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

DETROIT – Common 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 anticipated to reach in vendor showrooms starting subsequent summer season, based on 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 can be able to 0-60 mph in lower than 4 seconds, corresponding to the Mannequin Y Efficiency and Mach-E at about 3.5 seconds.

Options and capabilities of the Blazer EV will vary primarily based 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, primarily based on the variant. The corporate can even supply a variant for police use primarily based on the SS mannequin, officers mentioned.

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

Whereas the brand new EV shares the Blazer title and plant with a conventional inside combustion engine mannequin, the autos are utterly totally different in improvement, efficiency and appears. The EV relies on GM’s new Ultium platform, which is anticipated to underpin the automaker’s next-generation electrical autos.

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

The Blazer EV can be able to front-, rear- or all-wheel-drive, relying on the mannequin. Like the outside, the inside of the car is totally 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 anticipated to be Chevy’s fourth electrical mannequin when it arrives in showrooms subsequent 12 months. The model at present sells the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV with GM’s older battery know-how. 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 normal 2022 Blazer with an inside combustion engine ranges from about $35,000 to $43,000.