The legacy automakers’ journey to electrification sometimes seems like some jerky shuffling dance—a couple of small steps forward, a step back, a pause, then another couple of steps forward. They develop an EV platform, launch some new models, then a couple of years later, they say, “EVs aren’t selling,” and cancel most of their EV programs. After a decent interval of a few months, they announce a new, super-duper EV platform. “This time we’ll get it right!”
GM is currently on its third EV platform, the BEV3 architecture, which supports most of GM’s current EVs, including the Chevy Equinox and Blazer EVs and the Cadillac Lyriq, as well as the Honda Prologue and the Acura ZDX (both discontinued), and several overseas GM vehicles, including the Buick Electra E5 and E4 models in China.
Now GM Authority reports that the automaker is developing a new dedicated EV architecture, known internally as BEV-N. The word on the street is that the first BEV-N-based vehicles are expected to roll off the line in late 2028 or early 2029, and that the first production vehicle to use the new architecture will be the next-gen Chevy Equinox EV, currently GM’s best-selling EV in the US.
No technical details are on offer at the moment, but Electrek very reasonably surmises that the new platform will probably deliver a maximum range in excess of the current Chevy Equinox EV’s EPA-estimated 319 miles, and that a new and improved software stack will enable new safety and driver-assistance features.
Source: GM Authority via Electrek
