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Sacramento, California -- One of the common complaints I hear among folks reluctant to drive or buy an electric vehicle is ... EVs don't have everything I want in a motor vehicle.
For those folks, I offer up the recently tested 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS AWD midsize crossover sport-utility vehicle.
First off, you get the Blazer name, a well-established label that virtually everyone in America knows. No guessing involved.
How about dual motors dishing up 615 horsepower, enough to send you from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.4 seconds. It took me some time to adjust to the regenerative braking rhythm of the tester, but once there, I was blasting off the line and dispatching freeway stragglers with remarkable ease.
Volunteer passengers were enthusiastic about the acceleration rush. I advise handling it carefully. You can be touching 80 mph before you realize it.
The payoff: A miles per gallon equivalent rating of 92 in the city and 77 mpg on the highway. Chevy touts a driving range of 302, given careful driving.
So, you want good looks?
The Blazer is not your typical SUV block. It profiles low with an extended roofline, cutting through the wind smoothly. My ride was a crowd-pleasing eye-catcher with one of my all-time favorite paint job names: Habanero Orange.
So, you want popular, top-tier features? My tester had a ton of them.
Extra-special perks on the tester included Brembo brake calipers, a 17.7-inch diagonal color LCD display, a head-up display, rain-sensing windshield wipers, a primo Bose audio system, heated rear seats and a smart power liftgate.
All that added up to $64,485 on the sticker.
That price is just about right in this most competitive vehicle segment, in which this Blazer competes very well.
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