Well done! The best overview video I’ve seen on this yet.

GM cars used to be pretty invisible to me. About 10 years ago I started noticing them more. Their design departments are now producing some pretty attractive vehicles. Even our Ice Blue Metallic Bolt EUV has some sharp looking design elements for a chunky econobox. The Bolt is actually my first American car and I'm 67. Okay sure my first car, a 1974 Opel Manta Rally in Signal Green, was made by GM owned Opel, but it was fully a German built and designed car. Anyway, the fact that I now think GM cars sometimes look nice going down the road is a big compliment to their design team. This Equinox is no exception - really nice looking car. Now if they would only offer it in that Cacti Green you can get on the Trax . . .

Great overview! Tip on SuperCruise: if it disengages, press the SC button on the steering wheel within 10 seconds to see an infobox in the cluster with the reason it turned off. I have the 1st gen system on my Bolt EUV and have been very happy with it. I’ve used it for literally thousands of miles of highway travel now, and won’t buy another car without a similar system

Great overview. Love your videos and your format. Keep up the great work.

Currently driving a Bolt EUV, and seriously considering an Equinox EV simply for the additional room (with 2 kids the Bolt fills fast for trips), and faster charging at DC fast charging on those road trips. Thanks for the look!

Thanks for the full review. I've been looking for full reviews since I learned about the equinox ev but most reviews i found have just been show room floor walk arounds. Wish there was more info on the google maps feature. Ive heard some things that the subscription was going to be bundled in with onstar but have never gotten solid answers.

Great review! Very excited for mine to arrive.

I love my '23 Bolt EUV but this is really making me want the Equinox EV even without the CarPlay/AA!

Great review. I liked your segment on the self parking fail (other reviewers don’t test these types of functions) as well as the demonstration of the good self-driving capability. That said, I think you needed to put more emphasis on the surprising decision to forgo Apple Car Play on the entertainment system. What is the rational? Cost or a defensive move to stop Apple from gaining a bigger share of the pie. You are probably right to say that the Equinox EV will be a success for GM but I suspect that a lot of potential buyers are going to be turned off by the lack of integration with their cell phone. There will be other similarly priced cars with Apple Car Play in the future; GM is not the only choice. Now subscribed - thanks.

Excellent review. Funny that your dealer got one before the embargo lifted. Keep up the good work. Many comments about affordability of EVs. People are forgetting to do the math on how much they save on gas when they charge at home 95 to 99% of the time. Over the term of the loan it can be tens of thousands of dollars.

Excellent review you are amazing. I just got my 2024 Equinox EV in Blue we are loving it so far it is the 2RS!

Thanks for the video. I am getting the Equinox EV, yet in transit, but coming. I am glad you pointed out the sits are good, because I love my Bolt EUV premier but I want the more miles the faster charging and the room inside. Just one question, Will you review the FWD? wondering if the motor power is enough. For sure I won't use the self parking. Great video.

Hey! I don't know if you remember, but I live in Corydon, IN and I bought a Bolt EUV at the same time you got yours. I still have it and I still love it! Anyway, I just got my wife a blacked out Equinox EV RS like the one you have in this video! It's GREAT! She really loves it!

I was laughing so hard with the terrible self parking. The team responsible for the beta testing and QA should address the problem ASAP.

I really wish they’d have a stereo upgrade available with a “Sun & Sound” type package like we’ve seen before. I’ve got a 19 Equinox Premier 2.0 and the Bose and sunroof are my fav options. The Bose isn’t amazing but does a good job for the price over the standard audio. On my Volt, Equinox, and Cruze I don’t mind the hard plastic lower door materials. Very cheap to replace when they will ultimately be destroyed from all the use.

Auto parking failed because you used it incorrectly, follow the manual, it must see other vehicles in adjacent parking spots to see the open/available location. Meaning if the parking lot is empty it will not park itself.

Very good review. I was hoping they had a better choice of interior colors like the Equinox shown on TV about a year ago. I’m waiting on the Cadillac Optiq, I hope it will offer a two tone tan interior and a little more power than the Equinox FWD. Thanks, I subscribed.

I will get either a Model Y Performance or the 1LT Equinox EV. I like that fully loaded Equinox, but it is at a Y Performance type of price range. Seriously, the Model Y Performance is crazy fast, it scares me.

Hey Metz great review. A few things tho….. 1…. At 225…. You have easy access if things need to be worked on? Problem is things don’t ever need t9 be worked on. That’s why non legacy EV car companies bury that stuff and have a frunk, ICE car companies think you have to make what’s under the hood look like engine components. Which would be equivalent to Henry Ford adding a horses head to the front if a model T because people were used to horses or Apple adding a rotary dial to an iPhone when they came out! 2… Saying this is a budget car isn’t right. A budget EV maybe. But there should be better materials used in anything over 50K 3…50K is not cheap. Hopefully the bolt 2025 will actually BE an affordable EV around 30K. Like it was before. If we dint get cheap EVs adoption won’t happen. And although Chevy is doing a great job there is still nothing cheap for a common person!

good video thanks

Well done!

Great Review, I currently have a 2022 Bolt Euv Premier and seriously thinking about the Equinox Ev Awd as I live in Canada with lots of ice &snow...you didn't mention the ride, but would you say it's better than the Euv which I find a little bouncy in the rear.

Ordered a 3RS last Friday and will be cancelling that tomorrow after finding out GM removed the wireless charging, rear view mirror camera and HUD without ever mentioning that to their dealers. I had to stumble across that info on my own. For the cost, $52,000+, removing that tech, which is listed in the owners manual and came on my 2023 Bolt EUV, it’s a deal breaker.

They just need a panoramic roof for more natural light in the back and it will be the perfect ev for a small family

Great first look! Glad to hear it doesnt feel under powered like the Blazer. Although I read the more affordable fwd option is gonna be pretty slow. Would you say the ride is less "bouncy" than the Bolt? Overall, I think the Bolt rides pretty good but feels bouncy to me over road expansion joints, possibly due to the shorter wheel base.

I think it's going to be a hot seller. I wouldn't mind owning one. If I had one super minor gripe it's the column shifter. One of my favorite features of my Bolt EV are the gear select toggles. Excellent review as usual. 🚙🇺🇸🔌⚡

Great informative review. Good edit, too 👍🏼. Parking was hilarious 😂 Tesla definitely has that beat.

Great review, except "$50,000 affordable." KZfaq must have been very good to Metz Tech :). I'd put a lower trim on my "consider" list.

I remember you showing off your Bolt last year. I was asking if you knew anything about this car coming out. Here it is a year later pretty sharp car! Are you upgrading now to that or wait and see the new Bolt next year?

Amazing, mindblowing and gamechanging

Are there any mechanisms to prevent snow buildup on the lights. This is a problem with the cyber truck because of the small recessed design. A washer would be useful.

The car looks great - I just wish it had NACS out of the gate and I hope GM reverses their decision and adds CarPlay back in. Old man watching the car self park on the curb was hilarious. 😂

I know you owned a bolt so my opinion. The Bolt is a modern day Chevy Sprint. Useless on trips with no fast charging and so cheap looking. This is a huge step up. Great job Chevy.

I think a video comparing the trims would be helpful.

Props to Chevy for putting normal brake lights unlike the EUV. A future video with a full chargiDng curve on a DCFC would be good.

All it needs is a 2 door option and a solar sun roof.

That underhood space looks like ICE design holdover instead of a ground up EV. Definitely space for consolidation and a frunk and instead we get lazy legacy OEM design and wasted space.

I just bought a new Bolt EUV four months ago so I plan to drive it another 5 years at least to get my money's worth. By then who knows what things will be like.

Currently in a Bolt EUV, Chevy Bolts were such great value cars. I would consider the equinox if it had apple car play. Would rather go with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 PE or wait it out for Rivian R3 or updated model Y.

nice looking car. would be a great upgrade to my bolt euv. However the removal (so they can mine more data/get microtransactions) of carplay is a show stopper. won't ever buy another GM EV as long as they don't support that, unfortunately...

I had self park on my 2nd Gen Volt. I think it works best when it parks between vehicles; it is looking for the objects to aim between. It never seemed to fare well with painted lines.

I'm interested in a 2LT, but it doesn't seem to allow for configuration with the safety package that includes adaptive cruise control. Will you be doing videos for charging and range?

supercruise will come off for some intersections as well that don't abide by the rules of limited access. like a merge lane to come in with. it's otherwise FULLY hands free. but not driver attention free yet. use it whenever i drive my 2023 bolt euv anywhere. i use a highway to go anywhere.

It’s a looker, how about the regen is it similar to the Bolt with a paddle? The Bolts’ regen is really great.

You shouldn't have let it pull on to the grass/curb like that. You can break unseen recessed sprinkler heads doing that.

Love more normal EV options coming out. One nitpicky thing I have is the center console lid opening up to the side. Many times my wife needs to get in the center console when I’m driving and this would make that difficult. Overall, a nice EV.

At 23:37 when you mention your concern about the upcoming bolt. I think the only way the bolt is better is that it's significantly cheaper but also significantly more range. 400 miles for under 30k would be very competitive to the equinox. It becomes do I want more space or more range. Instead of do I want a cheap small ev or a slightly bigger ev for a bit more if the bolt had comparable range.

I hope they bring the rear vents to the updated bolt, but....otherwise, i think the Bolt euv just looks better.

I want one.

I want to like it, but it's too big. Where're the little AWD Eagles, or Brat EVs? I like my Bolt, but even it feels big compared to my old GL.

Beautiful car! With less that can go wrong American cars might start becoming as reliable as Toyota and Honda.

I’ll take the build fit and finish and offerings of this Chevy over an ELON option any day

I really like the new Chevy design language. Chevy knows how to make good looking cars. I wish it had Android Auto.

Does the SuperCruise module take up the wheel well like it did in the EUV?

I just noticed you said, and now you’ve got ambient lighting in the blazer EV, why did you say blazer?

I don’t need or want supercruise which general motors hopes to live on in perpetuity through a subscription service. I have a 2023 Chevy Bolt EV 2 LT . I’m honestly telling you I would not trade it in on the Tesla. I do Hope you enjoy your Tesla. And I’ve been in Tesla‘s best. Back to the point of the new equinox. There’s just not enough new over the functionality of the bolt. OK, I’m a little biased. I love the channels that focus in on EV‘s. Discussions and debates are healthy for this new emerging market.

Saw information in the owner's manual about needing to sign into the infotainment system with your Google account for certain things to work (like giving you car your credentials is a good idea). Anyone know the extent of what works and doesn't work if you don't "sign in" with your car?

If the auto parking feature curbs your shiny new black rims can you put in a warranty claim?? 🤣

Seems like it wouldn't take too much time to get repaired if something happened. I wonder if they'll let third-party upgrades .

The wheels are facing backwards on the driver side. A universal wheel design should be direction neutral

WTH ! Auto parking assist ?? LMAO !! 🤣 FAIL !! That's what human hands, eyes, a neck, head and brain does, turns to look in the back window and parks the thing. But he did a great video anyway and the car looks like a winner as well.

How about software updates? Are they over the air or do you have to take it to the dealership?

How the light, wiper, and signal all work with a single stick?

Didn't they say this thing was going to be 30k? Even if there is a 1LT, the price pattern doesn't look close. This is giving me doubts about the new Bolt. So it has the play store to download spotify/tidal? Then to play music can you hotspot from your phone? Or download playlist while on wifi? I'm a little confused on this.

These Tesla guys. 🙄 I’m sorry, where are all the high quality materials in your Tesla’s rear seat? Also to say Chevy’s reconfigurable instrument cluster is “cluttered” yet Tesla puts everything you’ll need to see inside of one single display is hilarious. Outside of that, nice review! Supercruise has different modes, hence the different color LEDs in the steering wheel. ‘Blue’ means the system is still fully active, but the driver has *temporary control* of the steering wheel for manual lane changes. The system makes sure it’s safe to activate before it allows you to activate it and that’s probably why it’s ranked above Tesla’s Autopilot. Thirdly, kudos to Tesla for perpendicular parking better than the new Equinox EV. The Tesla relies on cameras for driving and parking which is why it’s better at this activity when there are no other vehicles around. *gm* relies on the sensors to detect objects and only uses the cameras to locate a “space” or open gap large enough for the vehicle hence the reason it was having trouble finding a spot in a nearly empty lot. What you didn’t explain is NOBODY will ever need this feature in an empty lot. The Equinox will park better in real world situations where the lines aren’t as clearly visible or as new, when there aren’t any lines AT ALL, or simply when vehicles around you are parked on top of the lines and inside of neighboring parking spaces which is common in N. America.

what makes you think Autopilot is going to switch to hands off? They're switching FSD to hands off supposedly but they've said nothing about making autopilot hands off.

Unrelated to the video, does the Chevy website automatically exchange to spanish for anyone else?

Is it available with a glass roof ?

I’m assuming that, like the Blazer EV, this vehicle doesn’t have Apple CarPlay. Lovely vehicle, but that’s definitely a deal breaker for me.

I’m assuming the RT is their most expensive trim level.

$50k and no Apple Car Play. hmmm

I disagree with this notion that the Bolt EV has no place with the Existence of the Equinox EV. We're still talking about a car that's going to cost $28K with the tax rebate. That's a great deal but it's not helpful for the people that need a Civic priced car. If the Bolt EV starts at 28K pre-rebate and offers 150 kW of charging it will be a huge success. The only reason EVs aren't selling is because the luxury mid-size market is already fully saturated. We need real cars for your average person because that's the bulk of vehicles sold.

paired to the brim with google, but no android auto wtf lol

A nice caboose! 😂😂😂

Price is still high for most of us. Did GM improve the seats. The Bolt seats were awful! - Gen Z

Pretty nice especially compared to that ugly econo looking slow charging Chevy Bolt.

Still little pricey - In Canada even more $$$$

The park assist is a major Con lmao do better chevy especially for that price

Nice auto parking feature…😂😂😂😂

As nice as this is, it’s not making me want to to run and trade my Bolt EUV. Not for $50k

$50k? 😂😂😂

I truly think GM should pull out their stakes and just stop making cars. Their cars are no longer affordable and Tesla has passed them up completely. I just got my model Y long range for 39,000 after rebate, plus tax, and I will never look back!

so many bells and whistles, make a bare bone car that's cheap, I dont even need radio, just put AC, bluetooth speakers, and a bracket to put my phone in the middle, just add an odometer... make them cheap ! PLEASE

How do you have all these SUVs have the same name 😂😂😂😂

Totally overpriced. I'd do the model Y before I spend that kind of money on an Equinox.

Why the hell would anyone buy this? Seriously 150kw on a 2024 ev? Cheap plastic everywhere. No frunk. And it's just as expensive as a model 3 or y in reality and way more than the Hyundai offerings that charge at 350 kw

Doesn’t look like a $50k car.

Not a fan. This looks too small and the design is not very good looking. The only cool part is the rgb panels which are FAR nicer than the Blazer EVs dumb “fan lights” that you can barely see. I will choose the Blazer EV over this regardless. Bigger, MUCH nicer looking.

Self parking and SuperCruise. Not ready for primetime. Pitiful.

Did you use to be a VW salesman?

Why would anyone just not buy a Blazer??? I've lost all faith in GM!

Shame on gm so overpriced, and no nacs plug, for me no thanks

We don't need all that electronic junk! We could actually have affordable EV's without it, but manufacturers don't want that... That's the biggest scam. The prices were supposed to go down the more people got them, but it's the complete opposite! 🤬

Nice review but the car is horrible. Doesn’t even support Apple CarPlay. Wow better luck next time Chevy.

GM did a great job with the Equinox EV, however, they really need to minimize the interior with just 1 center screen and hide those HUGE, ugly chrome vents. A large sunroof would be great as well, as a NACS connector. I looked at buying the Equinox EV but just bought another Tesla Model Y today, for my wife.

$43k is affordable? How much do you earn per year? Or are you a trust fund baby? 😂

What does the stupid artificial EV noise sound like on this vehicle?

Who cares about the trim amterial in the back. Do you sit back there and frequently touch to top of the door. I will never understand the obsession reviewers have with those materials. Its a car. Drive it and stop worrying about silly details

It’s the same price as a Tesla model Y all wheel drive, why in the he’ll would I buy this GM garbage

Nice video, thanks ! I hope it's not your last GM one, since you didn't respect the May 30th embargo...