GM Needs To Stop Revealing New Cars To Focus On Building Them

While Cadillac’s problem is a great product that can’t be produced in high enough volume, Chevrolet’s issue deals more with broken promises. The Chevrolet Blazer EV is finally on sale, and GM managed to sell a whopping 19 of them in Q3 2023. That number should increase significantly in Q4, but Chevy is only selling the RWD RS and AWD 2LT models as of this writing. The high-performance Blazer SS was initially slated to arrive in late 2023 but was pushed back to 2024. That’s still better than the cheaper 1LT model for under $45,000, which was axed entirely before going on sale next year.

The same thing has already happened to the Chevrolet Equinox EV, which will no longer be offered as an affordable EV with a $30,000 entry-level trim. Instead, the base model will cost just under $35,000, with the top model reaching $52,395. The next-generation Bolt EV should fill the hole left by the base Equinox, but it’s not slated to arrive until 2025, while the current model will die off after 2023.

This all pales in comparison to the Silverado EV, which GM promised would start at just under $40,000. The cheapest version is now slated to cost $50,000, but the only version that is currently available, the 4WT, starts at $79,800! No wonder why Chevy only sold 18 of them through Q3 2023.

Chevy promised to be the affordable EV brand, but it’s provided nothing but price hikes, delays, and broken promises.