There’s a reason they call it the heater core. It’s a fundamental part of your 1999-2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, especially in cold weather.

As Chevy lovers, you all probably get fired up when it comes to discussions about which trucks are the best on the road. In order for your 2013 or newer Chevrolet Silverado to outlast its competitors, it needs to get fired up, too.

Your Chevrolet Silverado gives you so much: space in which to carry your friends and family, the ability to conduct business on the road, and the satisfaction of driving a handsome and capable American-made pickup truck. Aside from gas and oil, it needs something else in order to provide you all of those things: electricity.

The 2015 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show officially started today. Chevrolet is one of the “2,300 exhibiting companies filling over a million square feet of the Las Vegas Convention Center.”

Feel free to sound off about what I did right and what I did wrong in the following video I made.

There’s nothing like jumping in your Chevrolet Silverado, cranking up the music, rolling down the driver side window, hanging your arm out, and cruising.

What do you think of when you picture a pickup like the Chevrolet Silverado? An engine (probably a V8), a cab, a bed, and…a tailgate. That last section is not only a part of a truck, it’s a very important one.