GM resumes Chevy Blazer EV gross sales with new software program and decrease costs

Common Motors has resumed gross sales of the Chevrolet Blazer EV — and at a less expensive value — greater than two months after the automaker pulled the car over software program issues.

The corporate quickly halted sales of the Blazer EV in December after early clients reported issues with the SUV’s infotainment display and charging at DC quick charging stations.

GM stated in an announcement that the corporate “made significant software updates that will improve features and functionality to deliver on the high expectations of our customers. We’re confident these improvements will address concerns heard from some early owners and as promised, we’re carrying learnings over to other products in GM’s lineup.”

The corporate stated it additionally added different software program options, together with customizable multi-color ambient lighting and revised graphics with battery share show.

Current Blazer EV house owners should deliver their automotive right into a GM dealership for a software program replace to handle any potential issues going ahead. GM didn’t go into element about what precisely went incorrect, solely saying that there wasn’t a single root trigger. The corporate says it has improved its high quality testing and software program processes to stop comparable issues sooner or later.

The automaker kicked off the return with value cuts and information that the Blazer qualifies for the $7,500 federal tax credit score — each of which might assist jumpstart gross sales.

The Blazer EV’s LT AWD trim now begins at $50,195, down from $56,715. The RS AWD now runs $54,595, down from $60,215. And the RS RWD has been minimize to $56,170 from $61,790.

Getting the Blazer again on the highway is an important second for GM, which is supposed to be the primary true mass-market EV constructed on the corporate’s new Ultium platform. Ultium is slated to underpin a complete lineup of electrical autos within the coming years, that means GM has to verify it really works out all of the kinks as quickly as potential.

The Blazer’s momentary absence additionally left GM with one fewer EV to promote at a time when it deserted the Bolt — a call the corporate finally reversed following a public outcry.

Whereas the corporate almost doubled its EV gross sales within the U.S. from 2022 to 2023, notching greater than 75,000, nearly all of that was the Bolt (and its extra SUV-like sibling, the Bolt EUV).