Chevrolet quietly pulls the plug on CCS — and the Equinox EV will never charge the same again
GM is ditching CCS on the Equinox EV and welcoming the 2027 model year with a NACS port. Charging just got a lot less complicated.
One connector — and the story of the first-generation Equinox EV is officially over. Chevrolet’s electric crossover is walking away from the CCS port it launched with and rolling into the 2027 model year with NACS. GM promised this shift across its entire EV lineup a long time ago, so the surprise factor is zero. But for owners, the change is anything but minor: the network of compatible chargers gets dramatically wider, and charging finally stops depending on adapters and a handful of stations that happen to play nice.
That said, Chevrolet has no intention of leaving previous owners stranded. The dealer network will offer a full kit of accessories: the GM PowerUp 2 NACS home charger rated at 11.5 kW, a J1772 adapter for residential and public AC stations, a CCS1 adapter for DC fast chargers, and a PowerShift adapter that works with the bidirectional GM Energy PowerShift NACS home charger.
Beyond the new port, the 2027 Equinox EV also gets an upgraded audio system, revised ambient lighting, and updated interior trim. Production kicks off this summer.
The Equinox EV didn’t gain a single extra horsepower from this new connector. But sometimes convenient charging is worth more than extra horses under the hood.