Recently, the president of General Motors, Mark Reuss revealed that the Chevrolet Equinox will be going electric by 2025. Chevrolet will be focusing on the electric Silverado 1500 at first but will then move to the Equinox. Not all that much information has been revealed other than the fact that the Equinox will be going electric at some point before 2025. But it is an exciting development. The rumor is that the electric Chevrolet Equinox will have a starting price point around $30,000. For reference the current gas powered Equinox starts right around $25,000. So there is a decent sized price jump. But the savings over time with not having to use gasoline would balance out.
The Chevrolet Equinox is Chevrolet’s second best selling vehicle behind the Silverado 1500. So it makes sense to start with your most popular model and work down form there. Reuss also revealed that the Chevrolet Blazer will be going electric at some point. But he did says something interesting about the Blazer. Reuss stated that the Blazer would be an” affordable, high volume model.” This is interesting because the Blazer is currently the sporty and more expensive mid-size SUV that Chevrolet offers. The Blazer is more expensive than the Equinox currently so it makes you wonder what they have in store for the Blazer when it makes the transition to electric.
The transition to all electric vehicles is going to be very interesting no matter what manufacturer is doing it. It is a very new concept that no one has really gotten right to this point. You could argue the Tesla has done the best so far. We will have to wait an see what the big manufactures end up doing. Stay tuned for more updates.
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