General Motors has actually resumed sales of the Chevrolet Blazer EV– and at a more affordable rate– more than 2 months after the car manufacturer pulled the car over software application issues.
The business briefly stopped sales of the Blazer EV in December after early consumers reported issues with the SUV’s infotainment screen and charging at DC quickly charging stations.
GM stated in a declaration that the business “made substantial software application updates that will enhance functions and performance to provide on the high expectations of our consumers. We’re positive these enhancements will attend to issues spoken with some early owners and as guaranteed, we’re bring knowings over to other items in GM’s lineup.”
The business stated it likewise included other software application functions, consisting of personalized multi-color ambient lighting and modified graphics with battery portion display screen.
Existing Blazer EV owners will need to bring their vehicle into a GM dealer for a software application upgrade to resolve any prospective issues moving forward. GM didn’t explain about just what failed, just stating that there wasn’t a single origin. The business states it has actually enhanced its quality screening and software application procedures to avoid comparable issues in the future.
The car manufacturer began the return with cost cuts and news that the Blazer gets approved for the $7,500 federal tax credit– both of which might assist boost sales.
The Blazer EV’s LT AWD trim now begins at $50,195, below $56,715. The RS AWD now runs $54,595, below $60,215. And the RS RWD has actually been cut to $56,170 from $61,790.
Getting the Blazer back on the roadway is a turning point for GM, which is implied to be the very first real mass-market EV constructed on the business’s brand-new Ultium platform. Ultium is slated to underpin an entire lineup of electrical cars in the coming years, indicating GM needs to make certain it exercises all the kinks as quickly as possible.
The Blazer’s short-lived lack likewise left GM with one less EV to cost a time when it deserted the Bolt– a choice the business eventually reversed following a public protest.
While the business almost doubled its EV sales in the U.S. from 2022 to 2023, notching more than 75,000, most of that was the Bolt (and its more SUV-like brother or sister, the Bolt EUV).