame mounted through mounts

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And what that means is a less strong feel
of vehicle dynamics going down the road

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This truck offers really great impact harshness,
really great dynamics going over bumps in

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the road. And so it starts to feel much more
luxurious, much more strong on the road

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This truck offers great vehicle dynamics and
that's because the structural performance

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of the vehicle is quite incredible. It floats over ride inputs,
chatter bumps, it manages swells and it doesn't have a lot

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of road input that you feel when you're
driving in a traditional pickup truck

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And that's number one because of the air
suspension, but also we offer in our work truck a

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coil suspension. The coil suspension is equally very
commanding and very stable on the road in terms of those

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ride inputs and it's really because of this
Altium structure providing us a really great

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vehicle dynamic feel