- The Blazer EV returns for 2025 with a choice of battery packs
- It missed out on last year’s competition due to timing
- Priced from about $49,000, the Blazer EV gets 283 miles of EPA-rated range on its standard battery
Each year at The Car Connection, we choose one vehicle that represents the best combination of technology, performance, safety, style, and value. We call it our Best Car To Buy, and this year from among the nearly 300 new vehicles on sale, the 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV has earned a spot in the final five.
It missed last year’s competition by just a few weeks—and possibly for the better, since early Blazer EVs suffered from tech glitches to their infotainment system. Our 2025 model had no ghosts in the machine—and after a week of driving in the north Georgia mountains, it had its share of cheerleaders.
A recap: the Blazer EV arrived in showrooms very late last year as a 2024 model, one that’s related in its battery technology to everything from the Cadillac Lyriq to the Chevy Equinox EV to the…Honda Prologue. Yep, Honda rebadged the Blazer EV and tweaks some style and interface tech to bring its first midsize EV to market, but at its core it is a Chevy.
The Blazer EV anchors the Chevy electric-SUV lineup, with a choice between today’s rear-wheel and all-wheel-drive versions, and the promise of a front-wheel-driver yet to come. For 2025, Chevy offers a base all-wheel-drive Blazer with an 85.0-kwh battery pack rated at up to 283 miles of range by the EPA. A single-motor, big-battery model scores up to 334 miles in EPA testing. A higher-performance Blazer SS and that FWD edition remain on the horizon. The front-drive model with a single motor has a 312-mile range; it can be ordered now but might not arrive for several months.
2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV
2025 Chevy Blazer EV: Pros and Cons
So, how did the Blazer EV surface in the rankings, above even the Honda Prologue that’s essentially its twin? For starters, the Blazer EV’s shape takes a more provocative stance. It has some muscle-car echoes in its fenders, some Camaro in the air vents that stud the interior, and some cutlines and jazzy surfaces that eschew the more sterile look of the related Honda. It’s completely unrelated to the gas-powered Chevrolet Blazer, but the two could easily pass for fraternal twins.
That base Blazer EV battery charges up the driving experience with the 288 hp that issues from its twin-motor, all-wheel-drive setup and its smaller battery pack. The Blazer EV RS we’ve driven extensively this year has a single rear motor and a 102-kwh battery pack, which shoves it to 60 mph in under six seconds and caps off at 334 miles of EPA-rated range. That Blazer SS? It’s stocked with 557 hp, and hits 60 mph in 3.4 seconds—with a price tag just above $60,000.
It’s not the lightest car we’ve tested—at 5,400 pounds it’s more than two NA Miatas—but the Blazer EV turns in a quiet, composed drive even when pushed briskly around mountain roads. It’s spacious, with a flat floor and a wide second-row seat. It’s good for up to five passengers, and it’s stocked full with automatic emergency braking, active lane control, and blind-spot monitors, with an option for adaptive cruise control or GM’s excellent Super Cruise driver assistance.
The base price of about $49,000 for the Blazer EV LT AWD includes the smaller battery and an 17.7-inch touchscreen with Google Built-in—that does not offer Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, a big miss in our view. It also sports an 11.0-inch digital gauge cluster, 19-inch alloy wheels, and synthetic leather upholstery. It’s about $54,000 for the Blazer EV RS with the bigger battery. The forthcoming LT with front-wheel drive only costs $46,000.
The Blazer EV has some strong rivals to elbow aside this year—and it would succeed one of our favorite EVs yet, the Kia EV9 electric three-row crossover that won the The Car Connection Best Car To Buy 2024. Can it overtake its showroom rival, the Equinox EV, and a host of others to become Best Car To Buy 2025? We’ll let you know on Jan. 6, 2025, when we also name the performance and green winners on our other websites, Motor Authority and Green Car Reports.