Is my Blazer EV RS RWD now a unicorn?

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GM just announced that the RWD version will be discontinued at end of this year. On paper this looks great, also in person. I love the longer range and extra punch but I guess GM didn’t feel it was feeling the love from buyers.

We haven’t put many miles on it but it really is a dream to drive, and the RS red interior is spectacular. I expect to own it for at least 3 or 4 years and I expect it might be a favored version when it goes up for sale. But I bought it for my enjoyment so that really doesn’t matter.

One last thought, probably worthy of a new thread. Why isn’t anyone pushing used EVs as a second car in 2 car families? The two most important issues stopping people from buying EVs seem to be price and range. Having an EV as a second car, and purchased as used, would address that. And as most of us know, once an EV owner then you are generally sold on the idea.


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LarryC said:
GM just announced that the RWD version will be discontinued at end of this year. On paper this looks great, also in person. I love the longer range and extra punch but I guess GM didn’t feel it was feeling the love from buyers.

We haven’t put many miles on it but it really is a dream to drive, and the RS red interior is spectacular. I expect to own it for at least 3 or 4 years and I expect it might be a favored version when it goes up for sale. But I bought it for my enjoyment so that really doesn’t matter.

One last thought, probably worthy of a new thread. Why isn’t anyone pushing used EVs as a second car in 2 car families? The two most important issues stopping people from buying EVs seem to be price and range. Having an EV as a second car, and purchased as used, would address that. And as most of us know, once an EV owner then you are generally sold on the idea.
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I googled "0-60 rwd blazer ev" and Google's AI got really confused, claiming that 0-60 in 5.7 seconds is slower than 0-60 in 6 seconds:

"The 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS RWD accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds. The rear-wheel-drive Blazer EV is a bit slower to 60 mph than the AWD variant (which does it in 6.0 seconds), according to MotorTrend."

The RWD Blazer EV has Chevy's 105 kWh battery so it can go further on a charge than the 85 kWh (non-SS) AWD Blazer EV. I didn't know it had more punch. The Motor Trend article I found says the 105 kWh battery in the RWD Blazer EV brings that model up to the same weight as the (non-SS) AWD Blazer EV, but 85 kWh AWD has more torque.

Now I'm confused.
 
LarryC said:
One last thought, probably worthy of a new thread. Why isn’t anyone pushing used EVs as a second car in 2 car families? The two most important issues stopping people from buying EVs seem to be price and range. Having an EV as a second car, and purchased as used, would address that. And as most of us know, once an EV owner then you are generally sold on the idea.
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I think we got into this a bit here:
https://www.insideevsforum.com/community/threads/why-no-buy-ev.20338/
While it is posed as a new buy topic, i think the same things apply to the used market as well.
Perhaps added on the used side, the battery life expectancy and replacement costs.
 
I have the RWD RS and the extra miles it has is what is needed in regions like NM. DC chargers are 80 to 200 miles away in rural areas.
Chevrolet SUV EV does not have anything above 310 miles EPA now.
 
LarryC said:
GM just announced that the RWD version will be discontinued at end of this year. On paper this looks great, also in person. I love the longer range and extra punch but I guess GM didn’t feel it was feeling the love from buyers.

We haven’t put many miles on it but it really is a dream to drive, and the RS red interior is spectacular. I expect to own it for at least 3 or 4 years and I expect it might be a favored version when it goes up for sale. But I bought it for my enjoyment so that really doesn’t matter.

One last thought, probably worthy of a new thread. Why isn’t anyone pushing used EVs as a second car in 2 car families? The two most important issues stopping people from buying EVs seem to be price and range. Having an EV as a second car, and purchased as used, would address that. And as most of us know, once an EV owner then you are generally sold on the idea.


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I haven the 2024 rwd edition and I feel luck I bought it. The rwd version was the most expensive version which I was willing tp pay because of a bigger battery pack, longer range, faster charging, and more acceleration. For most people I think the other versions still had everything they wanted so why pay thousands more. For me it was worth it.
 
MichaelGregory said:
I haven the 2024 rwd edition and I feel luck I bought it. The rwd version was the most expensive version which I was willing tp pay because of a bigger battery pack, longer range, faster charging, and more acceleration. For most people I think the other versions still had everything they wanted so why pay thousands more. For me it was worth it.
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It was more expensive as it came with more ..not just the extra battery...it was in the RS model only ...Bose sound, adaptive cruise, HUD etc etc...but compared with a awd RS with the smaller battery pack it was i think $1500 more. I'm glad i went for that as i rarely need DCFC....In 28K miles i have charged at fast chargers only 5 times.
Too bad they don't make it any more...the 50 miles extra compared to the AWD is worth it, especially in NM
 
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