GM's first electric one-ton dually chassis is here, but you can't order it, and it has no cab. GM Defense, the company's military arm, revealed the UGV on Oct. 19, 2026. It is an unmanned ground vehicle that rides on an electric version of the heavy-duty Silverado 3500 HD with twin rear wheels. It comes in Army green only, which is the joke behind the headlines, though the hardware underneath is the real story.
What GM has shown
The UGV is a cab-less, autonomous machine meant for quiet electric logistics and casualty evacuation. GM's release is thin on specifics, as military announcements usually are, so treat the figures below as reported capabilities, not confirmed specs. We haven't been able to check them with GM Defense or an independent analyst.
Those include a 102 kWh battery pack and silent electric drive. An onboard combustion engine recharges the battery and supplies continuous power to equipment in the field. Electrek's Jo Borrás says the engine is likely the 186 hp, 2.8 liter Duramax four-cylinder turbo-diesel used in GM's other Silverado-based military trucks. That is his inference, not something GM has said.
Why civilians might care
Put together, it is an extended-range electric heavy-duty pickup platform, the kind of truck work fleets have long asked for. A battery for quiet driving plus an engine for the long haul speaks directly to the towing-range worry that has held back electric one-tons.
GM hasn't promised a consumer version or given any civilian timeline. Steve duMont, president of GM Defense, said the company does "not begin with a blank sheet of paper". Borrás reads that as a sign the concept isn't a one-off. The UGV also runs Scout AI's autonomy software, and he suggests that hints at progress toward the eyes-off driving GM has planned for 2028, though GM hasn't linked the two or said how that goal is tracking.
So treat a civilian dually as a hope, not a plan: the source reports no price, range figure, payload or production date for it.
Would you buy a diesel-assisted electric dually, or does a pure battery truck make more sense for your work?
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