Blazer EV Won Motor Trend SUV Of The Year For 2024

Did they review one of the 3 made in production

 

Quite a glowing report, and some nice features. But a little run of the mill for a brand new model. Range is good, but charging speed not great. Same with MPGe efficiency. No CarPlay/Android Auto is not good. No mention of the nav or subscriptions. Reminds me of my son's Tesla, where he still has a phone mount in the car so he can access and utilize other apps (like Waze).

Plus not cheap either, as compared to other EVs esp with prices falling. I think GM will have major cost structure challenges going forward, and have already ratcheted back production or delayed other new EVs. I am not sure how competitive they will be going forward, unless they get more help from the govt to make the non-US manufacturers more expensive.

 

The Blazer has a Google OS complete with an App Store. Waze and ABRP are both available. Instead of running on your phone through Android Auto, they run right on the car.

I’m not a fan of this approach personally. But it does give them native access to vehicle status, like SoC for route planning.


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Are there any subscriptions?

 

Yes, but I don’t know the details.


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That's the thing. On my Subaru Solterra (Toyota), I need a subscription for the native nav. But because I have wireless Android Auto and CarPlay I don't need it. However, my Ioniq 6 has no subscriptions for their native nav, and it works very well actually, incl the voice commands.

I hate subscriptions, and don't like that trend with some automakers.

 

Yeah I agree. It’s obnoxious. It’s crazy that they are getting away with it. My Mini SE doesn’t make me pay for built in Nav and that includes live traffic info. Plus it has wireless CarPlay which is great.


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My friend only got a 6-month trial for nav on his Lyriq. Why is GM making buyers of the more premium Cadillac pay more nav but Blazer owners get it for free. That is baffling.


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