Meanwhile, the much more expensive GMC Hummer pickup truck together with its SUV equivalent have generated combined interest in excess of 59,000 reservations. At the same time, BrightDrop vans are also in high demand as more than 25,000 reservations have been made so far. No numbers have been provided for the Cadillac Lyriq of which customer deliveries are scheduled to begin in the coming months.

Bear in mind Chevrolet has already announced the Equinox EV and Blazer EV will go on sale during the 2024 model year, so GM has a lot on its plate when it comes to diversifying its electric offerings. To make it happen, the North American conglomerate has already invested more than $14 billion in 10 states across the country since 2020 and will spend a further $7 billion to boost battery cell and EV assembly capacity.

GM head honcho Mary Barra said one of the short-term objectives is to sell 400,000 purely electric vehicles in North America through 2023. However, the future looks grim for the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV as the factory in Orion Township, Michigan where the two are made will be repurposed for other products. It’s necessary to reach an overall target for 2026 of producing 600,000 electric trucks by the end of 2025.

Getting back to the Silverado EV, GM says more than 240 fleet operations have made reservations for the fullsize electric pickup. In addition, BrightDrop has lured in some big names, including Walmart and FedEx Express, which will be using their cargo vans. While no reservations numbers have been made public for the Lyriq, GM is happy to report it won’t organize a new round of reservations because the backlog is already pretty big. Instead, Cadillac will begin to take customer orders after the Debut Edition hits the market in March.

Source: General Motors

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Much like the Silverado EV, it will ride on the Ultium platform that has already underpinned the GMC Hummer EV pickup truck and SUV along with the Cadillac Lyriq. Details are scarce for the time being, but we do know the new zero-emission crossover is going to be offered in LT and RS trim levels, with the latter being the stylish red car featured here.

While the lesser Chevy Bolt EUV comes exclusively with a front-wheel-drive layout, logic tells us the 2024 Equinox EV will be optionally offered with AWD courtesy of dual motors. Consequently, that will come along with a lot more power than the 200 hp and 266 lb-ft of torque offered by the Bolt. As far as the battery is concerned, we are expecting it to have enough juice for somewhere in the region of 300 miles, but nothing is official at this point.

As far as the design is concerned, it certainly looks sleek and follows recent EV trends by adopting an LED light bar at the front along with pop-out door handles. Typical for a vehicle built on a dedicated electric car platform, it has short overhangs and a longer wheelbase than crossovers of this size equipped with combustion engines.

Inside, Chevy will be fitting a large infotainment to join the digital instrument cluster while still keeping separate traditional controls for the climate settings and other useful functions. The light bar in the upper rim of the steering wheel suggests the 2024 Equinox EV will be offered with Super Cruise. Images of the rear compartment have not been published, but since it’s underpinned by the Ultium architecture, chances are it has a completely flat floor for ample legroom.

The Equinox EV will be quite late to the party considering the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Volkswagen ID.4, and the Tesla Model Y are all on sale today. Chevy isn’t saying anything about the conventionally powered crossover, which can only mean the gasoline-fueled crossover will stick around and is going to be sold alongside the purely electric model.

Source: Chevrolet

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