The Combined Charging System Combo 1 (CCS1) and the five-pin SAE J1772 charger connectors will continue to be standard on the 2025 Chevy Equinox EV, rather than the North American Charging Standard or NACS connector.
While The General said in summer 2023 it will begin producing all its EVs with NACS connectors in 2025, this referred to calendar year 2025, and not to model year 2025 vehicles like the 2025 Chevy Equinox EV.
The NACS connector was originally developed by Tesla, and GM’s move to equip its electric vehicles with the technology is to enable use of the Tesla Supercharger Network. Since then, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has been working to standardize NACS technology, making the slimmer, lighter, more durable and efficient connector a springboard for wider EV adoption.
The exact timing of Supercharger Network availability remains uncertain in any case, despite Tesla having pledged to allow GM vehicle owners to access its fast chargers. The date was still in limbo in April 2024, while information offered in June by the automaker seems to indicate the Supercharger compatibility has been delayed, making the lack of 2025 Chevy Equinox EV connectors somewhat less urgent. The vehicle will be competible with an accessory adapter instead.
With the number of trim levels pared down to two, the LT and RS, the 2025 Chevy Equinox EV features a starting price of $34,995 (including a destination freight charge of $1,395) for the LT configured in FWD, ranging up to $51,190 for an AWD configuration of the RS with standard Convenience Package II.
Turning to propulsive technology, the Chevy Equinox EV uses GM Ultium batteries and GM Ultium Drive motors for motivation. According to revised power figures, the 2024 model year develops 213 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque in front-wheel drive configuration and 288 horsepower and 333 pound-feet of torque in all-wheel drive.
Per current scheduling, August 26th, 2024 is the date when 2025 Equinox EV production is to get under way. As usual, this date is tentative and subject and change in the meantime, with rescheduling of the start of regular production (SORP) always a possibility.
The GM BEV3 platform provides the underpinnings for the Equinox EV. The electric crossover will be produced at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico.
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In other words, GM is knowingly building the 2025 Equinox EV with obsolete charging tech and expecting their customers to take the zero resale value hit.
I’m not sure obsolete is the correct term, and in any case I’m not seeing how this would impact those much who charge at home (who should be the only buyers of EVs). It is disappointing news though. The sooner we get to one standard, the better.
the one standard is hyped, but no one is really explaining how this is going to change anything in the near term. The top issue people have is lack of working dcfc in enough spaces. Tesla is already giving access via adapters to CCS vehicles which will mostly solve that problem. Even when you get all OEMs to standardize there will still be millions of CCS vehicles on the road and thousands of CCS charge points- none of that is going anywhere anytime soon. Tesla people use adapters to use CCS stations now which tells you that simply having NACS or access to SC network isn’t enough to guarantee you would never use CCS. Adapters are going to be a thing for a while.
obsolete based on what? CCS isnt going anywhere. Most evs are built with it and that wont start to change for at least another year. Rivian isnt converting to NACs until their all new models debut in 2026. People are woefully misinformed. CCS and NACs are going to be around for a while and every NEVI funded charging site has to include CCS charging.
Despite the simpler physical design of the Tesla charger (aka NACS charger or J3400), it’s actually a more complicated operation because it doubles as a standard AC charger and a high voltage DC charger. Unlike the J1772 port which has separate AC terminals and DC terminals, the NACS uses just two terminals and a feedback line between the charger and the battery management system to switch the system to accept AC or DC.
That being said, the cars have been developed well before the decision was made to standardize the NACS charger. The reason for the delay may be because they are redesigning the battery management system to accommodate the new charger design. And being its a growing category, it would be foolish for GM to hold back the release of these vehicles for a small redesign.
Any news about which connector will be on the 2025 Lyriq?
it wont be nacs gm already said no nacs conversion until 2025 calendar year. I also read the hummer is not going to nacs, probably because it cant deliver the power of CCS. PEople need to just accept you wont see NACs until 2026 MY.
This has to be related to the recent Tesla layoffs. I think the fact that almost the entire charging team was let go has delayed things indefinitely.
I have a 2017 Volt and able to utilize my gf’s Tesla charger using a Lectron adapter. Works fine.
that isnt DC fast charging. to use tesla network your account and car has to be recognized by tesla network.
Quite frankly, it is past time for the U S government to step in and standardize the charging infrastructure across the nation. Why, because, as this article indicates, the automobile industry is not going to do anything. In fact, there should be a mandated “adapter” for all EV, and Hybrids to use any charging method. The adapters should be provided, either free or at cost for all EVs, one per EV.
Yea! Just like the government mandated VHS over Betamax! Suck it Sony!
Apples and oranges. The .gov didn’t do that, the market forces did. Goober
Nice read on sarcasm
charger availability and reliability is a much bigger deal than charge port standardization.
They should go hand in hand. The charger infrastructure design and implementation is at the moment in flux, and frankly a goat rope, because the EV industry only sees direct profits. Any system that has this “operational” effect on the EV industry and the national transportation system should not be a willy-nilly put together system. Standardization of the entire system is the only answer.
No different than standardization of fuel filler necks or pumps and connectors.
Just before I traded my Bolt EUV on a Model Y in January 2024, I took my recalled dual voltage charger into a Chevy dealership for testing, knowing that Tesla didn’t require it with my trade. The service manager told me I should have waited, because the NACS adapter and access to Superchargers was coming in Q2. Knowing then what I do now, I’d have asked him, “in WHAT YEAR???”