Chevrolet revealed today that the upcoming Blazer EV will be the brand’s first model to sport the performance “SS” badge. One of a pair of all-electric crossovers coming to its lineup in the near future, Chevrolet says the Blazer SS will make its debut later this year and customers will be able to buy it starting in the spring of 2023.
The automaker first announced the electric
Blazer along with an all-electric Equinox in January at CES 2022. Joining the
Bolt, the Bolt EUV, and the Silverado EV in Chevy’s electric lineup, the two
upcoming crossovers will be based on GM’s Ultium platform.
The automaker revealed little about the
Blazer at CES, though, preferring instead to share details about the Equinox.
Set to go on sale with an MSRP of around US$ 30,000, the compact Equinox SUV will
be a bargain by EV standards. Despite that, big screens and fancy technology
will still be present, suggesting that Chevrolet is taking its transition to
electric vehicles seriously.
It remains unclear what kind of
performance the Blazer SS will get at this point, but the Ultium platform is
nothing if not capable of delivering impressive numbers. We know that the
platform is capable of delivering 644 km of range thanks to the
Silverado EV and more than 1,000 hp thanks to the Hummer EV,
though that vehicle’s 1,326 kg battery pack is unlikely to fit
under a Blazer, so Chevrolet may pull back somewhat from those colossal
figures. Today’s revelation is at least reassuring in that it signals that
Chevrolet is thinking about performance even as it moves to electric
propulsion.
