Basic Motors has quickly halted gross sales of the model new Chevy Blazer EV after among the first automobiles shipped encountered plenty of software program issues.
The automaker instructed TechCrunch that house owners are experiencing issues with the SUV’s screens, and with charging at DC Quick stations, confirming earlier studies from journalists who had entry to assessment automobiles. GM stated its engineering groups are “working across the clock” towards an answer and that when it has one prepared, Blazer EV house owners must carry their automobiles to a dealership for a software program replace.
GM additionally claimed a “restricted quantity” of automobiles are affected however didn’t supply a determine, and that the issues are “not security associated nor associated to Ultium or Google Constructed-In.”
The Blazer EV solely simply had its official launch just a few weeks in the past, however fairly rapidly, two media shops had massive issues with their longer-term check automobiles. Kevin Williams at InsideEVs noticed his Blazer’s infotainment display go fully clean and unusable. Then he had issues charging the automobile, together with an alert to have the automobile instantly serviced, and was finally stranded mid-road journey.
Edmunds, in the meantime, collected an in depth record of warning messages by itself long-term check automobile earlier than turning it over to a Chevy supplier, the place it stays.
It’s a nasty begin for a automobile that’s imagined to be such an important piece of the Chevy lineup going ahead. It sits above the entry-level Bolt however under GM’s pricier EVs just like the Cadillac Lyriq. It’s additionally one of many first mass-market automobiles powered by GM’s new Ultium platform, which is slated to underpin a complete lineup of EVs with new electrical structure, batteries, and software program.
This story has been up to date with extra data from Basic Motors.