Safety The 2022 Silverado 1500 LTD Crew Cab was tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS): Silverado EV In April 2021, GM President Mark Reuss announced Chevrolet would be building an electric variant of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup truck at the Factory ZERO complex in Detroit. The vehicle will have a targeted range of 400 miles. The vehicle was unveiled in January 2022 at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The vehicle has been built from the ground up as a fully electric pickup by using a battery electric platform shared with the GMC Hummer EV, instead of using the existing Silverado platform. Production will start in the Factory ZERO assembly plant (formerly Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly) in the second quarter of 2023. Medium duty version (4500HD, 5500HD, 6500HD and International CV) For 2019, General Motors released the medium-duty Silverado 4500/5500/6500HD, joining the Chevrolet LCF 3500/4500/5500 model line (derived from the Isuzu NPR). The successor to the previous Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick, the medium-duty Silverado was developed in a joint venture with Navistar; the latter company assembles the vehicle lines at its Springfield, Ohio facility. In contrast to previous branding tradition, GM markets the medium-duty line exclusively as a Chevrolet with no GMC equivalent; along with a lack of divisional support for the segment, GM is seeking to rebrand the current GMC line as premium vehicles. Navistar offers a rebranded version of the Silverado 4500-6500HD as the International CV, its smallest model line (replacing the International TerraStar). With the exception of grilles and badging, both model lines are identical. In contrast to smaller Silverado pickup trucks, the 4500-6500HD is only offered as a chassis cab vehicle intended for the addition of rear bodywork (by second-party manufacturers). Alongside the International CV, it is marketed in two-door or four-door cabs with rear-wheel or 4x4 drive. Competing against the Ford F-450/F-550 Super Duty and Ram 4500-5500, the model line is a Class 4-6 truck. Both Chevrolet and International vehicles are powered by a variant of the Duramax 6.6L V8 diesel paired with an Allison 1000 or 2000 series automatic transmission. At its launch, GM introduced the model line primarily through its dealer network that specialized in fleet and commercial truck sales, alongside an additional limited number of selected dealerships. Military applications LSSV When production of the CUCV II ended in 2000, GM redesigned it to coincide with civilian truck offerings. The