The Lucid Air Grand Touring recently traveled 748.8 miles (1,205 km) to set a new Guinness World Records title for the “longest journey by an electric car on a single charge.” Now, less than a month later, Chevrolet has blown past that by traveling a whopping 1,059.2 miles (1,704.6 km) on a single charge.

The feat was set using a 2026 Silverado EV Max Range Work Truck, which has an EPA-estimated range of up to 493 miles (793 km). However, this wasn’t a one and done thing as the company acknowledged the team drove the truck on public roads in “one-hour shifts.”

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That isn’t the only caveat as “drivers were advised to maintain an average speed of 20-25 mph and to minimize any hard braking or quick accelerating.” The spare tire was also removed to lighten the vehicle, while the wheel alignment was optimized and an accessory tonneau cover was added for smoother airflow. The team also kept the climate control system off, which isn’t exactly a realistic thing to ask owners to do in summer.

This means that while the distance is impressive, it’s not as fantastic as it sounds. It also seems far less remarkable than the Air’s record, which saw the car travel between St. Moritz and Munich using a mix of alpine passes, highways, and secondary roads.

Chevrolet Equinox EV Hits New Sales Record

In other news, GM said they hit a new record for electric vehicle sales in July. Americans bought more than 19,000 GM EVs last month and that’s up 115% from a year ago.

The affordable Equinox EV was responsible for nearly half of all sales as consumers snapped up more than 8,500 units. While the automaker didn’t release hard numbers, they said the crossover had the best ever monthly sales for a non-Tesla EV in the United States.

GM went on to say “Industry-wide EV demand is surging, boosted in part by the upcoming expiration of the U.S. federal consumer tax credit program.” Of course, once the credit expires, EV sales could dry up like a Texas creek in July.

General Motors has finally acknowledged the obvious: no one is buying the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV. As we recently noted, the company only sold 2,383 Silverado EVs and 1,249 Sierra EVs in the first quarter.

Those are dreadful numbers, and they appear to have been the final nail in the coffin for plans to turn Orion Assembly into an EV plant. The facility was originally slated to build electric trucks in 2024, but that date was eventually pushed back to late 2025 to “better manage capital investment, while aligning with evolving EV demand.”

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Fast forward to today, and GM has thrown in the towel on its electric truck plans. Instead, Orion Assembly will now build gas-powered full-size SUVs and trucks starting in early 2027. The move means the plant will likely produce the redesigned Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban as well as the GMC Sierra, Yukon, and Yukon XL.

As for the Silverado EV and Sierra EV, they’ll continue to be built at the nearby Factory Zero in Hamtramck. That facility also builds the GMC Hummer EVs as well as the Cadillac Escalade IQ.

The Gas-Powered Chevrolet Blazer Lives

The aging Chevrolet Blazer was expected to be discontinued, but it’s getting a reprieve as production will begin at Spring Hill Manufacturing in 2027. That facility is best known for making the electric Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq, but it also builds the dated XT5 and XT6.

Speaking of EV plants doing double duty, Fairfax Assembly is slated to begin building the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV by the end of this year. However, it’s getting some company in the form of the gas-powered Chevrolet Equinox, which will be built at the plant in mid-2027.

GM said the move will help support sales of the popular crossover, which was “up more than 30% year-over-year in the first quarter.” However, it’s important to note the model is currently built in Mexico, and this could have played a role in shifting some production stateside.

Unsurprisingly, GM didn’t mention tariffs or slower-than-expected electric vehicle adoption in today’s announcement. Instead, they packaged it in Trump-friendly form as CEO Mary Barra said, “Today’s announcement demonstrates our ongoing commitment to build vehicles in the US and to support American jobs.”

She added, “We’re focused on giving customers choice and offering a broad range of vehicles they love.” That’s a not so subtle hint that gas-powered vehicles aren’t going away anytime soon.

GM said the investments total around $4 billion, which is roughly the same amount of money they were investing in transforming Orion Assembly into an EV truck hub. This begs the question of how much money was squandered on the bad EV bet.