2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV | MotorWeek Quick Spin

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV | MotorWeek Quick Spin

Motor week is made possible by autov value and bumper-to-bumper and tire.com there’s a lot of news surrounding GM’s expanding electric vehicle portfolio and that includes Chevrolet where it’s going to be a big year for the electric bow tie starting with the Blazer EV SUV the Blazer name

Was revived a few years ago not as an off-road Contender but as a two- row midsize crossover for the urban sprawl the Blazer EV may be related in both name and Ethos but that’s about where the similarities end the EV is built at top GM’s Altium platform making it lower

Longer and wider than its internal combustion sibling powertrain is left up to the trim with front rear and all-wheel drive configurations our SoCal first drive had us in both RS models steps above the entry LT but not all the way at the the top with the

SS the all-wheel drive RS and LT models pack 288 horsepower and 333 lb feet of torque with up to 279 M of range from the 85 KW battery contrary to EV Norms the rear wheeel drive RS actually has more power now 340 horsepower and 325

LBT of torque it’s linked up to a 102 KW battery good for 320 4 miles the way that the all-wheel drive version is set up is that we have one large motor in the front and a smaller motor in the rear so the rear motor its job is really

To just assist when you need a little bit of extra traction but for the most part it feels like you’re driving a front-wheel drive car the interior is appropriately EV thanks to the high-tech amenities without going overboard standard is an 11-in digital instrument panel and a 17 .7 in infotainment

Touchcreen GM has ditched Apple carplay and Android auto but the built-in Google system is easy to operate and while some tasks are done digitally HVAC controls remain physical much to our Delight the 2024 Blazer EV starts just over $50,000 for an entrylevel LT despite a bumpy launch due to a reported

Software glitch LT and rs models can be seen at dealers now SS trim follows later this year the more affordable Equinox EV SUV arrives soon too so stay tuned for that and more quick Spins He

There’s a lot of news surrounding GM’s expanding electric vehicle portfolio. And that includes Chevrolet where it’s going to be a big year for the electric Bowtie, starting with the Blazer EV SUV.

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