Just over a month and a half after a corporate representative said that production of the electric crossover, the Chevy Equinox EV, would start in Mexico before the end of this year, General Motors has now formally declared that the electric crossover will start in Q1 2024.
Production of the Chevy Equinox EV at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant is set to commence in the first quarter of 2019, which means the model won’t be available for purchase from the Mexican complex this year as originally planned, according to the top executive of GM’s Mexican subsidiary.
Francisco Garza, President and CEO of GM Mexico, told the local media Vanguardia, “For the Chevrolet brand, we confirm the arrival of the Blazer EV, which is produced in Ramos Arizpe, GM’s first electric vehicle manufacturing site in our country.” “During the first quarter of next year, the Chevrolet Equinox EV will also arrive in Mexico and go into production,” he continued.
Interestingly, this formal declaration from the Mexican CEO suggests that the Chevy Equinox EV production timeline at the Ramos Arizpe plant will be adjusted by at least a few weeks. Simultaneously, it demonstrates that the Equinox EV’s delayed US introduction will ultimately have a greater impact on the model’s series manufacturing programme than GM Mexico executives had previously anticipated.
The new Chevy Equinox EV, which is being produced in the same plant in the state of Coahuila as the new Chevy Blazer EV, is the second all-electric car that GM will construct in Mexico. The firm itself has already stated that changes to the software approach to guarantee the “highest possible quality and customer experience” are the reason for the postponement of the all-electric Equinox’s North American launch.
Currently the only plant in the world confirmed to house production of the zero-emissions crossover, the Ramos Arizpe complex in Mexico will ultimately host the first quarter of next year’s production of the all-new Chevy Equinox EV. To only serve the domestic market in China, the Equinox EV will also be produced there.
