Chevrolet announced the Blazer EV 2024 on Monday, and the battery-powered crossover is nothing alike except for the internal combustion Blazer moniker relaunched in 2018.
“Its name is Blazer, like our ICE, but the similarities stop there,” Steve Majoros, Chevy’s vice president of marketing, told journalists during a briefing last week in New York. Detroit. between these two products. “
Offered in four trim levels, multiple drive configurations, three battery packs and an estimated range of up to 320 miles, the Chevy casts a wide net in luring shoppers away from EV rivals such as Ford Mustang Mach-E and Kia EV6, as well as from the Gas Blazer and other crossover SUVs.
The Blazer EV blends design elements of the gas Blazer as well as the Camaro muscle car, with a coke bottle design that swipes down the beltline between the wheels distinctly. With a short overhang and a roofline that tucks the rear end into an odd quad rear window, the Blazer EV exudes a muscular look in its electric crossover proportions.
Chevrolet reps boast that the Blazer EV has the longest wheelbase in the battery-powered crossover segment, but we can’t corroborate that as specs aren’t finalized at press time. The front seats feel spacious even with the thick center console, and the available fixed glass roof gives an airy feel typically found in electric vehicles. It does cut into headroom in the back, though, but 6-foot-tall passengers have enough legroom to sit a little lower if their hair strokes the glass sky. The front lines are much better than the Camaro, necessarily.
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS
The model shown is a top of the line SS riding on 22 inch wheels fitted. At the front, SS models have black inserts and fake air intakes in the same style as the Camaro SS. The RS and SS grades have a standard light bar that illuminates the inside above the bow badge when the driver approaches or leaves. While charging, the light line is continuously blue and the light line gets fuller as the battery is charged more.
Chevy does not disclose the three battery pack sizes available, nor does it reveal engine capacity across the entire lineup. What is known is that Chevy is offering the Blazer EV in three different powertrain configurations. The base 1LT version comes standard with front-wheel drive and GM’s estimated 247-mile range. This will be the last Blazer EV model to go on sale, expected in the first quarter of 2024 alongside the Police Pursuit Vehicle. The base Blazer EV has a target price of $44,995, including destination.
The $47,595 2LT comes with FWD and a range estimate of 293 miles, or it can be optionally with dual-motor AWD. Things get interesting on the RS version, which is available with FWD and a mid-size package for $51,995. Or it can be had with a larger battery pack and rear-wheel drive for the more performance-oriented driving experience we’ve come to expect. Dual AWD is also an option on the RS. Range for the RS peak is 320 miles.
The 2LT and RS will reach customers first, expected in the summer of 2023. Chevy says limited pre-orders will be available at launch, but pricing and pre-order samples will be guaranteed throughout the year. first sample.
The top SS follows, and comes standard with AWD and a 290-mile range. It will cost $65,995. Even without engine and battery specs, Chevrolet says the SS has 564 hp and 684 lb-ft of torque, and in WOW (Wide Open Watts) mode it can boost from 0-60 mph in less than four seconds. Each Blazer will have independent front and rear suspension, with a double wishbone up front and a multi-link setup at the rear. An optional suspension package will be offered on the SS, presumably with adaptive dampers.
Latest media used GM . Ultium Battery Propulsion SystemBlazer EV after the launch of Chevrolet Silverado EV pickup truck earlier this year, and will be followed by Equinox EV is smaller part of GM’s plan to introduce 20 new electric vehicle models to the North American market by 2023.
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS
The versatile platform allows Chevy to offer an unusual number of powertrain options.
“It was enabled by Ultium,” said Bret Dick, lead development engineer for the Blazer EV. Driver. As a development engineer it drives me crazy because I have to do all the development but when it comes to customer support it’s great because you can choose what best suits your lifestyle. “
Blazer EV has a built-in 11.5 kw charger for home AC charging and it is capable of DC fast charging up to 190 kw. As long as that Level 3 charger can pump out that much juice, Chevy estimates, the Blazer EV could add 78 miles of range in about 10 minutes. It has at least three regen brake settings, including a paddle on the steering wheel to drive a pedal, similar to the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV.
The Blazer EV comes loaded with a ton of standard features, including a 17.7-inch driver-facing touchscreen under a glass panel that houses an 11.0-inch digital gauge cluster. Chevy reps insist it was not shared with Cadillac Lyriq. Driver-assist features such as automatic emergency braking with forward and rear pedestrian detection, active lane control and automatic high beams are standard, and the SS has steering. Chevy’s limited hands-free Super Cruise.
With electric versions of the Silverado, Blazer and Equinox on the way, GM emphasizes that it is shifting to electric in response to market demand.
“When will the market transition to all electric vehicles? We don’t know but at some point, right?” Majoros asked rhetorically. “In X years, we won’t call it Blazer EV, it will just be Blazer, will just be an EV battery propulsion system.”
