Video Summary
Here is a summary of the YouTube video review about the Chevrolet Equinox EV:- The Equinox EV base price may be around $27,500 if you qualify for the full $7500 tax credit.
- The reviewed model is around $44,000 before the tax credit.
- The Equinox EV shares the name with the gas model, but does not share interior components or structure.
- The EV version has a divorced headlight design with a light strip and smaller LED headlights.
- The EV has a manual opening charge door, unlike the Blazer EV's power charge door.
- The EV is approximately 2 inches shorter than the Blazer EV, with four inches less combined leg room.
- It has 6.4 inches of ground clearance, around 1 inch less than the Blazer EV.
- The tires in the tested model are 19-inch wheels that give a little bit of extra cushion.
- It has a more than decent amount of rear legroom and ample headroom without a glass roof.
- The lower trim has a four-way adjustable driver's lumbar support, but the passenger seat is a manual design.
- There is an 11.5-kilowatt AC charger, but the 150-kilowatt DC fast charge speeds are slower than some of the competition.
- All Equinox EV models support the Vehicle to Home infrastructure capability.
- It runs on a single motor with 213 horsepower, hitting 0-60 in around eight seconds.
- An all-wheel-drive model can also be selected; it boosts horsepower and lowers the 0-60 time to just under six seconds.
- The front-wheel-drive version gets 319 miles of electric range; The all-wheel drive gets just under 290.
- The Ultium platform that runs the vehicle could be the most flexible automotive platform in the world.
- Cabin noise is better than a standard gasoline car, and it handles pretty well.
- It does not have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto due to the car maker's data collection approach.
