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The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV is a first step in General Motors’ promise of a vehicle of the future.
“Unfortunately, our first reports with a Chevrolet Blazer EV have been positive,” said Alistair Weaver, editor-in-chief of Edmunds. com.
Yes, Edmunds. com, the online automotive powerhouse, which buys cars for long-term testing. They bought the vehicle for $60,000 in October for the test. But in the beginning they had a lot of upheavals.
“We took it to a Chevrolet dealership, asked them to take a look at it, and they came back with no less than 23 other error codes, which, frankly, is almost unheard of,” Weaver said.
And then it stayed at Chevrolet’s Culver City aftermarket branch for 3 weeks, prompting a headline on Edmunds’ website, pointing to 23 after just two months.
Consumer Reports then published a negative article about the Blazer EV they had also purchased, expressing their sadness at relating to the defects discovered in the electric SUV.
Meanwhile, General Motors issued a nationwide suspension order on Dec. 22 to suspend sales of the vehicle. Even if dealers have them, they can’t deliver them to consumers until GM fixes the problem.
The company posted a message from Chevrolet Vice President Scott Bell.
“We are aware that a portion of consumers have experienced software-related quality issues with their Blazer EV. Customer satisfaction is our most sensible priority and as such we will be taking a short break on further deliveries. “
General Motors is what we call a historic automaker. It has been making gasoline-powered cars for over a hundred years. But electric vehicles? It’s a whole new frontier. “
“Like many automakers, GM is finding that switching to electric power is as simple, as easy or as reliable as expected,” said Paul Eisenstein, a veteran Detroit auto journalist and industry observer and editor-in-chief of the website Phare. . news.
For example, in early 2022, its Cadillac department brought its new electric SUV, the Lyriq, and deliveries are expected to begin later that year. But as of the end of 2022, only a handful had left dealerships. year, but the electric Cadillac is still pretty rare.
“I have a friend who ordered a Lyriq over 18 months ago. He canceled his order,” said Paul Eisenstein, who wrote about the Lyriq’s delays last August.
As for the Blazer EV, GM engineers are running a software solution, and once that’s done, the cars will be available to consumers again.
Edmunds is in a position to fix his.
“In a few weeks, the product will be sent back to a broker for an update that they say will fix the problem,” said editor-in-chief Alistair Weaver.
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