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I doubt it has anything to do with trailering at all. They did build the 2.0T which was efficient and fast, but people didn’t want to spend the money on it. That said, I think GM has really hamstrung themselves on this platform by not offering a hybrid. The CRV and RAV4 hybrids have waiting lists. Kia, Hyundai, Ford, and Mazda all offer hybrids in this class. The only other holdouts are the Rogue and Tiguan, but both offer more powerful engines than the Chevy. The 2025 Equinox looks really good though and they’ve knocked it out of the park with that interior.

It will be interesting to see how this little auto lasts with a weight of 3,428 lbs. or 1555kg, I feel it is a bit fat for the little 1.5 turbo engine. Maybe this also explains the low trailering specifications. At least they did drop a little weight as the 2024 model was 3,465 lbs. with the same engine. Interesting is that at the start of the Equinox in 2005 you had two V6 engine options with a maximum trailering of 3,500 lbs. and even in the outgoing 2024 model with the optional 2.0 turbo engine you still had a 3,500 lb. trailering capability and now we have only 1,500 lbs. and a single engine choice, no options. I wonder if this is GMs way of pushing people into bigger higher-level autos to get the same trailering capabilities. Interesting that the Blazer EV has a 3,500 lb. trailering capacity in RWD models but drops to 1,500 lbs. in the AWD models.

Theoretically, they could also switch the carplay on in the EVs in the future. We just need to pressure them to do it. The systems in both the ICEs and EVs are not remarkably different.

Stellantis might not be the first with EVs, but what they're coming up with sounds very competitive. Plus, they'll still probably offer CarPlay.

Definitely a 'No', Car Play is a must have for me.

I voted "No". We're looking at the Honda Prologue over the Blazer EV for this exact reason. For now, the EValanche seems to be grandfathered in under the old policy.