Electrical automobile advocates have been dismayed when Normal Motors suspended manufacturing of Chevrolet’s common Bolt fashions, however the 2025 Equinox has most of the similar admirable qualities, and EV customers have responded accordingly. When paired with the $7,500 federal tax credit score, the bottom front-wheel-drive mannequin delivers 319 miles of driving vary for beneath $30,000. The profitable mixture of vary and affordability is really extraordinary for a totally electrical crossover of this caliber, and Chevy’s Equinox has now overtaken Cadillac’s Lyriq as GM’s top-selling EV.
The 2025 Equinox EV is available in two trim packages, the usual LT that begins at $33,600 and the closely upgraded RS that prices about $10,000 extra. Each can be found with dual-motor all-wheel-drive for an upcharge of $3,300. The extra motor driving the rear wheels will increase horsepower from 220 to 300 however solely causes a small worsening of effectivity. All Equinox EV fashions make the most of the identical 85.0 kWh battery pack, so variations in driving vary are carefully aligned with their electrical gas financial system. The most recent official figures for MPGe and driving vary can be found on the window stickers of newly arriving 2025 fashions. Entrance-wheel-drive fashions present a barely improved mixed MPGe score of 109, getting 117 within the metropolis and 100 on the freeway. The MPGe score exceeds the earlier 12 months’s 108 by one mile, whereas the spectacular vary determine of 319 stays the identical. The all-wheel-drive fashions are significantly extra environment friendly than they have been in 2024, with mixed MPGe bettering from 96 to 103 and vary rising from 285 to 307 miles. In all different respects, the Equinox is a extremely succesful, good-looking EV with sturdy charging capabilities and superior expertise contained in the cabin. The worth of the bottom mannequin is saved low by forgoing some facilities, however these are available as non-obligatory comfort packages.
There are quite a few electrical crossovers out there that present over 300 miles of driving vary, however none are as inexpensive because the Equinox LT FWD. Normal Motors has developed its EV lineup aggressively and has succeeded in qualifying the Lyriq, the Blazer EV, and the Equinox EV for the complete $7,500 Clear Car Tax Credit score, which may now be utilized on the level of sale. The Equinox has some sturdy opponents in its normal worth vary, however most of the finest are at present assembled exterior of North America and don’t qualify for the dear incentive. Honda’s Prologue and Volkswagen’s ID.4 are much like the Equinox and qualify for the complete credit score, however neither one begins beneath $39,000. Chevrolet has given customers the chance to buy a reliable, long-range EV with no frills at an unbeatable worth, with cash-on-the-hood from Uncle Sam sweetening the pot ever additional.
On October 1st, GM reported a 60% year-over-year improve in EV gross sales in the course of the third quarter of 2024, and the Equinox is main the surge. 32,095 EV deliveries in Q3 represented a 46% improve over Q2, elevating GM’s EV market share within the U.S. from 7.1% to 9.5%. It was the primary full quarter that every one Equinox fashions have been out there, and Chevrolet offered over 9,700. The progressive automaker now has engaging EVs in each nook of the U.S. market, and the return of an improved Chevy Bolt will add to that range. Till then, the Equinox EV stands in proudly as GM’s most inexpensive mannequin.
