It used to be that the main handicap in converting cars from left- to right-hand drive was managing mechanicals like the steering box. Now, it’s a tech feature inside the car that has become an obstacle. “The screen is the biggest thing when it comes to left- and right-hand drive with the EVs [electric vehicles], it’s the screen and where that screen goes,” said Lauren Indiveri-Clarke, communications director for GM International, to CarExpert.
But it’s not just EVs where the screen proves an impediment in converting to right-hand drive. “It’s why we’re not getting [GMC] Tahoe, we’re getting Yukon instead, because the screen is designed sort of in a way that can’t be shifted whereas [the] Yukon screen can be remanufactured,” she said. “There are obviously other things, but the screen.
.. for us is the biggest thing in terms of whether we can remanufacture it in right-hand drive.
” The petrol-powered GMC Yukon is due during 2025, and features a 16.8-inch portrait-oriented infotainment touchscreen. It’s being remanufactured for right-hand drive in Australia alongside the Chevrolet Silverado pickup.
The Yukon’s Chevrolet sibling, the Tahoe, has a 17.7-inch landscape-oriented screen. But unlike the screen in the related Silverado , this is notably angled towards the driver.
The Tahoe clearly wasn’t engineered for the outset as a right-hand drive vehicle, unlike the Cadillac Lyriq EV. Both left- and right-hand drive Lyriqs feature a 33-inch curved dis.