2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV Early Review | Consumer Reports

The 2024 Blazer EV is Chevrolet’s first fully-electric SUV. It’s easy to access, has a spacious cabin, and promises quick charge times and a 280-mile driving range. But, the Blazer EV doesn’t offer Android Auto or Apple CarPlay and the infotainment system has some early bugs that need addressing.

[fookie-fone]

Strange move to ditch CarPlay and Android Auto. I'm oddly dependent on these features since my settings and app placement on the home screens can "travel" with me from car to car. This seems to be the case with non-traditional automakers as well (aka Start Ups) like Lucid, Tesla, and Rivian. I understand avoiding the licensing agreements with Apple and Google on those features for the start up EV manufacturers, but GM continues to include CarPlay/AA in their current and future ICE vehicles. Additionally, I'd imagine they would have to license the Integrated Google Services for their EVs anyway. I wonder what the reasoning behind this was.

[dontbanmebrodontbanme]

You would think a software update could be pushed out pretty quickly. No need to completely stop sales. There has to be a bigger issue, which is not confidence inspiring.

[rlgx]

Typical GM. They get some things brilliantly right while simultaneously getting other things horribly wrong.

[hereigoagain]

Alex is the rock star of CR! Hope GM debugs the software soon. I guess GM thought they could do software better than Apple and make tons of money from in-car purchases.

[mumwifeteacher]

The charge port door is massively over designed and will break.

[reed]

No Apple CarPlay in 2024? Disqualified.

[Molishious]

I was considering a Blazer or an Equinox but the terrible rollout of the Ultium cars so far has me spooked. I’m looking more at models that have been out for a least of couple of years and have had time to work out most of the kinks.

[avarria]

I have a Chevy Bolt EUV and love it. The only problem it has is very, very slow fast charging. It's not reasonable to take it on a road trip. That being said, I got it for $22k brand new, so I can't complain. I don't understand how GM can create the most affordable EV on the market that's reliable and then churn out this dumpster fire.

[Chronochrome]

If this were $10k cheaper, I'd consider it. It's just not worth it at its current price point. It's also very obvious that American manufacturers rushed into the EV market to make a quick profit. The lack of reliable technology and very strange design choices proves that. It's just a fad to them, so they don't respect their own designs.

[Mjln]

How in the world could that have gotten past their development QA process? Did GM even drive the car before they started sales?

[BremboT]

65k for the Blazer EV
55k for the Kia EV 9 with 7seats😂

Like.. Is GM/Chevy serious😅?

EV9 has way faster charging, same range, waaay more cargo and passenger room, a frunk and a glass roof!😂 for 55k! Chevy is in serious trouble. GM will need a bail out soon.

[thumbtech]

The committee that ditched carplay / android auto really failed GM. Every mention of the vehicle highlights their absence & it was a significant differentiator vs Tesla. Would be a great little case study for b-school grad!

[Buc_Stops_Here]

This is worse than reported here as reported by Motor Trend. They had one of these cars, and the "flashing screen" turns into an OS failure that paralyzes the car. Only a phone call to the car started it back up for another 10 minutes until it died again. The story ends with GM coming, taking the car back stopped on the highway, and giving them a gas car to get to their destination. A very terrible start for GM's EV ambitions.

[davidm]

$60, 000 apparently buys a lot of junk.

[karinbaker]

Just bought one just like this one. Got 600 miles on it. None of the problems he bitched about. We'll see how it goes:)

[DMan-OceanOne]

All EV’s are run by software so the key to success will be a well tuned (in software terms) control system. Most, if not all, EV’s have had software issues upon startup. I’m not certain how software (there is so much) is “tested” and “approved” in the process of producing a consumer car, let alone EV’s?

Charging cable issue: just use a right angle connector?

[imudevco]

Shoring software in-house as opposed to the traditional way of doing business for OEMs is going to be a lot painful than it looks. Rather than announcing and trying to push out new EVs almost all at once, they need to be thoughtful and deliberate in rolling out their products. I guess they are finding out the hard way.

[jazzfan]

Apple Carplay and a touch screen, plus all the safety systems, is just basic respect for the consumer. Not having those things is a key sign of a bad attitude toward customers.

[benjilafouine]

279 miles range? So if you don’t charge it to more than 80%, you’re dropping at 220 miles. Then you subtract another 30% inbound cold weather and you’re not getting further than 220 miles if you’re lucky. Laughable.