Late Last Year, We Test Drove The 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV Trail Boss... So You Don't Have To

Usually, when we test drive a vehicle on this channel, the team walks away with a range of opinions — about how it drives, what it does well (and badly), and where it fits in the broader EV marketplace. And we work hard to set aside our personal biases. Especially when it comes to oversized SUVs, massive pickup trucks, or eye-wateringly expensive models we’d never buy ourselves. That’s our job. A year ago, we test-drove the Chevrolet Silverado EV RST, which at the time was the most expensive version of Chevrolet’s all-electric truck. It was big. It was powerful. It was expensive. And while we respected what it was trying to do, we admitted we actually preferred the more practical — and far more affordable — Work Truck variant. Later, when we were in Los Angeles for the launch of the Chevrolet Bolt EV, several members of Chevrolet’s press team told us we’d probably enjoy driving the Trail Boss more. It had replaced the RST at the top of the Silverado EV lineup, and it promised somet