In late June, Normal Motors’ plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico produced the primary sellable Chevrolet Blazer EV, and now it seems like the primary automobile is already on its method to the USA.
That is in response to a July 11 report from Vanguardia MX (through Electrek), which claims the Blazer EV has left the plant and is in transit to the US. We additionally study from the report that the Ramos Arizpe plant is at present making 65 Blazer EV SUVs per hour.
“Since final week we had been very happy to see that the primary manufacturing Blazer left for the USA, the primary order. We’re already engaged on it for the overseas market,” mentioned Tereso Medina Ramirez, basic secretary of the Confederation of Staff of Mexico (CTM).
As you most likely know, GM additionally makes the smaller Chevrolet Equinox EV at its Mexican plant, though Medina Ramirez mentioned the date when the primary Equinox EV will go away the complicated continues to be unknown.
In accordance with the identical supply, GM’s Ramos Arizpe web site at present employes 4,000 individuals, 2,000 of that are allotted to electrical autos – the plant additionally makes the ICE-powered Chevrolet Blazer and Equinox SUVs.
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The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV can be provided in 1LT, 2LT, RS, and SS trim ranges, with the 2LT (priced from $47,595) and RS (from $51,995) fashions anticipated to begin deliveries this summer time. The Blazer EV SS efficiency variant beginning at $65,995 can be obtainable in spring 2024, although Chevrolet initially mentioned it might launch earlier than the top of 2023.
The launch of the entry-level Blazer EV 1LT mannequin (priced from $44,995) has additionally been pushed again from the primary quarter of 2024 to the winter of 2024, in response to data from Chevrolet US client web site’s Blazer EV web page.
In addition to these 4 trim ranges for retail prospects, the 2024 Blazer EV may even be obtainable as a PPV (Police Pursuit Automobile) for regulation enforcement businesses. GM mentioned a yr in the past when it unveiled the Blazer EV that the PPV would launch within the first quarter of 2024.
The automaker estimates the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV will supply between 247 to 320 miles of vary, relying on the trim. GM is but to announce the electrical SUV’s battery capability, although it is extremely prone to function the identical 100.4-kilowatt-hour pack because the Cadillac Lyriq.
Powertrain variants embrace single-motor front-wheel drive (customary on 1LT, 2LT, and RS), single-motor rear-wheel drive (a no-cost choice on RS), and dual-motor all-wheel drive (optionally available on 2LT and RS, customary on SS).