Featured Chevy Blazer EV

Details are starting to come out for the new Blazer EV. First, it is not a conversion of the ICE model, but built on a new platform using the Ultium suite.

• Starting price at $45k to $67k
  
• Four trims(1LT, 2LT, RS, and SS) with ranges from 247 to 320 miles
• The mid trims become available next summer, with the SS soon after, and 1LT in 2024
• AWD standard on SS, and optional for 2LT and RS
• RS has choice of FWD or RWD standard
• 11.5kW charging on Level 2 AC and 190kW with DC
• No start button like a Tesla

https://electrek.co/2022/07/18/2024-chevy-blazer-ev/
The Chevy Blazer EV will be GM's new mass-market electric SUV - CNN
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV: What We Know So Far

 

Far from the original. Many were disappointed when the ICE model returned and it was just another tall wagon.

 

The base trim has 19 inch wheels. The ICE Blazer, and similar sized Highlander, start at 18 inch.

GM is even putting in high speed DC chargers.
GM announces plans to build ‘coast-to-coast’ network of 2,000 EV chargers at truck stops

 

The Equinox EV will be unveiled sometime soon for its fall 2023 release. The guess is starting price of $30k.
2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV: What We Know So Far

It is as big as the Highlander, thus bigger than the bZ4X. We don't have details on the climate control. A heat pump and rear heated seats will cut down on related range loss.

Locally, I've seen Bolts(old, new, and EUV), a couple of Taycans, a Polestar, and some Mach-Es. Basically at the same rate as I've spotted BEVs from Nissan, Hyundai, and Kia. Same spotting rate of the Prius Prime, which sells in the same number range as these BEVs.

Teslas are a daily sighting, but they are in a different position than the traditional car companies. The traditionals didn't have a do or die pressure to get BEVs to market, and had to balance the negative pressures coming from their dealer network. It takes more than slapping a motor and battery into a car body to make a successful BEV. A rapid flooding from the traditionals isn't going to happen, but many have been prepping for the coming EV market.

GM has been doing that by developing BEV platforms, and a suite of EV drive train and battery technology designed to make the development of multiple BEVs cheaper.

 

And Chevy sold 4 times as many cars in the US as Tesla last year.

The traditional car companies are slow to shift direction, but they do have more resources at their disposal when they do. GM has 7 BEV models coming to market by 2024; some are already available for reserve. That's in addition to the designing and development going on for existing models.