The 2022 Chevy Traverse full-size three-row crossover will feature LED headlights as standard across all trim levels, GM Authority has learned.
This stands in contrast to the current 2021 Chevy Traverse, which only offers LED headlights on the range-topping High Country. All the other trim levels – L, LS, LT, RS and Premier – are equipped with high intensity discharge headlights.
LED (light emitting diode) headlights are increasingly popular because they draw only a small amount of electric current from the vehicle’s battery compared with more conventional lights.
In other Chevy Traverse lighting news, fog lights will not be fitted to the 2022 model-year vehicle. They are standard on the 2021 Traverse in the LT, RS, Premier and High Country trim levels.
These changes are part of a mid-cycle enhancement (MCE) which was originally scheduled for 2021, but had to be delayed due to complications arising from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Also included are exterior and interior styling changes and the addition of GM’s Safety Alert Seat, limited wireless phone charging availability and Chevrolet’s Safety Assist Package. The Traverse’s base L trim level will also disappear for the new model year.
Sales Results - Q2 2021 - USA - Chevrolet
| MODEL | Q2 2021 / Q2 2020 | Q2 2021 | Q2 2020 | YTD 2021 / YTD 2020 | YTD 2021 | YTD 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAZER | +4.38% | 20,590 | 19,726 | -4.81% | 39,855 | 41,870 |
| BOLT EUV | * | 406 | * | * | 406 | 0 |
| BOLT EV | +334.63% | 10,857 | 2,498 | +137.51% | 19,882 | 8,371 |
| CAMARO | -58.17% | 2,792 | 6,675 | -28.71% | 9,881 | 13,860 |
| COLORADO | -25.54% | 14,776 | 19,843 | -5.85% | 38,859 | 41,273 |
| CORVETTE | +224.15% | 7,971 | 2,459 | +132.23% | 14,582 | 6,279 |
| EQUINOX | +9.15% | 55,448 | 50,798 | -4.49% | 118,666 | 124,251 |
| EXPRESS | +39.37% | 12,552 | 9,006 | +31.88% | 29,429 | 22,315 |
| IMPALA | -87.60% | 252 | 2,033 | -89.80% | 714 | 6,998 |
| LOW CAB FORWARD | -1.43% | 1,515 | 1,537 | +2.83% | 2,472 | 2,404 |
| MALIBU | -61.31% | 4,899 | 12,661 | -33.49% | 31,886 | 47,944 |
| SILVERADO | +34.55% | 164,731 | 122,432 | +9.04% | 291,322 | 267,166 |
| SONIC | -78.83% | 447 | 2,111 | -76.57% | 1,512 | 6,452 |
| SPARK | +46.00% | 7,754 | 5,311 | +31.34% | 19,259 | 14,663 |
| SUBURBAN | +90.61% | 13,373 | 7,016 | +48.48% | 24,516 | 16,511 |
| TAHOE | +74.25% | 27,908 | 16,016 | +39.89% | 50,946 | 36,419 |
| TRAILBLAZER | +248.45% | 23,343 | 6,699 | +621.68% | 48,367 | 6,702 |
| TRAVERSE | +103.43% | 45,394 | 22,314 | +59.19% | 83,431 | 52,409 |
| TRAX | -19.47% | 18,092 | 22,466 | -30.88% | 35,047 | 50,708 |
| CHEVROLET TOTAL | +30.50% | 433,155 | 331,917 | +12.22% | 861,105 | 767,339 |
In the first half of 2021, the Chevy Traverse was the third best-selling Chevrolet and the fourth best-selling GM vehicle of any brand in the United States. Compared with the same period in 2020, sales rose by a spectacular 59 percent to 83,431 units. The only GM models to do better than this were the 2021 Chevy Silverado pickup truck on 291,322 units, the Silverado’s corporate cousin, the 2021 GMC Sierra, on 138,412 units, and the 2021 Chevy Equinox compact crossover, on 118,666 units.
The Chevy Traverse rides on the long-wheelbase variant of the GM C1 platform, and is built at the GM Lansing Delta Township plant in Michigan. The only available engine is the 3.6L V6 LFY gasoline unit, which produces 310 horsepower and 266 pound-feet of torque, and is paired with GM’s nine-speed automatic transmission.
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Comments
In my Acadia we went from a 17 to a 21 with LED. Not really any bid deal at night. In fact I think the High beams are not as good in coverage as the old.
The Fogs we seldom use. It kills the auto dim anyways.
I can see where I am going so I am good.
I just would be more concerned how the Traverse looks with out than anything.
While the front end is nice looking, I am not sure about the headlights with no fog lights. True today’s fog lamps are not like some of the more powerful aftermarket ones but they are an “extra” set of lights to have on during your daily drive or more for being seen in snow, rain, or fog versus seeing better. I have a new Blazer with the headlights in the bumper and no fog lamps. Granted my headlamps are HID and not LED. Only the DRL are LED. I’d be interested to see how they perform at night as I am still not used to mine.
The HIDs work fine and compared to my LED I liked them better.
The LED is easy on power and cheaper.
Fog lights has become unnecessary with the popularity of LED technology. As a matter of fact you can say fog lights put into headlight housing in current vehicles. Because LED lamps so small and much powerful than traditional halogen lamps you can package more amount of light source into same footprint so don’t need extra light bulbs anymore.
I thought the idea behind fog lights was lowering the light source so the fog was reflecting less of the light back to the driver. Which is why it kills the high beam because they make visibility even worse. I think fog lights should be mandatory as they give you a better view of the total road surface in front of you. Maybe I’m just showing my age . . .
Johnny you are correct. Yes the fogs are to be lower and near to light the way close as the moisture of fog will reflect if you try to show them too far out.
Now Driving lights were supplemental and brighter to see more of the road. With today’s lights they are redundant.
Most people mis use fogs for driving light. Many have no clue.
Much like head lamps. All cars today really have good lights. Most have never driven an old car with a Six volt system or even an old sealed beam car.
Much of today cry about lights is LED envy. They will add bulbs to older lights that really do little to improve lighting other than to make it whiter. The bulbs are using the same defectors and really do little to improve much. If they do often the are brighter than legal.
Like on my Acadia. The head lamps are totally different and use only indirect reflected light to shine vs the HID that had an exposed bulb.
The fog lamps were traditionally placed low because the use of legacy bulbs that don’t particularly good at aiming the light beams and scattering all over the place. Now with LED combine with adaptive headlight tech you don’t need to place fog lights extremely low.
By the way down below i attached the wikipedia article that pretty much summarizes the conversation in here and emphasize how fog lights have become unnecessary and the mostly used inappropriately in the first place;
“Front fog lamps provide a wide, bar-shaped beam of light with a sharp cutoff at the top, and are generally aimed and mounted low.[17][18] They may produce white or selective yellow light, and were designed for use at low speed to increase the illumination directed towards the road surface and verges in conditions of poor visibility due to rain, fog, dust or snow.
They are sometimes used in place of dipped-beam headlamps, reducing the glare-back from fog or falling snow, although the legality varies by jurisdiction of using front fog lamps without low beam headlamps.
Selective yellow fog lamps
In most countries, weather conditions rarely necessitate the use of front fog lamps and there is no legal requirement for them, so their primary purpose is frequently cosmetic. They are often available as optional extras or only on higher trim levels of many cars. Since as early as the 2020s, several car manufacturers have noticeably omitted the front fog lights from many of their latest models, as latest high-tech lighting such as DRLs and LEDs fitted on automatic high beams negate the use of fog lamps.[19] However, some manufacturers who still offer foglamps as standard equipment in certain model trims have diversified its use to function also as an automatic lighting delay for vehicles, to light up the surroundings and roadside curbs after being parked.
An SAE study has shown that in the United States more people inappropriately use their fog lamps in dry weather than use them properly in poor weather.[20]
Because of this, use of the fog lamps when visibility is not seriously reduced is often prohibited in most jurisdictions; for example, in New South Wales, Australia:
The driver of a vehicle must not use any fog light fitted to the vehicle unless the driver is driving in fog, mist or under other atmospheric conditions that restrict visibility.[21]
The respective purposes of front fog lamps and driving lamps are often confused, due in part to the misconception that fog lamps are necessarily selective yellow, while any auxiliary lamp that makes white light is a driving lamp. Automakers and aftermarket parts and accessories suppliers frequently refer interchangeably to “fog lamps” and “driving lamps” (or “fog/driving lamps”).”
The article is actually incorrect. In the current model, Premier and High Country both have LED headlights. Not just the high country
You are correct! We own a 2018 Premier and it has the LED lights. My concern is that they are going backward on these new lights as they look to be projector LED lamps with the little high beam/low beam flipper! That is a step backward, along with no fog lamps makes our initial plans to purchase a new Traverse, unlikely. Why does GM so often take steps backwards!!!
Are you seriously not going to buy one because it doesn’t have fog lights? They are mounted low, they aren’t needed. Lights are a key factor on safety rating, they aren’t going backwards in terms of light output. I bet these lights out perform your current lights…
My 09 and 16 had crappy headlights. Poor overall distance and width. Seemed like I had a porch awnings on my traverse. There has been c/o this.
Wow, LED, really? GM is actually implementing new stuff out of the blue.
Omitting the fog lights, leave a black spot in the front. They look great in the 2021 models. Waited a year for the 2022 model HighCountry. This is gonna change buyers minds. It has mine. Looking somewhere else. Weather has gotten worse, the more light in front the better.
It won’t change anyones mind, this is superior. The main headlights are mounted low which A, negates the need for fog lights and B, allows the light to be projected further without blinding on coming traffic. You and Dan Brown really have no clue. They aren’t going backwards with lighting, they are going the other way as it becomes more and more critical in a higher safety rating.