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Chevy’s electric SUV is quickly becoming America’s favorite. The Chevy Equinox EV now ranks as the best-selling EV in the US behind the Tesla Model Y and Model 3.

The Chevy Equinox closes in on Tesla for best-selling EV

GM took the top sales spot after delivering over 710,000 vehicles in the US in the third quarter. Sales through the first nine months of 2025 were up 20% to 2.2 million vehicles, GM’s best pace in a decade.

“No one is in a stronger position for a changing US market than GM,” according to Duncan Aldred, the company’s senior vice president and president of GM North America.

Aldred claims that GM has “the best lineup of ICE and EV vehicles we’ve ever had,” and it’s showing. GM set another record after delivering over 66,500 electric vehicles in the third quarter. Through September, GM has sold 144,668 EVs, more than doubling (+105%) its sales from the same period last year.

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The Chevy Equinox EV continues to lead the way and is now the best-selling EV in the US outside of Tesla models.

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2025 Chevy Equinox EV LT (Source: GM)

In the third quarter, over 25,000 Chevy Equinox EVs were sold, bringing the total to 52,834 through the first nine months of 2025.

GM promotes the electric SUV as “America’s most affordable 315+ range EV,” with starting prices under $35,000.

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Chevy Equinox EV (Source: GM)

According to Cox Automotive, the company is not lying. The Chevy Equinox EV had the lowest ATP (average transaction price) among the top-selling EVs. Even more impressive, it had very little help from incentives.

Although Chevy’s electric SUV has been GM’s biggest hit, the automaker offers an EV for nearly everyone across its Chevy, Cadillac, and GMC brands.

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Cadillac Optiq EV (Source: Cadillac)

Chevy is the fastest-growing EV brand, while Cadillac took the top spot in the luxury EV market in Q3. Cadillac now has three of the top 10 best-selling EVs in the luxury segment: the Lyriq (#2), Optiq (#5), and Vistiq (#6). In Q3, Cadillac sold 7,309 Lyriqs, 4,886 Optiqs, and 3,924 Vistiq models.

With an electric SUV offered across nearly all segments, Cadillac posted its best Q3 since 2013. The luxury brand has now achieved 13 straight quarters of YOY growth, securing its best luxury market share since 2014.

GMC is on pace for its best year ever, with new vehicles like the Sierra EV driving growth. Even Hummer EV (pickup and SUV) sales are up nearly 50% this year, with 13,233 units sold.

2025 Chevy Equinox EV trim Starting Price EPA-estimated Range
LT FWD $34,995 319 miles
LT AWD $40,295 307 miles
RS FWD $45,790 319 miles
RS AWD $49,090 307 miles
2025 Chevy Equinox EV price and range by trim (Including $1,395 destination fee)

Although the $7,500 federal tax credit expired on September 30, GM, Ford, Hyundai, and others are extending the discount for at least another few months.

GM Financial launched a program with Chevy, GMC, and Cadillac dealers that will enable them to continue passing on the credit through leasing. The program will run “for the next several months,” GM said.

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Enphase debuts a new US off-grid solar and battery system

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Enphase Energy just launched a new off-grid system that lets homeowners power their homes without a utility connection – even for extended periods. The California-based Enphase says the off-grid setup delivers a seamless way to live independently from the grid while still using solar, batteries, and a standby AC generator.

A full off-grid setup

The new system combines Enphase’s IQ Battery 5P with embedded grid-forming microinverters, IQ8 Series Microinverters with Sunlight JumpStart, and a third-party standby AC generator. The components work together to supply power to a home and automatically manage energy sources to maximize efficiency and reliability.

If the batteries are drained and the generator runs out of fuel, the Sunlight JumpStart feature can automatically recharge the batteries the next morning once the sun comes up.

The IQ Battery 5P delivers 3.84 kVA of power per 5 kWh of capacity, and systems can be scaled up to 40 kWh and 15.4 kVA. That’s enough power to start big household appliances like HVAC systems or water pumps. The IQ System Controller 3G provides the backbone, managing solar, batteries, and generator inputs to deliver up to 46 kVA of off-grid power.

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Smarter control and connectivity

Each system connects to the cloud through Enphase’s IQ Combiner 5C HDK, which bundles solar interconnection, communications, and metering into one box. For homes without reliable broadband, the built-in 4G LTE Cat 4 modem keeps the system online for monitoring, firmware updates, and remote support.

Homeowners can manage everything from the Enphase App – from solar generation and battery status to generator integration and load control.

Why it matters

As grid outages become more common and homeowners look for ways to gain energy independence, off-grid systems like this are becoming more appealing.

“With the launch of our off-grid solution, we are giving homeowners a reliable path to complete energy independence,” said Nitish Mathur, Enphase’s SVP of customer experience. Enphase says over 100 homes are already operating entirely off-grid using its technology. The company plans to expand availability beyond the US in 2026.

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Global offshore wind surges ahead as Trump sinks US progress

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Global offshore wind targets are still strong enough to triple global capacity by 2030, despite the US’s offshore wind stagnation under Trump. A new analysis from energy think tank Ember and the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) shows that the rest of the world is charging forward, underscoring confidence in offshore wind as a cornerstone of future clean energy systems.

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Tesla ‘Robotaxis’ keep crashing despite ‘safety monitors’

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Based on the latest NHTSA report, Tesla’s ‘Robotaxis’ keep crashing in Austin, Texas, despite ‘safety monitors’ preventing an unknown number of crashes.

Under an NHTSA Standing General Order SGO, automakers are required to report crashes involving their autonomous driving (ADS) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) within five days of being notified of them.

For years, Tesla was only reporting ADAS crashes, since, despite the names of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems, they are only considered level 2 driver assistance systems.

Since the launch of the Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, where Tesla moved the supervisor from the driver’s seat to the passenger seat, it has now reported its first few crashes under the ADS reporting.

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In the first month of operation in July, Tesla reported three crashes with its ‘Robotaxi’ service in Austin.

This week, NHTSA has updated its crash report and revealed a 4th crash that happened in September:

Report ID Incident Date Incident Time (24:00) Make Model Model Year Automation System Engaged? Highest Injury Severity Alleged Crash With Roadway Type Weather
13781-11687 SEP-2025 01:25 TESLA Model Y 2026 ADS Property Damage. No Injured Reported Other Fixed Object Parking Lot Partly Cloudy

As we previously highlighted, when it comes to both ADS and ADAS crash reporting, Tesla abuses the redacting capacity and hides most information about its crashes, unlike most of its competitors.

Therefore, we don’t have much information about this new crash, but it reportedly occurred in a parking lot and involved a Tesla Robotaxi crashing into a “fixed object,” resulting in property damage.

What’s most interesting about this crash is that it comes as Tesla released the first bit of data about its Robotaxi program in Austin.

During its earnings call last week, Tesla confirmed that the Robotaxi fleet has traveled 250,000 miles since its launch in late June.

Therefore, Tesla Robotaxi currently crashes at a rate of about once every 62,500 miles. That’s with a safety monitor with a finger on a kill switch, ready to stop the vehicle at all times.

We have no data on how often Tesla’s safety monitors prevent crashes in its robotaxis.

For comparison, the NHTSA report lists 1,267 crashes involving Waymo vehicles. However, Waymo’s robotaxis have covered over 125 million fully driverless miles since inception. That’s a crash every 98,600 miles and without any onboard safety monitor.

Electrek’s Take

That’s the problem with comparing Tesla and Waymo.

At least we can now clearly see that Waymo’s incident rate is much lower than Tesla’s, but that’s with a safety monitor in Tesla robotaxis that prevents an untold number of crashes.

The actual difference could be 10x higher. We simply don’t know. Tesla has always refused to share any data regarding disengagement or intervention rates.

One thing is clear: Tesla is way behind Waymo in autonomous driving safety.

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