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How GM Made the $35,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV into a 319-Mile Range Champ
The new Chevy Equinox EV is now the cheapest way to get more than 300 miles of range in a new car. Thank Ultium's scale for that.
And after plenty of setbacks on the electric front, General Motors thinks it's found the secret sauce in the now-on-sale 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, as executives and engineers put it. Purdy added that the Equinox shares many other components with those cars, including their steering wheels, new Android Automotive-based operating system and, of course, the Ultium battery in the floor. Unfortunately for GM, that scalable EV platform dream turned into a nightmare last year, as the automaker struggled with software bugs and the automated production of its battery packs.
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