This Is What It’s Like to Own a Chevy Blazer EV | The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Uploaded 7 months ago by Edmunds Cars

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Here is the summary of the YouTube video review:
- The Chevy Blazer EV offers a really nice, quiet, and relaxing driving experience.
- Chevy did a good job tuning the brake regen and acceleration.
- The vehicle has excellent ride quality, even compared to luxury EVs.
- It gets over 300 miles in real-world range, exceeding the Hyundai Ioniq 5.
- The seats offer a comfortable balance of firmness and cushioning.
- There is an ample amount of back seat space, even with a rear-facing car seat.
- The native Google tech is great, including the Google Assistant, and better Google Maps integration than a phone, but Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are absent.
- Physical controls are kept for important settings.
- The pedestrian and bicyclist warning system alerts can be overly sensitive and annoying.
- Problems started soon after owning the vehicle, with some affecting the infotainment system and others leading to repeated error messages.
- After owning the Blazer EV for a year, and 8000 miles, it's overall value depreciated by approximately $30,000.
- Chevy issued a stop-sale for the Blazer EV for 2 months and the issues didn’t change after a firmware update.
- Super Cruise is notably absent as a standard feature, costing an additional $3,000.
- There are better options than the Blazer EV, including the cheaper Equinox EV.

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