Yeah, Chevy with the Ultium batteries. I do watch Motor Week but find them to be more toward the "cheerleader" end of the spectrum (for all cars they test) rather than "just the facts, ma'am."
They may be doing the "cheerleader" thing but I don't see many other manufacturers "touching" the 35k price with anywhere near the same features as the Equinox EV. Hard to argue with that. I think that's the main reason they picked the Equinox as their car of the year. What's wrong with technology that's not 100% completely cutting edge anyway? If you want the latest and greatest, you usually end up paying more for it....and that's why everyone else charges more for the most part, imo anyway.
Literal 0-60 is rare, assuming that we wish to stay legal. One scenario would be merging onto CA 110 from any of the on-ramps, north of Los Angeles and south of Pasadena. Cars come to a complete stop (stop sign), then have maybe 200' to accelerate to full highway speed. I see soccer moms in minivans floor-it, spinning their front tires, making maximum effort to accelerate into traffic. Anything less than absolute full throttle would be stupid and dangerous. And no, traffic won't relent and won't leave a gap... meanwhile 20 other cars are standing there further up the ramp, waiting.
I agree. I'm pretty sure the OEM tires on almost any EV couldn't handle max acceleration 0-60 anyway. But it's a simple number that people understand better than Nm of torque.
Not a useful metric because the charging rate changes as the battery gets full. You need to see the full charge graph to really understand how a car charges. If you want a simple number for comparison across car models, use minutes to get from 10% to 80% charge, which is how one is likely to charge on a real road trip.
I didn’t say it was free.
You may realize that Level 1 (120V) and Level 2 (240V) do charge at essentially the same rate throughout the charge period, though somewhat ambient temperature dependent. Level 2 is the desirable option for many at home and still common at many public “destination” chargers (hotels, grocery stores, etc.).
Apparently, Consumer Reports disagrees with you. They put their name and reputation on the data.
I don't doubt that CR stands by its data. But according to this page on their website, they are using manufacturers' own numbers:
(emphasis added) The EPA lets manufacturers choose one of two methods for rating EV efficiency. So I stand by my assertion that MPGe numbers are not comparable across models, especially because we usually don't know which of the two methods a particular car uses in its official EPA rating. In this end, this means CR's numbers are not reliably comparable across car models.
I'm shocked. Shocked! You don't believe the manufacturers! What is this world coming to?
We're getting side-tracked, but to be clear, I never said I don't believe the manufacturers. I merely pointed out how we, the consumers, don't know which EPA method any particular manufacturer chose to report their car's efficiency. This makes it hard to compare car A with car B. And if you compute miles/charging-minute based on the EPA mi/kWH, it is hard to compare car A with car B.
Ah, but where can you drive this car? Do you really want to pay for this? $3.5M, really?
I got this as my car rental when my Lyriq was in the workshop. Worst car that I have ever driven, and I am not exagerating.
Pocket change.
Gotcha! Thanks for the info.
I drive that car (2023 model year).
