General Motors unveiled the all-new 2024 Chevy Blazer EV in July of 2022, pulling the sheets on the first-ever all-electric vehicle to wear the Chevy Blazer nameplate. GM Authority recently got a chance to experience the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV firsthand, and now, we’re giving you an in-depth tour of the crossover’s interior with the following exclusive video.
Hosted by GM Authority Executive Editor Alex Luft, the video is a little over 20 minutes long, and goes over all the important details, including the materials, the layout, the features, and more.
This particular 2024 Chevy Blazer EV is an example of the RS trim level, and shows off an Adrenaline Red / Jet Black colorway – a nice complement to the crossover’s sporty attitude exterior. The top of the door incorporates a soft-touch material with attractive red stitching, while the material around the door arm rest is soft as well.
Sitting in the driver’s seat, we find a large, horizontally oriented digital display laid out across the dash, with a 17.7-inch diagonal color touchscreen joined by an 11-inch digital driver information center. Luft also demonstrates the vehicle start procedure, which does not require pressing a button – rather, the driver simply has to press the brake pedal with the key fob present.
Luft also goes over all the controls and several of the infotainment features, including the hard buttons. Other notable features in the cabin design are the round, rifled air vents, as well as the wireless phone charger in the center console.
of course, all that is just skimming the surface with regard to this interior tour video of the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV interior, so hit play for the full thing:
As a reminder, the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV is available in multiple powertrain configurations, with FWD, RWD, and AWD all on offer. The RS RWD featured 340 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque drawing power from a 102 kWh battery and an estimated range-per-charge of 324 miles. The eAWD model features 288 horsepower and 333 pound-feet of torque, but has a smaller 85 kWh battery and an estimated range-per-charge of 279 miles. GM Ultium batteries and GM Ultium Drive motors are standard across the range. The GM BEV3 platform provides the underpinnings, while production takes place at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico.
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Just yesterday I read an article from some car review guy and magazine (sorry, don’t recall who or what the name). It was not good for the Blazer EV. They were (trying) doing a test trip in the Blazer EV for a review. Less than 20 minutes into the trip, the huge screens began to act up. About 28 hours later, the Blazer was dead and couldn’t be charged or driven. Between that and the multitude of apparent issues with the Hummers and Lyriq’s, this writer didn’t have much good to say about any of it.
So sad, because I wish others could see and have the outstanding experience I’m having with my 2023 Bolt EV. One year and 12K and not one single issue or complaint. I sure hope GM get’s this Ultium thing figured out and soon.
Inside EVs. It’s their top article right now.
Edmunds has an article today about pretty much the same issues with their long term test car.
I have seen others that shows those same problems and in particular charging issues. GM really need to get on top of these software glitches and charging issues, I also hope they sort out over the air updates draining the batteries and causing the vehicle to brick itself.
There is also a new story from Edmunds and their Blazer EV. It has been in the shop for over two weeks with 23 different fault codes and the dealer service department has no idea how to fix it or how long it will take. They had to bring in a GM engineer and a tech from another dealership to work on it.
Here is the list that went wrong:
Short Range Radar Rear Sensor – Middle
Body Control Module (Lost Communication with Rear Side Door Window Switch – Left)
Body Control Module (Lost Communication with Rear Side Door Window Switch – Right)
Drive Motor Control Module
Drive Motor Control Module (Lost Communication with Serial Data Gateway Module on CAN Bus 2)
Drive Motor Control Module 2 (Lost Communication with Serial Data Gateway Module on CAN Bus 2)
Radio (Head-up Display, General Electrical Malfunction)
Battery Energy Control Module (Lost Communication with Serial Data Gateway Module on CAN Bus 2)
Side Obstacle Detection Control Module – Right
Radio (Invalid Data Received from Serial Data Gateway Module)
Body Control Module (Invalid Data Received from Serial Data Gateway Module)
Driver Seat Adjuster Memory Module
Side Obstacle Detection Control Module – Left
Radio
Body Control Module
Brake System Control Module (Lost Communication with Radio on CAN Bus 5)
Battery Energy Control Module (Invalid Data Received from Serial Data Gateway Module)
Battery Energy Control Module (Air Conditioning – Refrigerant Charge Low)
Drive Motor Control Module (Hybrid/Electric Powertrain Control Module 2 Requested Malfunction Indicator Lamp Illumination
Radio (Ethernet Bus 2)
Body Control Module (Inside Air Temperature Sensor Signal)
Body Control Module (Windshield Rain Sensor)
Battery Energy Control Module (Lost Communication with Lighting Control Module)
Beyond the Bolt, GM BEVs have been an absolute sales disaster. This vehicle is nice, but not many will buy it, especially when you can get the similar Caddy with more features for about the same price. Unfortunately, GM invested billions in this heavy platform and is staking their future on it. I read the review from a car mag that gave this their BEV car of the year award and they admitted it was inferior by most of their metrics to the Model Y and the Hyundai, but they wanted to give it to a new entrant. Don’t get me wrong, this is a solid vehicle, but for the price and specs its considerably behind the competition. It’s especially uncompetitive vs the ICE counterpart. I have no faith in the Ultium platform and current management.
mvb: For sure. Hind-sight is always 20/20 as the saying goes, but I wish GM would have focused on another Spark sized tiny EV, the Bolt and a few mid-sized sedans (cars) along with a couple of smaller CUV’s for their EV lineup. At the same time and while the population becomes more in tune with EV’s, that they would have concentrated on true hybrids/PHEV’s for the mid/larger SUV’s and trucks. They should have NEVER killed the Volt and it’s powertrain and instead used that as the starting point for the PHEV’s in mid/larger SUV’s and trucks.
Agreed, both of my college kids drive Volts – they each wanted an EV, but since they are both renting, routine charging can be challenging, the Volt is a great option. I still think GM killing the Volt was one of their greatest blunders.
I like the Blazer its just to expensive for me. The red and black color scheme makes it look like its trying to hard to be cool.
That said the biggest turn off is GMs pack and basics for their EV’s are all just not competitive. Bolt charges way to slow to make it a road tripper. The Hummer and Lyriq has a bad charging curve and issues with the vehicle quitting all together. Worse yet they can’t make the battery pack at scale. For all of Mary’s talk she seems super unserious about EV’s or she needs to fire the Presidents of manufacturing first. Its his job to see this doesn’t muck up. Then fire his department as a whole for not telling you he messed all this up. Then hire Tesla or Panasonic to make your packs.
That might happen, but they have invested so much time effort and finances into Ultium. She herself might have to go through the door if they cant resolve these persistent tech issues.
I’ve owned GM most of my life and never felt like they would be so far behind. With the billions they make you think they can create a department that can compete. My worst imagination is its internal sabotage from the ICE kingdom. The people who want things to stay they way they are. Sad that.
Was this translated from another language? One where these phrases made sense, perhaps?
But to answer this, the simplest explanation is that they suck at building cars.
Me too, I’ve mostly owned GM cars, even after my first GM car was a rusted out Vega GT in high school in the mid 80’s. I still own a ZR2 Duramax, but I prefer to drive my Tesla MYLR.
Bob, I believe the problem is lazy (and/or bean counter driven) engineering that leads to massive inefficiency. All of GMs battery packs need to be at least 40% bigger than a comparable Tesla pack in a similar sized car. The battery is the most expensive and limiting factor. The Lyriq AWD weighs 5789 lbs, with a 102kWh battery to achieve 307 miles vs the less expensive Model Y LR weighing 4398 lbs / 75kWh battery / 330 miles. It only gets much worse with the trucks which weigh nearly 2.5 tons more than the Cybertruck. Heavier battery requires heavier suspension and braking components leading to diminishing returns. In the past GM could simply drop in a V8 to improve performance of a vehicle rather than engineer the smaller engine to perform like the Germans and Japanese did. That doesn’t work for BEVs – adding more battery decreases efficiency. All Ultium teardowns I’ve seen demonstrate heavy 90’s parts bin packaging of the packs. GM isn’t alone, as the Toyota e-TNGA and VW MEB platforms are bloated pigs as well. I don’t see GM moving away from Ultium as this is her legacy and they have invested billions. It would require a reset and allowing engineers freedom to create. Regardless of what people think of the Cybertruck, the engineering and new tech underpinning that vehicle are world leading and not available on any vehicle at any price. GM needs to create a BEV/platform that is truly an engineering marvel of efficiency to become relevant again – instead they will beat their chest that they have a ‘class’ leading feature in a ‘segment’. With BEVs, price / range / charging speed trump hip room, etc. The onslaught of cheap Chinese BEVs is on the horizon as they begin to build factories in Mexico and use NAFTA to bypass tariffs, GM doesn’t have a lot of time to figure it out.
The pack may not be the issue, the rest of the car being built with 90’s tech may be. They need to cut weight and in turn reduce battery size and costs. Not sure GM as a whole works together and that is how this thing must be built. No big footing each other just build the best and the most economical version of an EV. The Bolt made a lot more sense but they never improved the thing and the styling was MEH and seats were awful. Could have been great seems to be the GM motto.
The Bolt was more of an LG project though, and not something entirely engineered by GM.
Maybe that was a good thing.
Nothing in the years of making the Bolt said it had to be an LG thing. Some idiots in the bean counting office may have made it so.
Correct, the energy density of their packs is good and the packs themselves are light, but the hyperwelded cobbled steel packaging and supporting structures, 90’s tech and miles of wires are dragging them down. Even using available 2170 cylindrical cells allows for structural battery packs minimizing weight, decreasing footprint, etc. Tesla started this, the Chinese copied it and even BMW has seen the light. Obviously, gigacastings are a major weight and manufacturing advantage – the Chinese have already adopted this and Toyota is on board. GM thinks they can just keep building BEVs like ICE cars have been built for the past century. Like the Volt, GM had a splashy entrance of the Bolt and then let it whither on the vine. All they had to do was slowly improve it like Toyota has with the inferior Prius. How hard can it be to improve the charging capacity, seats, etc. The Ultium version will be a little better, but will definitely cost more and I suspect it will be bigger. Many people just want a basic, no frills, reliable commuter car. I believe GM only looks short term with no actual long term plan leading them to just start over repeatedly. I agree with ‘coulda been great’.
“Many people just want a basic, no frills, reliable commuter car. ”
I would like to correct this to say, “Many people need, because they are budget constrained, a basic no frills, reliable commuter car. ” The current price of autos are insane.
In the end why is GM, such a large company, so unable to make a successful EV? They had years.
They had a head start on everyone, yet here they are. Too many cooks? Head chef issue? Who knows.
This is the kind of stuff that only happens to GM. I assume all the real talent left the company. The good designers mostly have.
cnbc had an article today about tesla having significant steering and suspension issues. Which they covered up and made owners pay. One guy had his fail(car collapsed, although others have had wheels fall off) after 115 miles on the first day and tesla refused to cover it. China even made them do a recall. But golden boy skates in the US of course. So you’d think after all these years tesla could keep the wheels on.
You must be one of the ten people that actually watch or read CNBS.
Every time the NBC, CBS, CNN, etc. is mentioned you have to think, is this true or are they providing this because big oil or big auto, big advertisers, is trying to slow Tesla and EVs down. 50% year of year growth for EV’s means next year they will be well over 10% of total sales. You will start to see millions of EV’s on the road doing what they do best, working and gaining traction. GM and Ford can’t seem to make them profitable, Toyota failed at trying, Hyundai and Kia don’t make them in the US so they suffer a price disadvantage.
I think it no matter who reports it. But here is the thing. It fits in. No one at tesla responded, the report was thorough, had numerous sources and I personally have seen fairly recent tesla 3/Y stranded on the side of the road. So add it all up, yep true. Also I recall tesla numbers got better overnight after they had been taking a hit on warranty work, which the report mentions. Easy way to fix that problem, deny warranty work. And again if you look at the numbers, it happened.
“No one at tesla responded. ” For legal reasons I am sure they will wait. Typically this all gets answered in court with the camera footage. “I personally have seen fairly recent tesla 3/Y stranded on the side of the road. ” You have? I live in Chicago we have a LOT of Teslas here and no, I have not seen them on the side of the road. But HEY you see any GM or Fords or Toyotas or BMWs or Mazdas on the side of the road?
“Easy way to fix that problem, ” They fixed the parts. Tesla always updates the vehicle. They don’t work on the typical yearly release. I know the 23 suspension is different from the 22, they changed the ride quality. Other models had issues with the control arms, they changed them. Could it be a parts change and like magic its fixed.
Mary killed the Bolt because it will hurt the sales of the expensive Blazer EV and the upcoming high price Equinox EV. She is hellbent on EV’s and thinks GM can compete with Tesla. She claims GM can make money on EV’s. She is so wrong and out of touch.
She was losing money on every bolt sold as well.