GM reveals Chevrolet Blazer EV with pricing up from $45,000

DETROIT – General Motors on Monday revealed its new electrical Chevrolet Blazer that is anticipated to compete towards the Ford Mustang Mach-E and Tesla Mannequin Y crossover EVs.

The car marks an essential launch for the Detroit automaker in attracting consideration and extra mainstream customers to EVs.

The 2024 Blazer EV is predicted to reach in vendor showrooms starting subsequent summer season, in line with GM. Beginning pricing will vary from about $45,000 for an entry-level Blazer to $66,000 for a “SS” efficiency variant that may produce as much as 557 horsepower and 648 pounds-foot of torque.

GM estimates the crossover will probably be able to 0-60 mph in lower than 4 seconds, similar to the Mannequin Y Efficiency and Mach-E at about 3.5 seconds.

Options and capabilities of the Blazer EV will vary based mostly on the 4 car fashions. GM expects the electrical vary of the car – an essential quantity for EV homeowners – to be between 247 miles and 320 miles, based mostly on the variant. The corporate may also provide a variant for police use based mostly on the SS mannequin, officers mentioned.

The brand new Blazer EV will probably be produced at GM’s plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, the place the standard Blazer is assembled.

Whereas the brand new EV shares the Blazer identify and plant with a conventional inside combustion engine mannequin, the automobiles are utterly completely different in growth, efficiency and appears. The EV is predicated on GM’s new Ultium platform, which is predicted to underpin the automaker’s next-generation electrical automobiles.

“It’s Blazer by identify … and the vibe of Blazer, however there’s nothing shared from these two automobiles,” mentioned Chevrolet Vice President Scott Bell throughout a media occasion.

The Blazer EV will probably be able to front-, rear- or all-wheel-drive, relying on the mannequin. Like the outside, the inside of the car is completely different than its conventional sibling and features a driver-focused cockpit with a 17.7-inch-diagonal middle touchscreen and an 11-inch-diagonal drive data display.

The Blazer EV is predicted to be Chevy’s fourth electrical mannequin when it arrives in showrooms subsequent 12 months. The model presently sells the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV with GM’s older battery expertise. Restricted gross sales of the electrical Silverado are scheduled to start out subsequent spring. The automaker can also be anticipated to unveil an electrical Equinox that GM has mentioned will begin round $30,000.

Beginning pricing for the standard 2022 Blazer with an inside combustion engine ranges from about $35,000 to $43,000.