2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS arrival pushed to subsequent yr

Deliveries of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS had been meant to start this fall, following the launches of the 2LT and RS trims that begin discovering good houses within the subsequent couple of months. Plans have modified. GM Authority seen Chevy up to date its retail web site with the small print, “Blazer EV SS proven accessible spring 2024.” The automaker hasn’t given a motive for the delay. The SS trim will prime the vary when it arrives, its two Ultium motors making 557 horsepower and 648 pound-feet of torque. That output is alleged to return a 0-60 mph time underneath 4 seconds when the CUV’s put into Vast Open Watts (WOW) mode. The SS additionally will get bigger Brembo brakes in entrance, a “track-tuned” suspension, and commonplace summer season efficiency tires wrapping 22-inch wheels — all-season tires might be elective. Vary for the SS is estimated at 290 miles. The estimated value is $65,595 after vacation spot.

The 2LT coming first begins with front-wheel drive and may be optioned to dual-motor all-wheel-drive, albeit with a much less highly effective and fewer fancy AWD than the SS. The 2LT may be had with a medium measurement battery pack that maxes out at an estimated 293 miles of vary. A base 2LT mannequin might be about $47,595 when it launches.

The much less potent RS trim comes with front-wheel drive however will get the medium-size battery commonplace and prices $51,995. Consumers can transfer as much as a bigger battery pack that switches the drivetrain to rear-wheel drive, using a extra highly effective Ultium e-motor than the one used on the FWD variations of the 1LT, 2LT, and base RS. The identical AWD powertrain accessible on the 2LT is may be optioned right here. Most vary for the RS is 320 miles, making it the trim with longest estimated vary. Speccing the Consolation and Comfort Packages on the 2LT and RS trims unlocks a 1,500-pound towing capability, the one trims with such functionality. 

The beforehand introduced Police Pursuit Automobile (PPV) trim is due within the first quarter of 2024, so it is attainable the SS and PPV will roll out across the identical time. The entry-level 1LT trim is not anticipated till towards the top of 2024, estimated to value round $44,995.

Till the Blazer EV SS arrives, the easiest way to see it is likely to be within the new Barbie film hitting theaters July twenty first, 2023.