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The Chevy Equinox EV will get 319 miles of range and start at around $35,000

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Re: The Chevy Equinox EV will get 319 miles of range and start at around $35,000

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Post by turtlebits »

jeffbee wrote: post #3

By far the biggest problem I encountered with the Bolt EV was its transient but recurring inability to charge from DC charging stations. The Equinox has a far higher charging power, up to 150kW. It makes me wonder if they fixed anything and what.

It's more likely that the charger was broken rather than the Bolt, as the reliability of non-Tesla fast charging stations is terrible.

That said, the Bolt does have a low kWh charging rate of 55 kW, and in early models, DC fast charging was an option.

Re: The Chevy Equinox EV will get 319 miles of range and start at around $35,000

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Post by spydum »

willio58 wrote: post #5

I just can’t get excited about large EVs anymore. We need cheaper, smaller EVs in the US yesterday. Looking at the options China and Europe have and comparing to what we have you can really get the sense that car companies here only care about making SUVs/trucks/and _some_ crossovers electric but don’t actually care about making small cars electric because of one thing.. profit. They know they’ll make more money on t…

Not sure what you mean by small? The EUV is not very large, nor the Nissan leaf. People just don't want them here. Too small, they are both used to the big SUVs, and afraid of losing in a collision to one.

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Post by tcbawo »

I know someone with a 6 year old Tesla X that now has a range of around 120 miles. This is becoming a serious impediment for them. What happens to all the buyers of these vehicles when their range is halved before their life expectancy is up? Needing to pony up another $10-15k will probably be unaffordable for the average Joe.

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Post by topaz0 »

FredPret wrote: post #8
willio58 wrote: post #5

I just can’t get excited about large EVs anymore. We need cheaper, smaller EVs in the US yesterday. Looking at the options China and Europe have and comparing to what we have you can really get the sense that car companies here only care about making SUVs/trucks/and _some_ crossovers electric but don’t actually care about making small cars electric because of one thing.. profit. They know they’ll make more money on t…

If regulation is needed to force the existence of electric cars around the 20k mark, that means nobody wants to buy them now

It's amazing to me that people still believe markets work in 2024.

Re: The Chevy Equinox EV will get 319 miles of range and start at around $35,000

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

alphanumeric0 wrote: post #12

These prices are pretty meaningless. They said the same thing about Hyundai Konas but dealer prices are substantially different. Used/new car purchases continue to be a terrible value proposition.

Same with F-150 Lightning - _insane_ levels of dealer markup.

Re: The Chevy Equinox EV will get 319 miles of range and start at around $35,000

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

I'm not really anticipating being a car buyer for another half decade, but the #1 thing I want to judge the industry by & see progressing is MPGe (or kWh per 100km elsewhere). How efficient is your vehicle?

Leaving everyone to go figure out efficiency obfuscates what should be a defining characteristics of these offerings!

Re: The Chevy Equinox EV will get 319 miles of range and start at around $35,000

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Post by leesec »

I very much bet it will not. Or if it will they will be selling at a giant loss.

Here's another claim from them in 2018 about upcoming cars requiring a technological breakthrough:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/12/577688125....

Re: The Chevy Equinox EV will get 319 miles of range and start at around $35,000

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Post by topaz0 »

tcbawo wrote: post #14

I know someone with a 6 year old Tesla X that now has a range of around 120 miles. This is becoming a serious impediment for them. What happens to all the buyers of these vehicles when their range is halved before their life expectancy is up? Needing to pony up another $10-15k will probably be unaffordable for the average Joe.

I don't think any average joe has a tesla.

Re: The Chevy Equinox EV will get 319 miles of range and start at around $35,000

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Post by atonse »

tcbawo wrote: post #14

I know someone with a 6 year old Tesla X that now has a range of around 120 miles. This is becoming a serious impediment for them. What happens to all the buyers of these vehicles when their range is halved before their life expectancy is up? Needing to pony up another $10-15k will probably be unaffordable for the average Joe.

I thought there was enough data on how Tesla packs degrade over time, and that it was closer to 10% after 5 years.

Ours (mid-range 240 mile model 3) has lost less than 20 miles of range after 5 years/36k miles.

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