- Despite being discontinued, the Chevy Bolt EV has outsold the Blazer EV within the first half of 2024
- Launched final yr, the Blazer EV seems to have overcome a problematic rollout
- GM guarantees that when the Bolt EV comes again for 2026 it will likely be probably the most inexpensive EV
The Chevrolet Bolt EV is not in manufacturing, however it nonetheless outsold the Chevy Blazer EV over the primary half of this yr, based on General Motors’ most up-to-date monetary outcomes and gross sales replace.
GM delivered 8,414 models of the Bolt EV and its crossover-like Bolt EUV variant within the first two quarters of the yr, in comparison with 7,234 Blazer EV deliveries. However, in Q2 alone, Blazer EV deliveries had been increased than Bolt EV/EUV deliveries, at 6,634 models and 1,374 models, respectively.
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS
The distinction is a mirrored image of the truth that Bolt EV/EUV deliveries have been trailing off since manufacturing ended on the finish of 2023, whereas Blazer EV manufacturing has ramped up. But the truth that the Blazer EV hasn’t but pulled away from the discontinued Bolt EV in year-to-date gross sales reveals simply how gradual that ramp up has been.
GM technically began Blazer EV deliveries final July, and it has been sluggish going since then. It struggled to speed up EV deliveries by 2023, due largely to points ramping up its Ultium battery cells. GM reported 21,930 EV deliveries in Q2, up 34% from Q1 and 40% year-over-year, indicating that it has began to show a nook. But earlier objectives to ship 400,000 EVs by 2023—after which the primary half of 2024—have clearly been dashed.
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS
GM minimize costs of the Blazer EV in March, and thus far, past addressing a backlog and software program points that led to a stop-sale late final yr, it would not seem to have sparked extra gross sales. Those meager gross sales do not less than embody a excessive variety of wanted “conquest” prospects buying and selling in from different manufacturers. GM claims 40% of Blazer EV consumers are new prospects, coming from rival manufacturers like Jeep, Ford, Hyundai, and Kia.
The Bolt EV will solely be gone for one mannequin yr. CEO Mary Barra has stated that the 2026 Bolt EV would be the most inexpensive U.S. EV and can swap to an LFP battery chemistry to assist make that occur.
Source: www.greencarreports.com