Production of the 2024 Chevy Equinox EV is now officially under way in Mexico, with new units set to shipping out soon. Some Chevy dealers have taken to social media to announce the new arrivals fresh off the production line as of January 29th, 2024. The first units to hit dealers are First Edition variants, which includes 2RS features with available two-tone paint schemes.
Photos of new 2024 Chevy Equinox EV units under production at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico hit the web last year, showing the first few units on the line as part of what is known as a “captured test fleet.” These initial units were essentially destined for evaluation purposes, quality checks, test drives, and other pre-production tasks, although some were also equipped with a VIN, indicating that they may be sold at a later date.
Back in December, GM officially announced that production of the 2024 Chevy Equinox EV would kick off in Q1 of 2024, and now, it appears as though that’s exactly what’s happened. Notably, the Equinox EV was initially scheduled to begin production during the 2023 calendar year, but was subsequently delayed, with GM also pushing back the launch of two other all-electric products, namely the Chevy Silverado EV RST and GMC Sierra EV Denali. The delay was announced during GM’s Q3 earnings presentation, with GM CEO Mary Barra pointing towards a need for software optimization.
The Chevy Equinox EV lineup will eventually consist of five trim levels, including the 1LT, 2LT, 3LT, 2RS, and 3RS. The initial models will consist of limited First Edition variants. Range estimates are between 250 miles and 300 miles, depending on the trim level and configuration selected, with front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive offered. All models are equipped with GM Ultium batteries and GM Ultium Drive motors, with the GM BEV3 platform providing the underpinnings. The Chevy Equinox EV will also be manufactured in China for sale in the Chinese market.
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Hopefully this launch goes better than the Blazer. GM really needs this to go well.
Agreed, looks like Equinox may beat Blazer. I believe Blazer is still under stop sale and very few units made it into customer hands before the stop sale.
I was at a dealer about a month ago and they had a Blazer EV in stock just sitting in the lot. Stop sale. The salesperson was allowed to let me walk up to it but we weren’t allowed to open the doors/sit inside. Such a botched launch. They better get it right in 2024. But it did look really cool!
Yep gm botched the Blazer EV launch horrifically. Mary Barra and others in the top management should accept responsibility for this. This EV was rushed into production and wasnt ready yet, the Blazer was supposed to be a proper midsized sporty EV to push the Chevy brand and should have been rigorously tested. The Equinox should be the vanguard for affordable compact EV crossover, if they fail here gm will be in serious trouble.
They did acknowledge the problem and are setting up a new software quality department.
They still need to have a media drive right? Makes me wonder if that what these models are for.
Would guess they have already done those, but still under embargo.
Too little too late. Overpriced and untested. I would never buy a first year GM EV based on their previous history and failures…. Lyriq… Hummer.. Blazer.. they are 0 for 3… maybe 4 now. They should have stuck with hybrid tech like Toyota. There is no adequate EV charging infrastructure in the US after 4 years.,. In case you want an EV for road trips. Last issue… Prices far exceed ICE with no savings on charging costs anymote.
I save thousands of dollars per year vs gas cars with our EV and PHEV.
Charging infrastructure has vastly improved over the last 4 years but it’s mostly not needed as people charge at home.
GM has struggled to ramp production but that should be fixed with more battery production capacity coming on-line for them this year.
Blazer has had some software issues, but sounds like they got that fixed per most recent reports from owners.
@rEVolutionary
I agree with most of what you say but and it is a huge but, not everyone has access to home charging.
So in order for BEV’s to become the Norm all around the World many investments will continue to be needed. Do not be surprised if by say 2030 or so BEV’s can be charged up to 80% in under 10 minutes. That will be needed to become the Standard of Transportation.
Nio in China has chargers now that will charge at 640kW
The future will most likely be 900/1000kW fast chargers.
I don’t see how you can save thousands of dollars per year. How about some numbers to to show that?
Miles driven, electric KwH rate, comparing to what ICE car and MPG? I’ll let you add in the cost of oil changes.
I have a model 3 AWD. it has a lifetime avg of 285Wh/mile. I do about a 10,000 miles per year on that car. Or about 2,850Kwh per year. At our electricity rates of $0.11/Kwh that works out to about $312/yr in electricity.
Gas cost in my area fluctuates between $4/gal and $5/gal. An equivalent AWD vehicle with similar horsepower and accelleration would be lucky to get the US avg of 25mpg. But let’s be generous and use that. Comes out to $1,800 per year in gas. Or about $1,500 in savings.
Our second car is a PHEV that we drive 80% of the miles on EV mode. Also do about 10,000 miles per year on that vehicle. It’s not quite as efficient as the model 3. But gets about 30 miles per charge of 12kwh. 8,000/30 X X 12 X .11 = $352/yr electricity costs. The equivalent ICE version of the van gets 19mpg city and 28mpg highway. Most of our EV mileage on the van is city, but again to be conservative will say a combined 25mpg. Or about $1,440 in gas. For an estimated savings of $1,088.
Combined savings between both cars is about $2,600
Enough math?
And my electricity cost is below average: about a nickel/kwh. I drive 15,000 miles per year, but just retired so may do more road trips. I estimate saving $2500/year on gas. And my insurance only went up $3.50/month for my Bolt.
@rEVolutionary
And the more someone drives the more money they actually save on Fuel over ICE and on Oil Changes as well.
EV’s for most NOT all as of yet makes so much more financial sense.
I literally hardly touch my brakes. Those can most likely last 10 years if not longer if I keep the car that long.
You are absolutely right. On my Volt, the brakes ROTTED off by my 10th year…LOL….I heard a jingle noise on the back brakes and when checked parts from rusting and such. Front brakes were hardly touched.
Math is incredibly simple. Not sure why one would need to publicly ask for help with it. Chevy Blazer 3.6 liter EPA 21 mpg. 10,000 miles per year 476 gallons. National average gas rate according to gas buddy $3.18. National average electricity rate according to the St. Louis Fed is $0.17/kWh. Blazer EV efficiency of 35 kWh/100 miles, or 3500 kWh for 10,000 miles. 476 * $3.20 = 1523.20. 3500 * 0.17 = $595. $928.20 of annual fuel savings. $1000 rounded out with oil changes. Two factors that make it even better for the EV. 1) the Blazer EV is waaayyy faster than the 3.6L Blazer. It’s not even the same class. Second, many utilities have more favorable rates for EV or nighttime charging, so electricity costs are probably overstated.
We also need to add the difference in insurance and annual registration fees to the count. For by replacing ICE with Bolt cost me $60 per month and Tesla model 3 almost a $100 increase in insurance. If you drive less than 6000 miles per year its not worth it. Also if you have to use super chargers frequently ICE is way cheaper than EV in same the category. Also noted EV depreciate more than ICE at the movement may be due to tax credits. When u consider all its not make a big difference in 5 year ownership.
Are you paid for carrying Mary’s pink Stanley ?
Doesn’t say much for your intelligence or maturity if you can’t engage in a debate without resorting to constant name-calling.
Charging infrastructure is better than. It was 4 years ago, but is still a mess. Not reliable is the main problem.
Agree there have been hiccups (to be expected) with battery production and software in GMs roll-out of their newest EVs, but there are ample signs they’re overcoming these issues. Their battery plant in Lordstown is now humming at 100% capacity, with Spring Hill starting up now .I’m all in for an Equinox, but will wait until the cheaper base model 1LT comes out in the Fall. My neighbor drives his Bolt only for local driving within 60 mile radius of his home (which is what 90% of us do), and keeps his ICE for the occasional long distance drives to visit his inlaws and such. He charges his Bolt at home, and mostly during sunny days when he can charge it off his solar panels so he’s paying ZERO for a charge up. Based on this he told me he estimates he saves around $2,800 a year in gas and vehicle maintenance. Nothing to sneeze at for sure.
What I don’t get is how they screwed up on software for Blazer EV. They did have small software hiccups with Hummer and Lyriq. But it’s all the same underlying software platform. My father has a Lyriq. Everything is great. He loves the vehicle. It had a few minor software issues early on, but nothing like what happened with Blazer. I don’t get what happened.
I bet they have much of it offshored but the PMs and such here are not watching the hen house and sloppiness ensues simply. What I dont understand is did not any of the same issues show up in the mules? Or was it just a versioning and loading issue of the software on the cars which I would think is a very common version put on all the cars with some internal software switches set based on the features of the car and so functionality on or off.
Dare I say that the Nox EV might be the single most important vehicle launch for the Company to solidify its existence for the next 100 years.
That is just how important it is fo rGM to nail this. They better have enough inventory and they better blast this all over Social Media (So stupid that GM doesn’t partake on X for the most part ever since Elon purchased it) but this vehicle better be blasted to everyone how affordable it is.
That is assuming that GM will hit the Price Targets they had promised. We shall see.
***Not stating that the Nox EV is more important to GM’s bottom line than the Trucks in which they make a lot of money but strictly what it will mean for GM in the Future. Even if GM becomes successful at BEV’s the EV Trucks and bigger EV SUV’s will still be their most important monetarily***
Agree, the Nox and coming Terrain need to be full homeruns not doubles or triples.
Why would GM advertise on a platform owned by a competitor, where they know that man-child Musk could manipulate the algorithm to bury GM ads and promote Tesla adds in it’s place?
Also not great for a business to have their product ads show up right next to pro-nazi and other hate speech posts.
I hope the motors in these new Chevy Equinox are better on the faulty Oil Consumptions!!! My cars engine absolutely burned the oil so fast and I seen Recalls on the motors!! So I did in touch with the department handling these recalls and was told my car was over by a year🙄, not to mention the mileage was over by 20,000 miles!!🙄😳. I won’t be buying another one of these!!!!!! BTW, did I say that a Chevy Dealership told me they had 2012’s and newer Equinox’s doing the very same oil consumption test.!! Recalls are a joke!!
Let me update the story of my Equinox was for the gas power, not the EV Equinox. But I wouldn’t even have an EV if the company can’t, or won’t honor, and fix all the other problems with all other Equinox’s.!!! Seriously!!
I had an EV. Cost for fuel are underestimated. Nobody can tell what you are spending on electricity. Those numbers on the vehicle sticker are a joke. Also, if you buy an EV you really are dumb. The depreciation on them is a great deal more than ICE vehicles.
Weird comment to say no one can tell you how much electricity costs.
It’s a pretty simple calculation.
Also, I wouldn’t believe all the fake depreciation stories. The market was way over-inflated due to corporate greed-flation the last couple years where they tried to blame it on supply chain costs, but yet all managed to post record profits.
In addition, the mis-information campaigns where they neglect to take the tax credits into account in their depreciation calculations.
No one can tell you what you’re spending on electricity? Really? I drove 32.4 miles today on 7.1kW of energy. My electricity rate is $0.11 per kW, so I spent $0.781 on electricity to travel those 32.4 miles. The equivalent size and trim vehicle to mine would average about 30 miles per gallon in the ICE version taking city and highway miles into account. Gasoline is running $2.94 per gallon at my nearest station, which means it would have cost me $3.1752 in gas today if I didn’t drive electric. So, it cost me 24.597% to travel the exact same number of miles. Math isn’t hard, and it can answer EV costs very simply. If you did drive an EV and don’t understand this it says more about you than anything else.
You know pretty precisely what you are spending on charging. The vehicle keeps track of efficiency. You know how much you pull on each charge. Your electricity bill tells you how much you are paying for each kwh. Just do the math. My 4th grader can do it. Only fuzziness is charge losses between supply side and inverter losses to what you actually get, which is under 10%. Not really material
I have a BOLT and yes, way cheaper than gas, but you need to calculate those savings after you break even in savings. I drive A LOT, and my BOLT will start saving me after 3 years. Otherwise, better buy a 21K Trax. It all depends on a person’s needs.
Does anyone know if the Blazer EV and Equinox EV accept over-the-air software updates?
GM EV’s can do updates over the air.
250 mi range ? I can get close to 500 on my 21 .
And a 4 min “recharge” at Shell .
Honest question,
how often do you actually drive for 500 miles without stopping?
When we’ve done family trips literally across the country from west coast to mid-west or to say Yellowstone, 300-400 miles is plenty in a day, and then you find a hotel, (many hotels now have L2 charging to charge overnight, or are close to DCFC stations). And 250 miles range would mean 1 or maybe 2 stops to charge along the way, and I can tell you as a parent, if you got 2 adults and 2 kids or with you, you are definitely gonna have to stop along the way for breaks.
We do longish trips maybe twice a year, and it isn’t the range on model 3 EV that prevents us from taking it, rather the form factor. No one has a BEV minivan on the market that can replace our Pacifica PHEV.
And when we are doing long trips, we usually have the van stuffed with people, cooler, clothes, and gear (camping, and/or boating, and/or bikes, etc), and until recently, our doggo. The BEV sedan just isn’t gonna fit all that stuff.
But I have taken the model 3 on a couple long trips with just me and my daughter or solo. And only needed one 10-15 minute stop on to top off enough to get home, and it coincided with a lunch break, so no time wasted at all.
Now now its their right to have 500 reserve even IF THEY never use it! LOL.
Read my driving range farther down, Kamala .
And if you really are lucky and get 30mpg average you’ll spend somewhere between $25 and $40 to travel those 250 miles minimum (depending on your current gas price per gallon, it’s $2.94 nearest to me) that the Equinox EV AWD can go, while the Equinox would get those same 250 miles for about $5.60 at the price I pay for electricity. Pull up to a Level 3 charger and the Equinox EV is back to 90% in about 30, about the same amount of time it takes to eat lunch or dinner.
Can you fill your tank at home every night while you sleep?
I will never understand why a massive global corporation like GM would build a product that not everyone will purchase. Many drivers will never consider an EV and many who would, won’t do it because charging simply will not work for their particular situation. A hybrid product satisfies all potential buyers concerns and never a range limitation with these. Toyota CEO said it best a few years ago — “why buy an EV when Toyota hybrids charge themselves?”
Mary Barra and the GM board need a check up from the neck up.
Well lets play this out…YOU really think …using your own words…that EVERYONE will buy a truck sucking down gas at what 15 to 20 miles per gallon? LOL! So everyone has a choice.
A “hybrid” is a fossil fuel vehicle. Even with the capability of some plug in hybrids to allow those that wish to charge-up as opposed to fuel-up, the limited range is less than useful so the vehicle is still a large fossil fuel consumer. So hybrids don’t magically “charge themselves” they just burn gas, like all ICE vehicles.
Not having EV’s means not addressing the climate change crisis that now has scientists and governments spewing strange chemicals into the air and sea to try and stop global warming. Just making one of your vehicles an EV is a small price to pay to fund the technological evolution of EV’s. Of course they don’t fit every situation, but no vehicle does. And if you can afford an EV at these outrageous prices, then you’re eventually helping out the used car market for those not as well off when you trade it in on the next best thing that comes down the road.
I know a number of plug in hybrid owners who always charge their battery and mostly use it for short local trips. They only drive on gas a couple times a year for road trips to visit family. In one case it is a one car / two person household. So I would not over-generalize. I am an EV-only household as the above scenario would not work for me. BTW, the above case is also a fairly old car that has already “paid” for the CO2 cost of it’s manufacture. For them to buy a new EV now means redoing that payback.
I’m a huge EV proponent and I support PHEVs. Now true, the ones with only like 12miles EV range are ridiculous, but even with ours that has 30ish miles range it often means we can do 80% of our miles on electricity. True we have at home L2 charging so can often get multiple trips per day on only EV.
Most US households have 2 or more cars in the garage/driveway and live in detached single family homes. And I think all of them could easily and without inconvenience have a decent BEV and PHEV as their “fleet”.
I drive 15 to 20,000 miles per year. Most on the Interstate. 75 to 80 mph. Some days 500/600 mi.
Sometimes in cold winter weather. Everyone has different needs. I’m happy paying extra per mile gas costs and I’ll let the volunteer crash dummies workout the range, charging, insurance, repair and cold weather issues with over priced EVs. I’ll drive ICE until the fascist gov’t tells me I don’t have a choice.
You’re waiting for republicans to tell you that you have to drive an EV?
Fascist Climate-tards.
Nice try, Greta .
First you make a rational case that you need at ICE for your driving needs, then you say you will drive it no matter what unless forced otherwise. What if EV battery technology pans out and EVs have a range greater than a gas car and electricity is cheaper than gas? Will you still hold out until forced to change?
Absolutely!!!
If these EV lovers would factor in depreciation differences between ICE & EV, there is NO way you ever come out on this deal.
Reminds me of all the folks who bought diesel powered Olds & Cadillacs 45 years ago. An extra $700 for the diesel when new and $4000 to $5000 less than gas version when you sold it.
And how much does a car depreciate by just taking it off the lot but your ok with that loss too? Ice or not. LOL
If you’re carrying water for Mary give me a thumbs down.
Any of you gretatards know what Commercial Chargers cost per kw ?
Runs between free and about $0.60 per kWh depending on the station. Significantly less than the cost for gasoline, but feel free to keep being ignorant. It’s your right to be childish and stuck in the past.
Do your costs at 60 cents per kwh.
Do it on your phone, it will be easier for you.
Do the costs when greater than 99% of most EV charging is done at home for about $0.10 to $0.15 rather than at a commercial charger (many of which are free). Spend 51 weeks of the year not paying a penny for gas, electricity running about 25% of the cost of gas and a single road trip means nothing big picture. Feel free to use an abacus, since you prefer to be stuck in the past.
Exactly. I wound up buying a volt at first instead of the diesel cruise GM was just coming out with and diesel shot up to $4+ per gallon at which I thought whats the savings. So I bought the volt AFTER by chance again having installed solar which at the time I thought it can’t be that cheap. The net, I recovered my out of pocket solar costs in 6 y ears buy simply saving on gas, burning excess electric credits to space heat rather than give to the utility at wholesale electric penny rates and never having an electric bill all year round. And totally agree the 1 or 2 times I travel requiring level 3 charging at say 30 minute breaks while one gets coffee, takes a pee or even eats is a no brainer but others would whine about something they hardly ever do just because of a mind set. I am now patiently waiting on GM to get their act together as my 2014 volt is aging gracefully but I will keep my gas truck for now. So I figure after that 6th year solar, I am still saving 1500 a year betwen heating oil and very little car gas in my volt which is only required when traveling out of my 35 mile zone which is rare! But the none believers can keep paying the wildly changing gas prices they blame on a president when its simply the oil companies doing it at their own whim. Eventually all will migrate and those remaining will pay ever higher prices on fuel simply because there are less demand for it…now I am not for forced target years that everyone should be on EVs if for any reason buy in over time. But I will gladly go to it now. Imagine if they kept horse and buggy because the first model T only got what 20 miles? LOL, or the cell phone stayed a brick size at 4k? Or their nice TVs still had tubes in them…heck my mom spent a ton of money on warranty for those tube color TVs at Monkey Wards…aka Montgomery Wards. Yep.
Okay, Greta .
Its like trying to pound the square in a circle…Enough said…LOL….we will lead with an open mind.
Uh no. The most I have seen IF IF IF I needed a L3 charger was like 38 cents in my travels research. And at home its 20cents about by utitlity x 10kwh is what 2 bucks to do equivalent gas gallon 35 mile range car! And with solar NADA! You think otherwise while we keep saving!
Looked it up. 30/40 cents per kwh. Level 3 probably more. I’ll let you crash dummies redo your math.
I can only imagine where you are “looking up”, but needless to say it’s pretty dark up there because those prices are from a clueless source.
Even if you don’t have anything better to do than bash something you’re not interested in, you should be happy about and encouraging EV adoption. What do you think drives gas prices? Do you not see that a reduced demand for gas is going to bring the price down so even if you never get within 10 feet of an EV you’re still going to reap some of the benefits of them?
As far as EVs go.
When I do purchase an ev, or more likely a hybrid, it will be from a real car company, not some Tesla fool.
The ev6 is a great looking car, all the tesla look the same.
And currently, the cost difference between Ice and ev is too much.
I do believe Tesla will be bought out by GM or another company in the next 10 years.
You can’t even get the Tesla repaired quickly.
And look at all the EVs in the cold snowy areas, bet their all wishing they had a nice warm ice car. Get, it, an ice car.
That’s exactly what they own, a Tesla car that can’t charge like a cold block of ice.
Wait 5 more years, batteries will be improved, and hopefully Musk will be living in Russia.
Some points are valid but the one about running out of juice? If people are that stupid NOT to charge up their car before a storm comes then they can’t be helped. It would be the same as you leaving 1/10 your gas tank full which you dont do. Now if they near fully charged and went outside to their car dead…different story…and I have not heard of th ose stories yet based on normal EV operation in in the cold areas. B ecause as you should know when the car is charged it maintains itself and simply does not get to a block of ice!