When I attended the Blazer EV launch event earlier this month, my biggest takeaway was how successfully this new electric car managed to act like a traditional car, from the traditional door handles to the traditional key fob to the un-EV-like power delivery, the Blazer EV is not trying to reinvent the wheel, it’s trying to offer buyers an electric wheel that feels the same as all the other wheels it has made in the past.
When segment competitors offer cars with pop-out door handles, credit cards instead of keys and single-screen displays that can alienate the technologically-challenged crowd, the Blazer EV offers buyers a familiar driving and ownership experience to most other GM products aside from refueling with a plug rather than a pump. Unfortunately that seems to include some of the same questionable reliability that impacts other GM vehicles, but hopefully GM can work out these gremlins soon so new car shoppers can confidently become a part of the Blazer EV family.
Aside from the array of negative press the new car is getting, these are the surprisingly traditional features of the Blazer EV.
