General Motors has resumed sales of the Chevrolet Blazer EV — and at a less expensive worth — greater than two months after the automaker pulled the car over software issues.
The firm briefly halted sales of the Blazer EV in December after early clients reported issues with the SUV’s infotainment display screen and charging at DC quick charging stations.
GM mentioned in an announcement that the corporate “made vital software updates that can enhance options and performance to ship on the excessive expectations of our clients. We’re assured these enhancements will tackle considerations heard from some early house owners and as promised, we’re carrying learnings over to different merchandise in GM’s lineup.”
The firm mentioned it additionally added different software options, together with customizable multi-color ambient lighting and revised graphics with battery share show.
Existing Blazer EV house owners should deliver their automotive right into a GM dealership for a software replace to handle any potential issues going ahead. GM didn’t go into element about what precisely went unsuitable, solely saying that there wasn’t a single root trigger. The firm says it has improved its high quality testing and software processes to stop related issues sooner or later.
The automaker kicked off the return with worth cuts and information that the Blazer qualifies for the $7,500 federal tax credit score — each of which might assist jumpstart sales.
The Blazer EV’s LT AWD trim now begins at $50,195, down from $56,715. The RS AWD now runs $54,595, down from $60,215. And the RS RWD has been lower to $56,170 from $61,790.
Getting the Blazer again on the highway is a vital second for GM, which is supposed to be the primary true mass-market EV constructed on the corporate’s new Ultium platform. Ultium is slated to underpin an entire lineup of electrical autos within the coming years, that means GM has to ensure it really works out all of the kinks as quickly as attainable.
The Blazer’s non permanent absence additionally left GM with one fewer EV to promote at a time when it deserted the Bolt — a call the corporate finally reversed following a public outcry.
While the corporate almost doubled its EV sales within the U.S. from 2022 to 2023, notching greater than 75,000, nearly all of that was the Bolt (and its extra SUV-like sibling, the Bolt EUV).
