GM's stylish electric crossover delivers genuinely fun acceleration, a roomy cabin, and smooth highway manners, but the 2024 launch was a mess of software bugs and quality hiccups that sent early adopters back to dealers repeatedly. By 2025 most gremlins were squashed, leaving a handsome EV that undercuts the Cadillac Lyriq by $15k while sharing its platform. The tradeoffs: it charges slower than the Hyundai/Kia twins, locks you into Google's infotainment with no CarPlay escape, and a troubling number of owners report coolant leaks on vehicles barely a year old. Steep used-market discounts make lightly used 2025+ models tempting if you can live without CarPlay and don't mind the charging speed penalty. Skip any 2024 unless the price is irresistible and you enjoy surprise service appointments.
Ford built a genuinely quick electric crossover that happens to embarrass its own gas-powered Mustang in a drag race, the GT does 0-60 in 3.1 seconds, and one owner's 300,000-mile example lost just 8% battery capacity. The 2021, 2022 models suffered chronic infotainment failures (Bluetooth drops, system freezes) that Consumer Reports documented, and Ford's loss of the $7,500 federal tax credit leaves it thousands more expensive than a Model Y or Ioniq 5 after incentives. If you want the performance and can live without the rebate, the 2025 refresh at $38,000 finally adds the heat pump and fixes the value equation, just know you're buying into a brand still figuring out its EV commitment, with dealers sitting on unsold inventory.