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# GM to make electric version of Chevy Silverado pickup

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Auto maker expects the new truck to offer a single-charge range of more than 400 miles

General Motors Co.
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plans to roll out an electric version of its Chevy Silverado pickup truck, the latest in its efforts to convert its global lineup to electric vehicles.

The nation’s largest auto maker by sales has set a target date of 2035 for phasing out gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles from its showrooms globally. GM plans to deliver more than one million electric vehicles across the world by 2025, the company has said.

The full-size Chevy Silverado pickup will be designed “from the ground up” as an electric vehicle, the company said Tuesday. GM said it would be built at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant, where the company also intends to make the GMC Hummer EV sport-utility vehicle and an autonomous vehicle for its Cruise driverless-car division.

GM estimates the Chevy electric vehicle would have a range of more than 400 miles on a single charge, roughly matching the range a Silverado would travel on a single tank of gasoline.

An expanded version of this article appears on WSJ.com.

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