As GM Authority previously covered, production of the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico is currently under way. Now, a new report claims that production of the all-new all-electric crossover is quickly picking up speed.
According to an article from Vanguardia, the Ramos Arizpe facility is already spitting out 65 units of the Chevy Blazer EV every hour. In fact, plant officials claim that the first order of the all-electric crossover has already departed for the U.S.
It’s worth noting that officials also stated that there is still no date for the departure of the Chevy Equinox EV.
An interesting piece to note is that reservations of the all-electric crossover have been filled since October 2022. At the time, General Motors seemed content with the number of reservations it had. However, with production seemingly going well, it’s possible that The General will begin to take new reservations of the Blazer EV soon.
As a reminder, the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV will eventually be offered in four trim levels, including the 1LT, 2LT, RS, and SS. At present, the 2LT and RS trims are the first two trim levels currently being produced. Meanwhile, the range-topping SS model will arrive in Spring 2024, with the 1LT to follow afterwards. Pricing for 1LT, 2LT, RS and SS starts at $44,995, $47,595, $51,995, $65,995, respectively.
Notably, there will also be a PPV variant unavailable for the general public.
Under the skin, all variants of the Blazer EV ride on the GM BEV3 platform, and are motivated by GM Ultium Drive motors and GM Ultium batteries. A wide variety of drivetrain configurations will be offered, and include either front-wheel drive (1LT, 2LT, RS), rear-wheel drive (RS), or all-wheel drive (2LT, RS, SS).
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That’s a huge production rate for GM historically… With the almost identical Cadillac Lyriq – they were lucky to initially make one per day… One per minute is a definite improvement..
Even my Lyriq shows some small signs of being Rushed – the hood clips were only ‘half-installed’ and I had to remove and reinstall them to work properly…
Hopefully – quality control guys are watching for problems with the output.
Not really. GM and the Industry run at typically around the 55-65 jobs per hour rate.
65 jph – generally speaking – with one shift is approx 120,000 vehicles per year.
They build about 276,000 vehicles per year on 2 shifts at Fort Wayne assembly for instance (might be more now).
I think building batteries at a volume to support this will be the biggest challenge right now.
I put my name on an RS during the first minute GM opened reservations. I’m hoping to hear from my dealer sooner than later. The only deal breaker would be a markup of MSRP.
I picture the candy factory conveyor belt on the iconic I Love Lucy sketch, where Lucy and Ethyl can’t
keep up. Will this affect quality control? Time will tell! 🧐
Good news that Chevy is finally going to be able to mass produce an EV model. They have been terribly slow so far. Demand for these vehicles is going to be high. I only wish that they were being made in this country.
And GM cannot make those vehicles here in the USA? Perhaps if Barra and the rest of the upper management took a slight pay cut GM could….. Just a thought.
One place that I would welcome Mexico production would be the Trax/Trailblazer/Encore/Envista.
Haste makes waste—-
Automotive Acronyms.co shows 20 different meanings for PPV. That’s just automotive meanings. I assume that you mean “police pursuit vehicle “, but maybe not …
They would be awesome to drive. Nobody is going to get away from one of those. Tesla Model S Plaid would be the exception.
PPV = Problems Per Vehicle. Its an initial quality indicator. Problems Per Vehicle X 100 vehicles Problems per 100 vehicles is an industry standard for instance
However it was recently reported that EV inventories were growing on dealer lots and sales were slowing. Doesn’t sound like winning formula.
Inventories of F150 Lightnings and Mach-E’s. People are waiting on Hummers, Lyriqs and Bolts.
Cox Automotive reported 100+ days supply of EV’s in the US as of late June. I’m sure they are selling somewhere but not here in my Midwestern state.
lots of people took issue with that report as not accurate. Because it also had sold units counted… vehicles in transport… etc… not just on lots.
Mostly for EVs that lost access to the tax credits and didn’t appropriately adjust prices.
The ICE Blazer and ICE Equinox were already built in Mexico, so what do Biden and EVs have anything to do with where the EVs versions are built? The jobs were already in Mexico.
No question, QC will suffer.
65 an hour doesn’t mean they are building the cars in a few minutes. That’s the rate they come out of the factory. It takes 14+ hours to paint a body and that’s after the sheet metal has been stamped and welded.
Why would you say that? Never mind I know why.
So in an 8 hour shift that is like 135K per year I believe.
Not bad at all.
7.5 hour shifts. without OT, they’d do about 120k per year. that’s with no weekends and 95% uptime. 100% uptime is rare with supplier shortages, systems downtimes, and the ol’ conveyor off-dogs! IYKYK
Cool crank out these.
Could be good or bad thing mostly good thing if the demand is high
It is the line speed. Yes, all things being equal, and all systems being up, the vehicles are produced at that rate. Also that is General Assembly line rate. Paint and Body shops are at a different, but coordinated line rate. Of course it does not mean a vehicle takes less than a minute to be produced. it means that is the speed at which the line moves, the rate at which vehicles are assembled and yes a new vehicle comes off final line at roughly 1 per under a minute.
This plant will also build the Chev. Equinox very soon which will have to share line speed, this plant took away jobs from US & Canada 30 years ago & has never stopped. My next vehicle will be an EV but it has to be made in the US or Canada.
Line speed is line speed. The build mix is determined for how much of the 120,000 per year is Blazer vs Equinox
Why exactly are you against Mexico and not Canada in taking US jobs? Mexico is part of USMCA agreement and it strengthens all our economies in North America, instead of going to China.
Mexico is a source of low cost labor. Not exactly a level playing field.
part of the USMCA laws increased pay for Autoworkers in Mexico to be on par with most in the US. They got a big boon.
GM with recent agreements with local Unions have Hiked the Salaries of their workers significantly.
$4.25 an hour max is on par with the US and Canada?
South East non-union USA is also a source of cheap labor.
That’s a fact! It doesn’t always work out for northern companies that try to capitalize on cheap southern labor. Just ask Mack Trucks.
You know why. They need a scapegoat, boogeyman, etc, to put the blame on. Just like in Florida, now that the needed people are out. Look at the after-affects. Now there are jobs there and those same people aren’t willing to do the work…
Depends a bit if they are built on the same line or have separate lines.
UAW is starting negotiations which will most likely cause a strike, and further production delays, and in the end when it is over the consumer will be paying higher prices. That said if the UAW is for the workers why aren’t they pushing to have these vehicles produced in the US instead of Mexico?
Mexico has an autoworkers union. Unions generally support other unions.
The Mexico plant is a different union that UAW, so unless a UAW strike shuts down a parts supplier that’s supplies the Mexico plant, shouldn’t impact EV production there too much.
Since the Blazer EV is produced in Mexico and Not USA, does that means that buyers can kiss goodbye to the government incentives like the U$7500 IRS that requires the battery to be produced in USA?
No, that 7500 is for all North American production, that includes Canada and Mexico, it was tabulated that way for USMCA (the replacement to NAFTA)
It was also reported that GM manufactured almost 6,000 Hummer EVs in the first 5 months of 2023, so I’ll believe it when I see it, I guess.
They are being built, and on their way, but there is no online builder or final pricing for packages? I have a request for an RS but I have not seen info regarding packages, cost for rwd, awd, fwd (and how that will actually be orderable)
Are these just going to the dealers as demos to sit on the show floor and they aren’t allowed to sell? Similar to how it is with the Hummers?
Where are all the batteries cming from? The lack of batteries supposedly slowed the Lyriq production.
Good question, where are all the batteries coming from? Liriq production had problems getting them now all of a sudden Mexico has plenty it seems.
Maybe GM was using the batteries for the Blazer ramp-up. GM never said what the output of the Warren, OH Ultium cell plant was. Maybe the cells are proportioned between the current Ultium vehicles and Cadillac just gets a small percentage along with the Hummer. Right now the cells go to Lyriq, Hummers, Silverado, Brightdrop vehicles, Equinox, and Blazer.