At the center of the car, between the axles, resides an 85 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, giving the Equinox EV an EPA range of 319 miles (513 km) on a full charge. Unsurprisingly, GM quotes charging as “up to 36 miles of range per hour of charging” for AC Level 2 charging (up to 11.5 kW) or “about 77 miles of range in 10 minutes” with a DC fast charger up to 150 kW, but no 0-100 percent time for AC or 10-80 time for DC charging. We charged the car faster by 34 percent, without preconditioning the battery first. Charging peaked at 75 kilowatts and took about 45 minutes to reach 80 percent. The charge port is CCS1, although Chevrolet will sell you an adapter to use the NACS charger.
On a full charge, in sub-freezing weather, the Equinox reported an estimated 311 miles (500 km) of range, and we averaged 3.5 miles/kWh despite using the car’s heater during our week, because there’s so much else going on in the world that we don’t need to be shivering in our cars to prove our point.
It could be Goldilocks shaped.
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An all-wheel-drive version is available, but we tested the front-wheel drive Equinox EV. The permanent magnet synchronous motor produces 220 hp (164 kW) and 243 lb-ft (329 Nm), which is enough to keep things lively. There are two levels of lift-off regenerative braking available for the one-pedal driving mode, which you turn on or off via a persistent icon on the 17.7-inch infotainment screen, but when one-pedal driving is set to off, there’s still some degree of lift-off regen, so you can’t coast the Equinox as you can with European or Korean EVs.
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The infotainment screen is bright, legible and responsive, and the onboard Google Maps navigation works well, especially with voice input. I also have to give props to the backup camera – it’s one of the crispest and highest resolution I’ve encountered all year. But other voice commands didn’t always work for Android Automotive OS-based infotainment. And let me be frank, I miss being able to use Apple CarPlay for both listening to my music and the messaging integration.
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