Chevrolet Equinox EV
Charging curve · consumption · motorway range
The Chevrolet Equinox EV has 85 kWh of usable battery and peaks at 150 kW on a DC charger. In this app's model it uses about 196 Wh/km at a steady 100 km/h and 283 Wh/km at 130, so 44% more energy per kilometre buys you 30 km/h more speed. Weigh that against a 41-minute 10-80% charging stop and you have the whole question of how fast to drive.
- Usable battery
- 85 kWh
- Peak DC power
- 150 kW
- 10-80% charge
- 41 min
- Average kW 10-80%
- 87 kW
- Mass, loaded
- 2200 kg
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
DC charging curve
Charging power against state of charge, on a charger fast enough not to be the limit. Peak power is 150 kW, but it has halved by about 60% state of charge. That is why a short stop low down the curve usually beats a long one near the top.
How long a stop takes
| Charge from | Time | Energy added | Average power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% to 80% | 41 min | 59.5 kWh | 87 kW |
| 20% to 80% | 38 min | 51.0 kWh | 81 kW |
| 10% to 60% | 23 min | 42.5 kWh | 113 kW |
| 20% to 70% | 27 min | 42.5 kWh | 94 kW |
| 80% to 100% | 52 min | 17.0 kWh | 20 kW |
The curve, point by point
| State of charge | Power |
|---|---|
| 0% | 100 kW |
| 5% | 150 kW |
| 10% | 150 kW |
| 20% | 145 kW |
| 30% | 130 kW |
| 40% | 112 kW |
| 50% | 92 kW |
| 60% | 74 kW |
| 70% | 56 kW |
| 80% | 40 kW |
| 90% | 22 kW |
| 100% | 9 kW |
Consumption and range by cruise speed
Steady motorway cruising on flat road in mild weather, from the fitted model Wh/km = 70 + 0.0126 · v². The “usable range” column is the honest one for trip planning: it is 100% down to 10%, because nobody arrives on empty.
| Cruise speed | Consumption | Range (full pack) | Usable range (100 to 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 km/h | 172 Wh/km | 494 km | 445 km |
| 100 km/h | 196 Wh/km | 434 km | 390 km |
| 110 km/h | 222 Wh/km | 382 km | 344 km |
| 120 km/h | 251 Wh/km | 338 km | 304 km |
| 130 km/h | 283 Wh/km | 300 km | 270 km |
| 140 km/h | 317 Wh/km | 268 km | 241 km |
| 150 km/h | 354 Wh/km | 240 km | 216 km |
| 160 km/h | 393 Wh/km | 217 km | 195 km |
What the model does not include
- Elevation. The trip planner does account for climbs and descents; the range figures on this page are flat-road, so an alpine route will come out worse than the table.
- Temperature. These are mild-weather numbers. Cold raises consumption and cuts the charging curve. The planner models both. The numbers on this page do not.
- Wind, rain, roof boxes, payload and tyre choice, all of which move real consumption more than most people expect.
- Charger-side limits. The charging times above assume the site can deliver whatever the car asks for. A 150 kW cabinet shared with the car next to you will not.
Where these numbers come from
Approximated from published EPA figures and fast-charge tests. American cars are rated on the EPA cycle rather than WLTP, and the consumption fit here is a motorway fit, so it will not reproduce an EPA range figure — that is the point, since EPA combined understates a 120 km/h cruise badly. GM's Ultium platform at the volume end.
What speed should you actually drive?
It depends on your route, on where the fast chargers happen to be and how the legal limits fall. Plan the real trip and the simulator will sweep every cruise speed against this car's curves and tell you which one arrives first.
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