Get the latest tech news

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.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Hacker News

Read more on:

Photo of chevrolet equinox

chevrolet equinox

Photo of chevrolet

chevrolet

Photo of mile range champ

mile range champ