General Motors has announced electric versions of the Chevrolet Equinox crossover SUV and Blazer SUV, both scheduled to launch in 2023 (as 2024 models). The confirmation came during GM CEO Mary Barra’s online keynote speech at CES 2022. Along with the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV, the announcements of the Equinox EV and Blazer EV form a crucial part of General Motor’s electric-car strategy for 2023, with three new models joining the Bolt and Bolt EUV.
As with the Silverado EV, the Equinox EV
and Blazer EV will be based on General Motor’s scalable Ultium platform,
featuring floor-mounted batteries in a modular skateboard-style architecture.
The Equinox EV will be an all-new model, not based on the ICE car. The new EV
is billed as an “affordable, functional compact SUV.” Slated to go on sale for
an MSRP of around US$ 30,000, it will undercut Ford’s Mach-E and VW’s ID.4 by some
margin, as General Motors seeks to offer more affordable ways of getting people
into their EVs.
Along with the announcement, a handful of renderings
of the Equinox EV were released previewing the new car. The sleek silhouette
looks to be sportier than the ICE model while riding closer to the ground.
Chevrolet’s interior renderings show a cabin dominated by a widescreen panel in
the center, but with a reasonably conventional button layout, hinting that
changes to a production-ready model would be minimal.
Also revealed was that both fleet and
retail versions will be available, as well as LT and RS trims. Technical specs
have yet to be released, but if Chevrolet is gunning for the likes of the
Mustang Mach-E, the Equinox EV’s range would likely be in the 250-300 mile
ballpark.
