GM's Best Shot at Selling EVs! 2024 Chevy Equinox EV First Drive 

Definitely.

I was prepared to hate it, but the price was lower than I anticipated and the range isn't terrible, so I can't really criticize it. I don't think my wife will be trading her SUV for one but it's remarkably competitive to some crossovers she's had in the past.

Hahahaha

@@hochhaul A lot of faults can be forgiven if the price is right. It seems a lot of "journalists" have forgotten that.

I own a GM BEV. I take road trips without any issues. The mapping app works and is spot on. Bio-breaks match the DC fast charging stops and 10-to 15 mins is normal for us while road tripping. The EPA estimate is underrated in my vehicle my numbers run a fair amount more on the mileage. Nightly charging works like a charm. This is a home run as far as family run about everyday driver..

What's your definition of quick (for charging)?

​@@cs199277 miles range in 10 minutes was quoted. That puts the vehicle at 400 miles range with a 10 minute stop. That's acceptable imo.

@@wilmarbarrick3194 I can fill up my F150 and get 600 mikes of range in 4 minutes. EV technology is extremely limiting and incompatible with 90% of American needs.

@@cs1992 6 minutes faster is small enough to not matter at all. Most people take longer than that to go in to use the restroom. Plus, with fueling, you must wait until you are done fueling before going in for the restroom or food. You could combine a stop at a restaurant with charging and you could have plenty of miles added for free while you dine.

They were able to re-use the front drive unit from the LYRIQ/ZDX AWD in this. It’s the smaller of the 2 Permanent Magnet “Ultium” motors. Keeps the engineering cost way down using a drive unit that was already in production. I’m sure they could have made the larger rear drive unit fit (the larger Ultium PM motor) from the Blazer EV RWD/LYRIQ RWD/ZDX RWD but it wouldn’t be this cheap.

You can, but we didn’t learn that until we were driving the Silverado on day 2.

Yes, you can hold back on the accelerator and it will slow down accordingly. I just suck at it and Jill is better. Correct on sport mode as well.

I think there is also a regen paddle behind the steering wheel which can be used to apply as much regen as you want

@@havnfunb4 on some EVs there are, but not this one.

@@Pickuptrucktalk oh ok. I must have been watching videos on the higher RS models and assumed it was on all. I have a 2LT ordered for the wife which should be arriving shortly and I thought it had that option but I have been corrected

Actually my wife 2LT AWD did come with the regen paddle. Which leads me to believe they all have it on the 2024’s maybe they didn’t come standard on the press loaners? Or you didn’t realize it was there? It is pretty small

I ordered a 2025 model last week and my dealer expect to get it by this december.

It is ridiculous to pretend that you can fine-tune the "climate" in different parts of the same car's interior! 🤣

@@trwent indeed!

Also, the 3LT has power adjustable Passenger seat as well

Volvo has CarPlay. It wins.

It will make a lock sound when you walk away, although the sound can't be customized like it is on a Tesla.

GM is probably still losing money on every one they sell, so I wouldn't expect them to ramp up production too much.

@@plmn93 depends on how many they sell. Most people really don't get the economics behind "losing money on every vehicle they sell."

I think that matters when it's a button on a screen that you need to look at to know you are hitting the right thing. A "hidden" physical switch you can feel and move without looking at it. That being said, I'd put it in Auto and pretty much leave it there. Same with driving modes. Rarely would one adjust it while driving.

The Big D is Dallas, The D, is Detroit.

It's leaps and bounds better than some of the more popular attemps at an affordable EV. $30k is the sweet spot. Their infotainment interface is one of the better ones. Light years better than Ford's ancient looking Sync 4. Toyota's latest infotainment UI feels like something straight out of a 2010 Android tablet. Honda's has the feel of something Garmin would have thrown together in 2008. Hyundai/Kia seem to have defaulted to an old version of Android for their infotainment system. What system doesn't look like a smartphone interface today?

@@hochhaul generally people prefer Carplay or Android Auto. Not really debating whose proprietary system is better....

@@christophercarlimages9003 AA and CP are both crummy. Slow, flaky, and limited. It's like going back in time 15 years. People want them not because of the interface but because they can use the services they already have on their phones.

In 2023, oil and gas received $757 billion in US subsidies vs $22 billion for EVs. Not comparable

nothing humble about you or your opinions

@@222aint He should have his own YT channel with that kind of insight!

Blah blah blah. Then don’t buy one. No one forcing you to buy it.

Wow, you are seriously warped in your thinking. Do you really think we have enough oil to continue driving ice vehicles forever. You have to start somewhere to transition to a more sustainable form of transportation. Even if you’re a global warming denier, which I would guess you probably are, you still have to be smart enough to realize that there’s not an infinite supply of oil. Plus, if you ever owned an EV, you probably wouldn’t think gasoline cars are so great anymore. Every time I get in an ice car now it feels like I’m driving a crude piece of junk compared to my EV. As for ecological disaster, my car uses the equivalent energy of a car getting about 120 miles per gallon. Could you tell me what kind what of gasoline car I can buy that is this efficient? The answer would be there isn’t one. Not even close.

You are projecting. Those criticisms are all things toxic tailpipe vehicles are guilty of.

@@NMTRUCKER Actually, current mandates mean we will, in effect, be forced to buy them and we are heavily subsidizing them. That is the problem most people have. We can debate the merits, but you need to admit the facts first.

@@plmn93 And the tax payers subsidize the farming industry over $30 billion per year. Should we stop that as well?

Man I wish they would pay us!!

Ah so if an auto journalist says positive things about a new vehicle that you don't like, they must have been paid to say it lol

@@hochhaul Not the issue. In the end, it's still a just another lithium powered EV that relies on technology that simply does not meet the needs of most folks.

@@cs1992 BS. YOU just think it doesn't. Yours is nothing more than an uneducated opinion. At least Tim and Jill drive them and live with them before commenting on their value.

@@Dusdaddy EVs are niche vehicles. The technology simply isn't there.

Envy.