2024 Chevy Blazer EV Production Under Way In Mexico
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General Motors unveiled the all-new 2024 Chevy Blazer EV last July, showing off the automaker’s latest mass-market crossover. Now, the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV is officially rolling off the line at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico.
The production launch was marked by a series of social media posts that show the GM Ramos Arizpe production team proudly standing next to the first example of the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV, fresh off the assembly line.
Looking over the posts, it appears as though the first 2024 Chevy Blazer EV produced is an RS model finished in Riptide Blue. It was built on June 26th.
“How amazing to be part of the projects team, lots of lessons for what’s coming,” writes Gabriel Eduardo Delgado Flores.
“So happy with my first launch of a vehicle as ME from General Motors, this is just the starting point for many more projects,” writes Josue Montes.
A total of four trim levels will be offered, including 1LT, 2LT, RS, and SS. The 2LT and RS trims are the first two trim levels that will be produced, with the range-topping 2024 Chevy Blazer EV SS set to arrive this fall, and the base 1LT arriving in Q1 of the 2024 calendar year. Pricing for 1LT starts at $44,995, pricing for 2LT starts at $47,595, pricing for RS starts at $51,995, and pricing for SS starts at $65,995.
All trim levels ride on the GM BEV3 platform and incorporate GM Ultium Drive motors juiced by GM Ultium batteries. Available drive types vary between the trim levels selected, and include either front-wheel drive (1LT, 2LT, RS), rear-wheel drive (RS), or all-wheel drive (2LT, RS, SS).
Estimated range-per-charge also varies between the different trim levels, maxing out at 247 miles for 1LT, 293 miles for 2LT, 320 miles for RS, and 290 miles for SS. Wheel sizing ranges between 19 inches, 21 inches, and 22 inches in diameter, while LED exterior lighting and a 17.7-inch infotainment screen round out the equipment list.
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So the base 1LT starts at nearly DOUBLE the price of the base 2023 Bolt and (according to this article) has 12 miles less “estimated” range.
No thanks. Nearly double for what?
You’re comparing a subcompact hatchback to a mid-sized crossover.
Yes, I know. And my question is about what a person is getting for nearly double the price. In response to you and ers1027, I just looked up the difference in size between the Bolt EV and this Blazer EV. It’s basically 29 inches longer. So those 29 inches are worth 18 grand or more? And with less range. This only proves that there’s way too many people out there with more money than sense. And let’s not forget that the 45 grand is for the base 1LT. Anyone taking bets on how difficult it will ever be to find one at that price? Not going to happen just like the 40 grand Silverado WT.
Dan B
I think GM is targeting the Equinox EV to be the Bolt replacement since it will come in at the same price point as the Bolt but under the Blazer EV.
Dan, I have been reading your comments about GM discontinuing the Bolt and I agree with you. I don’t think GM should give up on such a vehicle or at least have a replacement ready. I think the Bolt is a very important vehicle in GM’s EV lineup. The price is low enough to be an introductory entry level EV for the masses or to someone who wants to tip their toes in the EV water.
GM does not make money on Bolt EV, which use old battery tech. Bolt EV compete with Equinox EV in market share. So it make sense to stop Bolt EV production when Equinox EV gain mass production. It may be too early to terminate Bolt EV by the end of this year.
The bolt is being made in the GM Orion Plant. They currently have about a 70,000 annual run rate. They are converting that plant over to Silverado and Sierra EV assembly. 400,000 annual run rate.the Bolt is not connected to the Ultium propulsion system. It does not fit into the all new GM skateboard chassis, Ultium motors and batteries. It does not then benefit from the cost benefits from Ultium. There is no way they could have justified moving the production, and, probably no where to put it. I have read that GM is working on an EV slotted below Equinox. It should have a base of $25,000. I’m thinking that is a go program, slotting in with a expected date. EV’s can be brought to market much faster than ICE. Expect to see that $25,000 EV in the not to distant future.
Production starts with the 2LT and RS, the SS and 1LT start latter
Since the Blazer EV factory will be EV only there will be a good number of Blazers built once it ramps up
The 1LT is more of a fleet/rental build with the smaller battery and less range, most retail buyers are going to go for the large battery pack with 12 modules and the greater range.
Yes, but look, they still have not figure out, how much for the larger battery pack and AWD will cost to the customer.
GM are famous to have lots of options. But so, the production has begun, how are to get the RS, RWD, bigger battery, eAWD, sunroof.. and on?
Why so difficult to move things?
29 inches is a lot in automotive packaging terms..
29 inches leads to more passenger space
29 Inches leads to more cargo space
…more Safety zone space
…comes with more width
….more weight
Yet only 12 miles difference in range?
Why be upset about that? You should have leased your Bolt !
And 7 inches wider and 4 inches taller. Is that worth it? Depends on what you need. Subcompact vehicles are fine and dandy for some people. Other people need to fit a car seat and a couple of boosters.
Most car buyers need the space over the range. Did you buy your gas car just by the size of the gas tank? I thought so!
These will eventually stack up on dealer lots just like the KIA EV6, Hyundai Ioniq5 and Ioniq6 (which are sitting on dealer lots and available now with discounts; just a few months ago dealers were marking them up.) Once the Chevy dealers have Blazer EVs collecting dust, the prices will come down.
Hyundai and Kia are both at a significant disadvantage, as they do not qualify for the federal tax credit. But while Kia is struggling, Hyundai’s sales of the Ioniq series are up 23% year over year.
Ultium was supposed to superior. Clearly it’s not.
There’s a reason why Equinox EV exists
ROTFLMFAO! Oh my, your logic, or lack thereof, is comical. If you want a Bolt, buy a Bolt. But it will always be a Bolt. Not a Blazer EV at half the cost. LOL!
…a categorically larger vehicle..?
This is a lot more vehicle than a Bolt. That’s a ridiculous comparison. 28 inches and a lot more steel is a huge jump when vehicles tend to be separated in segments by 8 inches or so. A bolt is a little putt putt compared to this. Now that electric vehicles are all moving into 2 tons plus, I don’t want to be in a putt putt with my family and get hit. If I am delivering pizza for Domino’s I get the value of a Bolt but this is another issue. The bottom line is there will not be electric cars (unless small) with 300 mile range in SUV’s for under 45. Value is going to be really relative.
Yes – if the Blazer is basically going to be a ‘Chevy Lyriq’ than this is a HUGE CAR. I call my Lyriq a midsize – but it appears to be midsize in the same way that the MAMMOTH Chevy Malibu was in the 1970’s – where it was even larger than the later downsized Impala.
I don’t believe the Blazer EV should be compared to a BOLT EV or EUV.. The nonexistent Equinox EV is a closer match – but this is the ongoing problem with GM. They CONSTANTLY discontinue perfectly fine cars, whether BEV, Plug-in Hybrid, Hybrid, or 100 % ICE way before the public has gotten tired of them.
Then they delay the introduction of replacement models… How this maximizes profit is unknown to me…
The very economical 100% ICE Chevy Spark – starting around $13,000 is now replaced by the much larger Chevy Trax at over $21,000. That is such a huge percentage increase that GM has now basically said they are no longer going to sell high-value economy cars…
I don’t see how this makes sense since Americans in general are over time, getting poorer not richer.
The Trax is selling like hotcakes on a Sunday.
Days supply is well below 30 days including units in transit. The residual value on the leases are strong
In its last model year the Spark was $14,595. The Trax starts at $21,495 is definitely more expensive, but not that much more than the cheapest new vehicles left on the market (Mitsubishi Mirage, at $17,650).
I wish there were more value options on the market, but realistically, most manufacturers have thinned out the low end of their product line. In the face of part shortages that limit the number of veihicles that can be produced, it is unsurprising that most carmakers opted to focus on larger vehicles with fatter profit margins.
What happened to the first mass-produced compact $25-30K electric crossover???
Price is very disappointing.
That will not happen…look what GM did with the Silverado/Avalanche EV. They claimed that the base WT would come in around $40,000-$42,000…now GM is saying that the base will be $50,000. The WT they started showcasing for automotive journalists the other day was around $78,000 (it is all over YouTube on every car vlogger channel). EV’s will not be cheap and their prices will continue to go up when we have to depend on other countries for the battery raw materials. Besides, GM would rather sell you a $70,000 Blazer SS or a $120,000 Hummer EV than a $30,000 Bolt or Equinox EV…affordability doesn’t matter to them as much as headlines do.
In the near future, that’s the Equinox EV, which should see the entry level trims hit first half of 2024. GM has also telegraphed that cheaper vehicles are in pipeline. My bet is on a Trax EV being introduced to replace the Bolt EUV.
The hinted at Bolt EV successor may actually end up being a new Ultium-based Bolt, but they might ultimately decide that name was tarnished by the mass recall. If it were up to me, I would use the Spark nameplate since that is kind of a perfect name for an entry level EV.
Would expect instead an Ultium Trax/Trailblazer.
10 years of inflation and recognizing a rich economy that will pay for nicer cars. No need to build cheap entry level cars. Musk has made that clear by backtracking his commitments to offer an affordable EV to “help save the Earth”. Surprise! Musk is in it for the money. He couldn’t care less about civilization on Earth. Mars maybe, but not Earth.
OK, now, first one is roll out the production line.
They still have not figure out, how much for the larger battery pack and AWD will cost to the customer.
GM are famous to have lots of options.
What about the cost of to get the RWD, bigger battery, eAWD, sunroof.. and on?
Why so difficult to move things?
I’m going to make a new comment since there was a lot of stuff being said above and I don’t feel like responding to so many.
Not sure how I could have been more clear. Almost everyone wants to jump on the wagon that the Blazer is so much bigger. That’s NOT the point. I know it’s bigger. I know it’s going to be a little more roomy. But the point was about the price and GM going balls to the walls with huge prices for not a lot more.
And let’s talk Bolt. I have my 2023 base 1LT that so far (6,000 miles worth) has been outstanding. It’s exceeding every expectation I had of it. I also work with Volvo and they have some of the most advanced tech and their XC40/C40 EV’s are supposed to be so great. I can tell you from personal experience that my Bolt is better in nearly every way. So for those who want to keep saying the Bolt is old tech and outdated, I say you’re full of it. GM didn’t kill the Bolt because of being old or outdated. They killed it for being too great of a value and that no longer fits the pricey direction they are pushing for.
YOU made the “bigger” (by only 29 inches) point!
YOU did.
It was a foolish point and everyone is responding to YOU.
No one said Bolts aren’t good/great – YOU are all hung up on the fact that it’s being retired, and YOU are taking it personally somehow. They didn’t KILL it. It had run its course.
GM is not out to get ol’ Dan B.
Plus why do you care anyhow? Equinox EV is NOT A CAR. and you only want cars! (or is it?? you wouldn’t know)
And YOU are the one LEAVING GM FOR VOLVO… YOU said that… no one else
And you seem to be missing the point that it’s entirely different class of vehicle. A Blazer EV starts at $20k more than a Bolt EV for the same reason a Blazer starts at $20k more than a Spark or Sonic used to.
As for the tech, the Bolt is absolutely outdated. Perhaps most critically, the max charging speed of 50kWh is abysmal compared to the 190kWh the first generation of Ultium vehicles is capable of.
No Dan, GM killed the Bolt, for now, because it uses old battery tech that is not going to be used in other platforms. And they need the production capacity at Lake Orion Assembly for the Silverado and Sierra. And, why build a Bolt when a future Trailblazer electric is on the way? It is also very probable that the Bolt will reintroduced on the ultium platform and built in Korea.
Keep your Bolt. Be happy! It’s not a Blazer EV, will never be a Blazer EV, and shouldn’t be compared to a Blazer EV.
Many of us who are waiting for our Blazer EV are very happy that you are pleased with your Bolt. Less people in front of us… in more ways than one.
New technology as developed and sold by a large automaker is generally going to be sold at a loss. That is how you build a market and demand. When Toyota introduced the Prius, it cost more to make then it sold for. When I bought my Volt in 2011, I read that GM spent about $1.75 for every dollar they got in sales price. If they hadn’t built Volts for $75,000 and sold them for $42,000 in the first year, they wouldn’t have been able to sell Volts a few years later for $35,000 or today sell Bolts for under $30,000.
Automakers are in business to make money and at this point, electric vehicles are expensive to make. The high prices you complain of today for early models are not wildly profitable for the automakers. Far from it. On the other hand, the automakers understand that in the long run, when customers get used to electric vehicles and want them, they can be highly profitable. The part count and costs of building an electric vehicle a decade from now are likely to be lower than today’s ice vehicles. If electric vehicles come down in price to where gas powered vehicles are today (inflation adjusted, of course), the automakers will be laughing all the way to the bank. Their investment in losing money and building new tooling, etc. to make electric vehicles today is painful, but money well spent. The Inflation Reduction Act (which has pluses and minuses for the economy) will likely help the nation (jobs, climate moderation, etc) on balance, but it is a huge help to automakers now in being able to price vehicles near to their cost or slightly profitable due to the extra $7500 chipped in the government.
Short version: GM is not ripping you off when going from a $30,000 Bolt to a $45,000 Blazer, they are just trying to get back to making vehicles at a profit.
My question: If they are building Blazer EVs in Mexico, will they qualify for those $7500 tax breaks?
GM’s decision to building a ground up EV platform delayed their time to market for new vehicles, but it means they can recoup the costs across a much broader range of vehicles. It’s no longer selling Bolts to pay for the cost of developing the Bolt; It’s about selling Hummers and Lyriqs and Blazers and Equinoxes and Silverados and Sieras and Cruises and Brightdrops and Elektras and Prologues and ZDXs to recoupe the cost of developing Ultium and building out new production capacity.
And yes, the Blazer should be eligible for the federal tax credit. The assembly requirement is North America not United States, and the component can be sourced from Free Trade Agreement partners (which includes Mexico) and not just the United States.
With GM’s track abysmal record of actually manufacturing vehicles off this platform, I anticipate 1000 units will be produced by the end of this year. Then hundreds of them will be held for quality issues and a few hundred more will be recalled. If you any of these on the road in your area, go buy a lotto ticket, you just saw a unicorn.
Less than six years ago you could have could written: “With Tesla’s track absymal record of actually manufacturing vehicles off this platform, I anticipate 1000 units will be produced by the end of this year. Then hundreds of them will be held for quality issues and a few hundred more will be recalled. If you any of these on the road in your area, go buy a lotto ticket, you just saw a unicorn.”
Tesla originally projected 100,000 units in 2017. Instead they managed 1,764. They finally hit their 100,000 target almost a year late, in October 2018. Now it is the best-selling platform in the world.
Hard to predict exact production numbers for specific vehicles, since GM is still constrained by battery production, so needs to balance allocation between multiple product launches, but the current projection is something like 70,000 Ultium based vehicles in the United States by the end of the year.
Good looks was not the goal with this one. Ugh. And to think, GM was the styling leader a few short decades ago. EVERYONE else copied them.
I think most of you are missing Dan B’s point. He is talking about affordability not value.
The point is that the Blazer isn’t supposed to be the affordable option in GM’s line-up.
Was the reason to build in Mexico to avoid paying union wages or is this the new immigration policy of Bidun , open borders and just send all the new EV American jobs to Mexico to convince 7 million immigrants that have come to America that they can go home and work for GM
GM has been producing vechicles at the Ramos Arizpe plant for over forty years now. The ICE version of the Blazer has been assembled there since 2019 and the Equinox since 2017.
Ramos is a union shop.
And they just got a pay raise.
You people are so uninformed that it actually hurts my head…
Jose, you are one troubled individual when it comes to logic and reason. Is it really that foreign to you why we manufacture goods in other countries? Do you think that concept was created by Biden policy in the past couple years? LOL! It’s unbelievable how the minions think nowadays.
I have a reservation but hope not to buy until next year as it takes a year to work all the recalls out for a new vehicle. I have a gas Blazer and would just be upgrading to the EV Blazer. Over 5 years should save about 5,000 in gas
And spend at least $10k more in MSRP for a vehicle that offers less freedom to move.
And don’t forget about your electricity bills. Plus, you think that battery is going to last past 10 years? You’d better not hit any potholes.
My EV adds about $400/yr (for about 10k miles of driving) to my electric bill.
An equivalent gas car would be about $1,800/yr in gas. (Assuming 25mpg and $4/gal. Currently gas is almost $5/gal near me).
Chevy’s website has the Blazer EV owner’s manual available.
Sir, you are wrong!
Here is a link to GM Manuals and Guides:
https://www.chevrolet.com/support/vehicle/manuals-guides?ppc=&gclid=CjwKCAjwzJmlBhBBEiwAEJyLu-lj1N7JRS6osQYjRFsF07k5SVLVlsbnxcIjoJmW4KfUnh8HeqBDaxoCr3oQAvD_BwE&compIndex=1&year=2024&make=Chevrolet&model=Blazer EV
Search for 2024 Blazer EV, and get the following message:
Manuals
Sorry, we couldn’t find any manuals for this vehicle. Please call your dealer or contact us for more help.
There are a few basic guides, but no owner’s manual.
I downloaded it, so it is there somewhere. Go to: https://www.chevrolet.com/support/vehicle/manuals-guides?ppc=
Then select 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV.
Weird. It was there last week. I downloaded it.
Jim and Jeff:
You are Both Right…
You get the ‘Sorry no manuals message’, so there is no 400 page owner’s manual but there is a 139 page ‘Essential Guide’. I looked it over, and it is pretty good compared to the ‘essential guide’ for the LYRIQ.
In the LYRIQ’s case, the 400 page owners manual tells you just a bit more than the corresponding essential guide. But the BLAZER EV’s ‘Essential Guide’ has much more information in it than the corresponding LYRIQ – and unfortunately, there is little actionable information in either…
The only technical detail in the LYRIQ full owner’s manual is the towing capacity, and the 140 watt inverter on all 2023s and the upscale ‘3’ trims… Here Cadillac couldn’t make up its mind…. the more interesting equipment migrated over to the ‘3’ trims and Now Tech, ‘1’ and ‘2’ have to do without – the change being the 2’s used to have some of this, but now, no….
But someone here said they aren’t making the ‘3’ trims yet…. So unless you find a 2023, you don’t get all the bells and whistles for a while. As I’ve stated earlier I just do not understand the LYRIQ’s marketing roll out – and in view of Cadillac constantly changing their minds – such as options available and pricing changes mid model year, but then you can’t order paint, big chargers, or trim levels anyway for 2024, etc., that it is obvious that the management just does not understand their roll outs either…
Hopefully someone at Chevy will avoid all this silliness…Will have to wait and see…
Not being able to make anything but BLACK (paint shop technology) is more embarrassing than Cadillac Realizes.. Then they release NEW PAINT COLORS which are unavailable.
Putting an 80 ampere charger standard into every 2023 LYRIQ when only a few percent of people could ever utilize it is silly…. NO 2023 HUMMER EV had anything larger than 48 – which is dopey since that vehicle, with a battery double the size of the LYRIQ NEEDS the 80 ampere option, and GM has none available for the LYRIQ in 2024 since they are all locked into the 2023s like mine, which I’ll never tax beyond 32 amperes – as the 2019 volt premiere and 2017 BOLT ev had.
The 400+ page Blazer EV manual used to be available because I downloaded it. I’m traveling so don’t have access to it, but would happy to email it to anyone who wants it when I get home next week.
Why is Black Leather not available on the Lyriq?
Green leather is very rare on any vehicle and are dealers going to consider it a less valuable trade in the future?
The Chevy Bolt EV and/or EUV will return. I would expect a 2025 or 2026 model year at a lower price point than the Equinox EV 1LT. With nearly identical vehicles coming from no less than the likes of Volvo and others that are getting so much buzz–even here in North America where US auto execs are still drunk on the SUV Kool-Aid–it would be ridiculous for GM to ignore this sub-CUV EV market segment that they actually help popularize.
Everyone forgets about the gas savings which is wonderful for my Bolt EUV. I charge 99% at home at a rate of about .13c kwh. And no one has commented on climate change we are going thru right now. We have to start some time to reduce fossil fuels and emissions. But I know there are a lot of nonbelievers of climate change and for those people, they will just keep driving gas guzzlers. It does not matter as all the new EVs will be sold regardless of your beliefs. Just look at China which is moving fast to all EVs than any large country.
So far my Bolt has saved about 500 gallons of gas. Now just multiply that by millions world wide and that is a significant amount of gas savings. No wonder the Saudis are cutting production as they see oversupply on the horrizon. Just compare EVs to cell phones. It took 20 years to switch the world to cell phone and it will take at least 20 years more to switch to almost all EVs. Does anyone want to go back to wired phones?
Inside EV’s is reporting 65 Blazer EV’s an hour. If that can be more than one shift, that is very significant.
On a side note, Jim Cramer last night was spreading BS trying to say that GM customers will not receive Federal Rebates.
Lying to promote Ford??? I lost all respect.
65 jph on one shift is about 120,000 vehicles per year…. generally speaking