Reality Check
Will a 2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV work for your life?
Put in where you live and how you drive. See your range at any temperature, what home charging costs there, how clean your grid is, and how far you can go on real roads, with every fast charger on the way.
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Charging at home
Outside temperature
20°F
Turn the knob to try any day.
Partly estimated: 86 real drives of this model so far.
Until its owners log enough real drives, range is worked out from 1,548 real drives in EVs (86 of them this model's) at each temperature, as a share of their own EPA ratings, applied to its 307-mile rating. Where PlugLog doesn't have enough cold-weather drives yet, it uses Recurrent's winter range study (30,000+ US EVs over several winters: 78% of ideal-weather range at 32°F, 70% at 20°F), applied to PlugLog's warm-weather drives. Each temperature band switches to real data from this model on its own once it has 20 drives from 3 drivers, and its label changes.
Real data from this model: 1 of 5 temperature bands so far
Range at 20°FEstimated
216mi
vs 307 mi rated (-30%), at your 35% highway.
Days per chargeEstimated
5.7
Your 38 mi a day uses 18% of a charge at 20°F.
✓ Easy on 240 VHome chargingEstimated
$64/mo
At 17¢/kWh. A gas car: $162/mo.
Your grid
0.77lb CO₂/kWh
The US average (EPA eGRID): 68% less CO₂ than gas.
Range through the year
Estimated from real drives in other EVs, until this model has its own. At your 35% highway; the knob's at 20°F.
- Below 32°F · youest. · Recurrent study214 mi
- 32–50°Fest.286 mi
- 50–68°FFrom 37 drives of this model316 mi
- 68–86°Fest.306 mi
- Above 86°Fest.308 mi
In the cold, most of the range lost goes to heating the cabin and the battery, and a cold battery charges slower until it warms. Precondition before a fast-charging stop.
Your week, on one chargeEstimated
38 mi a day at 20°F, plugging in overnight at home on 240 V the night before a day that would end under 20%. The orange days follow a night plugged in.
At 38 mi a day, a regular wall outlet falls behind at 20°F: plan on 240 V, or some public charging.
What it costs to runEstimated
A year at your 38 mi a day (13,880 mi).
- A gas car · 25 mpg$1,943
- Equinox EV, charged at home$765
- Equinox EV, DC fast only$2,024
Gas: $3.50 a gallon. Power: 17¢/kWh, and 45¢/kWh for DC fast.
How clean your charging is
A year of CO₂, on the US average grid (EPA eGRID).
- A gas car10,900 lb
- Equinox EV on your grid3,400 lb
- Equinox EV on the US average3,400 lb
68% less CO₂ than gas, where you live. Gas: 19.6 lb CO₂ a gallon.