Common Motors on Monday introduced the beginning of deliveries of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, and gave an replace on the launch cadence.

The Blazer EV can be obtainable in LT, RS, and SS grades, together with a Police Pursuit Automobile (PPV) variant. Manufacturing will start with the RS AWD mannequin, which begins at $60,215 earlier than vacation spot and has a GM-estimated 279 miles of vary. Sellers will obtain the primary of those autos in August. Manufacturing will happen in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, the place the gasoline Blazer is constructed. 

RS RWD and 2LT AWD fashions, beginning at $61,790 and $56,715, respectively, can be subsequent, beginning manufacturing this fall. GM estimates the identical 279-mile vary for the 2LT AWD mannequin because the RS AWD, whereas the RS RWD is anticipated to attain 320 miles of vary. A front-wheel drive model of the 2LT, launching in 2024, is anticipated to get 293 miles per cost.

The lower-level 2LT AWD mannequin comes outfitted with a 17.7-inch touchscreen, an 11.0-inch digital instrument cluster, artificial leather-based upholstery, wi-fi smartphone charging, a heated steering wheel, heated entrance seats, heated exterior mirrors, adaptive cruise management, and a surround-view digicam system, amongst different options. The RS AWD provides 21-inch wheels, cooled entrance seats, rain-sensing wipers, heated rear seats, a head-up show, and a rear digicam mirror, whereas the RS RWD provides a Bose audio system.

GM additionally confirmed that the Blazer EV SS, which was initially scheduled to reach later in 2023, will now begin manufacturing in Spring 2024. This sportier Blazer EV could have a sport suspension and 557 hp and 667 lb-ft of torque, which is able to unlock a sub-4.0-second 0-60 mph time in a mode Chevy calls Broad Open Watts. When it revealed the Blazer EV final summer season, Chevy mentioned the SS mannequin would begin at $65,996.

The Blazer EV PPV remains to be on schedule to launch within the first quarter of 2024. Timing for the remaining configurations can be communicated nearer to their scheduled launches in 2024. That features the bottom 1LT, in addition to front-wheel-drive variations of the 2LT and RS.

Chevy mentioned final summer season that the 1LT will begin at $44,995 and listed $47,595 and $51,995 base costs for the 2LT and RS, respectively. These costs are significantly decrease than Monday’s introduced costs for the AWD and RWD variations, so it is possible they apply to the front-wheel-drive variations and the figures might improve by the point the autos hit the market. Anticipate these worth hikes. Chevy is definitely charging $1,575 extra for RWD versus AWD, so it is unlikely going to front-wheel drive would account for the complete $9,120 worth financial savings between final 12 months’s 2LT quote and the one on Monday. The Blazer EV could be the primary car in historical past to be obtainable in front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, and all-wheel drive configurations.