Electric Pickup Trucks: The Ones Worth Buying

Say hello to the new titans of torque, the best electric trucks featuring power-packed performance and genuine utility. With the ability to cruise comfortably for hundreds of miles and conquer challenging terrain over remote trails, EV pickup trucks are where electricity meets exploration.

Leave behind exhaust fumes and discover a world of unparalleled acceleration and brute force. These trucks are champions of strength and endurance, with frames that double as mobile power stations at the campground and the job site.

The segment looks different than it did two years ago. A lot of the noisiest projects never produced a customer truck, and the best-selling electric pickup has already been retired. What replaced the hype is more interesting: five battery-electric trucks that are genuinely good, and a wave of range-extended trucks that drive on electricity while carrying their own generator, which answers the one objection buyers kept raising.

We have split the list accordingly. First the trucks you can order today, then the ones close enough to be worth waiting for.

Best electric trucks

On sale now:

Worth waiting for:

Rivian R1T

Competition and innovation are powerful forces. Like a diamond forged under immense pressure, Rivian has built the electric truck the rest of the segment is measured against, equally at home on the daily commute and out with the best ATVs.

The quad-motor version puts one motor at each wheel for 1,025 horsepower and a 2.6-second run to 60 mph. Car and Driver clocked it as the quickest pickup it has ever tested. Dial the settings back to All-Terrain instead and 14.9 inches of ground clearance will rock crawl like a pro. The dual-motor with the Max pack is the sensible pick, and the one that returns 420 miles.

The catch is money. Rivian dropped the entry-level Standard pack in mid-2026, so the R1T now starts north of $80,000 and the quad-motor pushes past $115,000. A cheaper R2 is coming to fix that.

Starting price	$81,885
Motors	Two to four electric motors
Battery	92.5 to 140 kWh
Range	270 to 420 miles (435 to 676 km)
Power	533 to 1,025 hp
Torque	610 to 1,198 lb-ft
Towing capacity	11,000 lbs (4,990 kg)
Payload capacity	1,764 lbs (800 kg)
0-60 mph	2.6 sec

Chevrolet Silverado EV

If range is the number that decides it for you, this is the truck. The Max Range battery takes the Chevrolet Silverado EV to an EPA-estimated 493 miles on a charge, further than any other electric pickup, and GM engineers pushed a Max Range Work Truck 1,059 miles on a single charge in a controlled test to underline the point.

More useful than the headline figure is how wide the lineup has become. The Work Truck starts under $55,000 with 286 miles, which covers most people most weeks, and the Trail Boss adds genuine off-road hardware. It ditched the traditional Silverado look for a sleek front fascia with razor-thin headlights, and it will tow an off-road camping trailer somewhere remote without you planning the trip around chargers.

Starting price	$54,895
Motors	Two electric motors
Battery	Standard, Extended or Max Range pack
Range	286 to 493 miles (460 to 793 km)
Power	510 to 754 hp
Torque	615 to 785 lb-ft
Towing capacity	10,000 lbs (4,535 kg)
Payload capacity	1,300 lbs (590 kg)
0-60 mph	4.5 sec

GMC Sierra EV

The Sierra EV is the Silverado’s better-dressed sibling, and for a long time it was priced accordingly. The first trucks out of the factory were fully loaded Denali models, packing the sort of cabin you’d find in our pick of the top luxury SUVs.

That has changed. GMC added an Elevation trim at $64,495 and an off-road AT4, which brings the truck within reach of people who want a Sierra without the Denali bill. The Max Range pack is good for 478 miles. The Midgate is the clever part: a folding rear bulkhead that lets you slide long items out of the bed and into the cabin, and neither Rivian nor Tesla offers anything like it.

Starting price	$64,495
Motors	Two electric motors
Battery	Standard, Extended or Max Range pack
Range	283 to 478 miles (455 to 769 km)
Power	510 to 760 hp
Torque	785 lb-ft
Towing capacity	9,500 lbs (4,309 kg)
Payload capacity	1,300 lbs (590 kg)
0-60 mph	4.5 sec

Tesla Cybertruck

Defying tradition since day one, Tesla is perfectly at home fielding endless criticism. This pickup inherited the same thick skin, which it has needed given the reception the angular stainless bodywork received.

Under the armor plating sits a powertrain that will please speed demons and adventure junkies alike, along with a heaping serving of futuristic touches. Tesla dropped the single-motor rear-drive version after barely five months, so the dual-motor all-wheel-drive truck is where the range now starts. Range is the weak spot. At 325 miles it falls well short of what the GM trucks and the Rivian manage for similar money.

Love it or hate it, the Cybertruck is the electric pickup most people can actually picture.

Starting price	$69,990
Motors	Two to three electric motors
Battery	122 kWh (est.)
Range	320 to 325 miles (515 to 523 km)
Power	600 to 845 hp
Torque	10,296 lb-ft (at the wheels)
Towing capacity	11,000 lbs (4,990 kg)
Payload capacity	2,500 lbs (1,134 kg)
0-60 mph	2.6 sec

GMC Hummer EV Pickup

When this American car brand revived the Hummer name, everyone expected a capable off-roader with extreme features. It delivered that and then some, with acceleration closer to our favorite electric motorcycles than to anything with a bed.

The tri-motor 3X sends 830 horsepower to all four wheels, adds rear-axle steering and the party trick of driving diagonally, and tows up to 12,000 lbs. It is no longer the most powerful electric truck, a title the quad-motor Rivian took with 1,025 horsepower, and at close to five tons it is a great deal of vehicle for most driveways. The Hummer EV Pickup is still the one that stops traffic.

Starting price	$97,200
Motors	Two to three electric motors
Battery	205 kWh
Range	316 to 363 miles (509 to 584 km)
Power	570 to 830 hp
Torque	11,500 lb-ft (at the wheels)
Towing capacity	7,500 to 12,000 lbs (3,400 to 5,445 kg)
Payload capacity	1,300 lbs (560 kg)
0-60 mph	3.3 sec

Ram 1500 REV

Ram spent years promising a battery-electric 1500, delayed it twice, then cancelled it in September 2025 and moved the REV name onto something more pragmatic. Whether that reads as a retreat or as good sense depends entirely on how you tow.

The truck that now wears the badge drives on its electric motors at all times and carries a 3.6-liter V6 that never touches the wheels, working purely as a generator to top the battery up on the move. You get 663 horsepower, 141 miles of pure electric range for the daily run, and roughly 690 miles in total once the tank is doing its share. It will still pull nearly any travel trailer at 14,000 lbs.

For anyone who wants electric drive but tows across states rather than counties, this is the most sensible truck on the list.

Starting price	$58,000 (est.)
Motors	Electric drive with 3.6L gasoline generator
Battery	92 kWh
Range	Approx. 690 miles (1,110 km) combined
Power	663 hp
Torque	615 lb-ft
Towing capacity	14,000 lbs (6,350 kg)
Payload capacity	2,625 lbs (1,190 kg)
0-60 mph	4.4 seconds

Slate Truck

Everything else here is a large, expensive truck. Slate is building the opposite, and it is the most interesting thing happening in the segment.

The Slate Truck is a deliberately basic two-seat electric pickup with 205 miles of range, no paint shop, no touchscreen, and a price of $24,950 before options. The company strips out what most buyers never use, then sells accessories to add back whatever they do, including a kit that turns it into a five-seat SUV. Production is set for the fourth quarter of 2026.

It launched promising a sub-$20,000 truck, a figure that leaned on the federal EV tax credit that has since disappeared. Even at the higher number, nothing else comes close on price.

Starting price	$24,950
Motors	Single electric motor
Range	205 miles (330 km)
Seats	2, or 5 with the SUV kit
Delivery expected	Q4 2026

Ford F-150 Lightning EREV

The original F-150 Lightning was the electric pickup that sold in the biggest numbers, and Ford retired it in December 2025. What replaces it keeps the name and changes the recipe entirely.

The next-generation F-150 Lightning is a range-extended electric truck. The wheels are driven by electric motors at all times, and a petrol engine runs as a generator. Ford is targeting more than 700 miles of total range and a run to 60 mph in under five seconds, and aiming it squarely at people who tow long distances, work off mobile power, or live too far from a charger for a pure EV to make sense.

If you want the outgoing battery-electric version, the used market is where to find it, and it is a lot of truck for the money now.

Starting price	Not announced
Motors	Electric drive with gasoline generator
Range	700+ miles (1,125+ km) targeted
Power	Not announced
Towing capacity	Not announced
0-60 mph	Under 5 sec (targeted)
Delivery expected	2027-2028

Scout Terra

Volkswagen has revived the Scout name as a standalone American brand, and the Terra is its pickup. It is the most convincing new nameplate in this segment, partly because it is being built with real money behind it rather than a preorder page.

The clever part is that Scout will sell it both ways. As a pure battery-electric truck it targets up to 350 miles. Specify the Harvester range extender, a small petrol generator that recharges the pack without ever driving the wheels, and that becomes more than 500 miles. An 800-volt architecture and 350 kW charging put it among the quickest-charging trucks here, and it uses the NACS plug.

Scout quotes under $60,000 for the electric version and around $65,400 with the Harvester, with deliveries in 2027.

Starting price	Under $60,000 (est.)
Motors	Two electric motors
Range	350 miles electric, 500+ with Harvester
Architecture	800-volt, 350 kW charging, NACS
Delivery expected	2027

Telo MT1

The last one is a genuine oddity, and we mean that as a compliment. The Telo MT1 is an electric pickup roughly the footprint of a Mini Cooper that still carries five people and a usable bed, built on the argument that modern trucks have grown far past what most owners need.

The numbers are more serious than the size suggests. The dual-motor version makes 500 horsepower, range runs from 260 to 350 miles depending on the pack, and Telo has raised its towing target to 8,000 lbs. The company has signed a manufacturing partner for the body structure and is aiming at low-volume production in late 2026.

Treat that timeline with the caution any startup truck deserves. The idea is sound, though, and nobody else is building it.

Starting price	$41,520 (est.)
Motors	Single or dual electric motors
Range	260 to 350 miles (420 to 563 km)
Power	Up to 500 hp
Towing capacity	8,000 lbs (3,630 kg) targeted
Delivery expected	Late 2026, low volume

Buyer’s guide for electric trucks

Pickup trucks came late to electrification because the arithmetic is harder here than anywhere else. A heavy vehicle towing a heavy load is the worst possible case for a battery, and manufacturers spent years waiting for the technology to survive contact with real truck buyers. It now mostly does.

Performance is a near certainty. These powertrains deliver more horsepower, greater torque and quicker acceleration than almost any combustion counterpart, and the instant torque genuinely helps when you are moving something heavy from a standstill.

Range has stopped being the problem it was. The longest-legged trucks now beat a tank of fuel outright, and charging to 80% usually takes half an hour or less. Most electric pickups also double as mobile power stations with 12V, 110V and 240V outlets, and that battery bank can run a job site or a campsite for days.

Towing remains the honest catch. Hitch up something heavy and range falls sharply, and no amount of battery capacity has fixed it. That single fact is why Ram cancelled its battery-electric truck, why Ford retired the Lightning, and why range extenders went from a curiosity to the direction three manufacturers are now taking. If you tow long distances regularly, buy one of those, or look at hybrid pickup trucks instead.

One last thing to weigh: who will still be building your truck in five years. This segment has a short and brutal history. Fisker, Lordstown, Canoo and Bollinger all collapsed without delivering at any scale, and Atlis paused its truck to become a battery company. An established name or a well-funded newcomer is a different proposition from a preorder page, and the difference matters more here than in almost any other part of the market.