- Chevy will lastly launch the Blazer EV SS originally of subsequent 12 months.
- The present fashions additionally get extra energy and higher vary for 2025, with Tremendous Cruise now accessible on the LT as nicely.
- Lastly, Chevy will introduce a front-wheel-drive Blazer on the finish of 2025, making the Blazer EV one of many first vehicles to ever be provided in FWD, RWD and AWD configurations.
I might say the Chevrolet Blazer EV has mounted a pleasant little comeback in 2024. It ended the earlier 12 months below a stop-sale order following software program points that InsideEVs was among the many first to report on, solely to see a huge overhaul, gross sales wins and even a spot in our deputy editor’s personal private storage. And right this moment, Common Motors officers say that issues are as a consequence of get even higher for the 2025 mannequin 12 months.
GM has introduced pricing and availability of the 2025 Blazer EV household, together with the deployment of some long-promised variants with good upgrades to vary, pricing and horsepower for a number of others. Let’s dig in.
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We’ll begin with the enjoyable information: The long-awaited Blazer EV SS is lastly occurring sale in Q1 of 2025. Pricing has been made official at $61,995, together with vacation spot. The efficiency Blazer EV will pack 595 horsepower—greater than even the beforehand introduced 557 hp—and might do zero to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds with the full-bore Broad Open Watts mode engaged. It must be a worthy competitor to the likes of the Kia EV6 GT, and I do know somebody will see the way it squares up in opposition to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N as nicely.
Subsequent, GM says that 2025 brings the entire promised Blazer EV variants. Moreover the SS, you’ll be able to select the all-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive and front-wheel-drive fashions too. The final one is all-new; the opposite two have been round for a bit. Providing all three drivetrain configurations makes the Blazer EV a reasonably distinctive car within the historical past of carmaking, however I am curious how lengthy the FWD model sticks round with the Equinox EV on the market.
Moreover, the 2025 Blazer EV AWD has improved vary, horsepower and torque from the 2024 mannequin. The EPA-estimated vary is now 283 miles, up from 279, and horsepower is bumped to 300 from 288. Torque can be boosted to 355 lb-ft from 333 lb-ft. It begins at $48,995.
The RWD model additionally will get a glow-up, going as much as 334 miles of vary from the 2024 mannequin’s 324 miles. Horsepower jumps to 365 hp versus the outdated automobile’s 340 hp; torque stays the identical. Pricing begins at $56,990.
The FWD Blazer EV stays a little bit of an odd animal, however the pricing is respectable at $45,995. It provides you 220 hp and 243 lb-ft of torque. Vary has not been finalized but, in response to GM.
The entire Blazer EV lineup absolutely qualifies for the $7,500 EV tax credit whether or not you purchase or lease, so you’re getting some stable bang to your buck right here. And with these energy and vary bumps, I might argue some wanted distance between this automobile and the marginally smaller however nonetheless equally priced Equinox EV. Additionally, Tremendous Cruise is out there on the now accessible on the LT, nonetheless an choice on the RS AWD and normal on the SS.
Is the Blazer EV a greater deal than ever? Tell us what you suppose.
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