Patent sketches leaked in China have unveiled the design of a new 100% electric SUV developed by General Motors. Due to its dimensions and appearance, it seems that we are facing a kind of variant of the Chevrolet Equinox powered by batteries.
It’s no secret that General Motors is simultaneously developing more than two dozen 100% electric vehicles. The company has confirmed this on numerous occasions and has even organized events specifically to discuss the very expensive efforts to electrify its global range, although for the moment we have only been able to see the advance of very few of these models, as is the case with the future GMC Hummer EV range.
These new electric models, the vast majority of which will reach the market before 2025, will be marketed by the different brands of the American corporation, including the seals belonging to the different joint-ventures that GM maintains in the Asian region.
These patent sketches have recently been leaked in China and show us precisely the exterior design of one of these models. A mid-size crossover that It has features shared with some of the few 100% electric models that General Motors already sells today, which makes us think that we are facing the unveiling of an unprecedented battery-powered SUV.
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These patent sketches were presented by General Motors to the Ministry of Transport and Information Technology of the Chinese government, so it can only be a model that the company intends to present at some point, otherwise the corporation would not allow any sketch to leave its facilities.
Because of its appearance, we previously found a kind of electric Chevrolet Equinox that at the design level separates remarkably from the rest of the Equinox range, to adopt the design language that we have only seen so far in the different models and electric Chevy prototypes, such as This is the case with the Chevrolet Bolt range or even the scale model of the electric pick-up that was briefly shown at a recent General Motors press conference. This new model is integrated into one of the most important segments of the global marketTherefore, it is not surprising that the corporation already has an SUV of these characteristics ready and that the first market where it will be presented is the Chinese.