Wickedly Quick SS! | 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS | Detailed Review & Breakdown

For the past 60 plus years, if you're an enthusiast looking for a more sporty Chevrolet model, you were looking for a vehicle that had the SS badging on it. Now, the SS badging typically meant you had a V8 engine and some serious muscle car vibes. Now, of course, over the years, the SS team has put their name on some very peculiar vehicles like the Trailblazer SS and, of course, the Chevrolet Malibu Max SS back in the mid-2000s. But last year, we saw their boldest interpretation of an SS yet with the introduction of this vehicle. This is first fully electric Chevrolet SS vehicle in the form of the Blazer EV SS. It's built on the same excellent Altium architecture that also underpins the Cadillac Lyric. And just like the Lyric V, it's platforming, we have standard dual electric motors with over 600 horsepower and over 300 miles of range, making this vehicle the quickest accelerating SS vehicle that Chevy has ever produced. So, as you can see, this week, we are testing out the latest 2026 Blazer EV SS painted in Habanero Orange. And the big question I want answered, is this electric SUV truly worthy of the SS badging? Stay tuned to find out. Now, before we start talking about the unique styling elements of the Blazer EV SS, let me go ahead and first open up the hood here and show you guys if this thing has a front trunk storage space. And just like the regular Blazer EV, as you can see, there is no front trunk, but I'm also noticing they didn't bother to put any covers underneath here like the last Blazer EV that I tested. Now, as you can see underneath the hood, there is a lot of space here where they could have incorporated a small front trunk storage space. However, what you're going to find here are essentially some extra powerful electric motors. So, there's one in the front and one in the rear. It draws its power from a 102 kilowatt hour battery pack. That's the biggest battery you're going to get in the Blazer EV family. All the other models will make do with an 85 kilowatt hour battery pack. This allows this model to go up to 302 miles of range. And of course, when you guys have it in the wide open watts mode, which is the max power mode, you get a total of 615 horsepower and 650 pound feet of torque. You should notate, however, that if you don't have it in wide open watts mode or wow mode, this vehicle is only making 515 horsepower and 450 pound feet of torque. So, literally, by tapping a button in the screen, it adds an extra 100 horsepower and 200 foot pounds of torque. It all goes out through a single speed reduction gear transmission. And of course, this vehicle having dual electric motors, it has electronic all-wheel drive. Chevy claims this is good for 0 to 60 in 3.4 seconds while hitting a top speed of around 130 miles an hour. Now, unlike the other versions of the Blazer EV, this model is not recommended to tow. Other models could tow up to 1500 pounds. And Chevy used to offer an RS with rear-wheel drive that made this vehicle super unique in the fact that you could get a front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, and an all-wheel drive variant. However, that rear-wheel drive model has been dropped, leaving this model the only way to get the bigger 102-kilowatt-hour battery pack. Now, curb weight, the EV SS Blazer is pretty heavy, weighing in at 5,700 pounds. But compared to its platform mate, the Lyric V that I tested a couple months ago, this vehicle is about 300 pounds lighter. But let's go ahead and close up the hood here and talk about the exterior styling. Because, as you can see, this model definitely stands out, especially in a sea of very jellybean-shaped EVs. This particular color that I'm showing you is painted in habanero orange. It was a new color last year. And it's also very spicy looking on the Blazer EV. You can see the hood is a really long hood, which is kind of surprising that it doesn't have a front trunk. But it also has some bulges in there. The headlights, you can see, have the signature Chevy elements here with this LED daytime running light, LED turn signal, LED low and high beams. You also have an LED light bar that goes and connects to the black bowtie logo, which also illuminates. These illuminated logos also kind of display an animation when the vehicle is charging. It looks pretty cool how it kind of just adds energy and pushes it toward the center. You can see there's a subtle SS badge here with some functional openings, some non-functional openings. You have integrated parking sensors, front camera system, of course. You have a slightly more aggressive front fascia with a more aggressive lower splitter. That's kind of a sterling gray painted gloss effect on the SS model. And overall, compared to the regular Blazer EV, I definitely like the more aggressive nature of the SS model. I think that Chevy already had a pretty handsome looking SUV when it first came out. And this model just kind of pumps that up to 11. And moving around the side profile, you can see this is built on their Altium architecture. And Chevy does offer a gas-powered version of the Blazer, but they don't actually share a platform. In fact, the wheelbase of this car at 121.8 is literally 12 inches. I'm sorry, not 12 inches, like 10 inches longer, 9 inches longer than the gas-powered model with a overall length of 192.6. It's a little bit longer than the other Blazers, thanks to the more aggressive front and rear bumpers. Compared to the Lyric V, which I recently tested, this model is also around four inches shorter overall. Now looking at the wheels, this is where Chevy, I personally think, has the best looking wheels you're going to find on an electric SUV in this segment. You can see this is the standard 22-inch machine gray painted pockets, or it's got like a machine two-tone look with the alloy wheels. You have a 15.3-inch front rotor clamped down by a six-piston Brembo caliper. Those brakes are three inches bigger versus the standard Blazer. You can see the tires are also huge. They're a 275 by 40 R22 Michelin all-season primacy, all-season tire. You can get a summer performance tire with high performance brakes if you want as part of a performance package. This model also includes upgraded suspension where they actually lower the car by around 0.4 inches. So it has roughly 7.5 inches of ground clearance. There's lots of gloss black along the wheel arch trim and also along the side skirts as well. There's a black painted side mirror. And then this right here, if you push that, this is the charge port door. Now, I'm not typically the biggest fan of these power opening doors. In fact, the door itself, you saw it kind of opens up in a really jaggedy kind of way. I really wish it would have been a little smoother. The Lyric, which shares this platform, has a better opening motor. But as you can see, this car still uses the J1772 and CCS combo. This vehicle runs on the 400-volt architecture, which means it can accept up to 190 kilowatts of max DC fast charging, basically allowing you to add around 79 miles of range in 10 minutes on a level three. It also has 11.5 kilowatt onboard charger. It'll take roughly 11 hours to charge this thing on a level two. That's a little bit slower than some of its rivals, and that's because the battery is a lot larger versus some of its competitors. You can see the SS model includes a black painted roof, which looks good with the habanero orange. My test car also has the panoramic sunroof, which is typically $1,500 extra. I also like the low profile gloss black roof rails. And then as you back away from the vehicle, you can really see the low and wide proportions of the Blazer EV, especially on the SS model. It looks good with those big 22-inch wheels. I think it fills out the wheel wells nicely. Also with that extended wheelbase, it definitely pushes the wheels out into the corners. And it just kind of gives this thing a very more like wagon, sleeker wagon performance profile, which I really appreciate. Now coming over to the rear, as you can see, the taillights have a really interesting design where they are kind of like a full LED, where it has almost like a clear lens effect to it. I do wish the turn signal, however, was amber. It's got the Blazer badging here with the E kind of in those three blue lines to signify that this is the electric model. I also appreciate how the bow tie is black. It's got a pretty subtle SS plus all-wheel drive badge. All the SSs are all-wheel drive. And as you can see as well, the rear bumper has a more aggressive diffuser back here, which is helping to extend the overall length. Obviously no exhaust tips. You do have integrated parking sensors and two cameras back here, one camera for the reverse and one for the rear view camera mirror. There's also cameras along the side mirrors because we have a 360 camera. The rear spoiler here could be a bit bigger. It houses, of course, the third brake light. This rear window wiper could have been tucked underneath there if it was a little bit larger. And then in terms of the cargo area, a hands-free power liftgate is going to be included with this trim. And in terms of the cargo space, considering how big the Blazer EV is, it actually isn't as big as I would like it to be in terms of the numbers. You have 25.5 cubic feet of storage space, which is pretty usable, but some competitors offer as much as 10 to 15 more cubic feet. If you look underneath here, you can see there is a pretty usable underfloor storage area, but it's not as deep as some competitors. There's the mobile charger that the car comes with. And it looks like no spare tire. You're just going to have to deal with a fix-a-flat kid. If you want to fold down the seats, Chevy doesn't give you any kind of release latches here. Instead, you kind of have to just push that forward here. And once you fold down the seat, Chevy says it expands the cargo to 59 cubic feet of storage space. 59 cubic feet is certainly usable, but keep in mind something like the Tesla Model Y, I believe, offers around 75 cubic feet of storage space. So even though this vehicle is big on the outside, the packaging at the interior could have been a lot better. Also with that lower roofline, you really can't stack too many items high up into the roof. So moving past the exterior of the new Chevrolet Blazer EV SS, let's go ahead and hop in the inside and show you guys what that's like. As you can see, before we get inside, here is the key fob for the vehicle. This is the standard Intelligent Access key that comes with every Blazer EV with the black bowtie logo. It's GM's latest key with lock or unlock, remote start, power liftgate, and a panic function. The key itself is certainly a nice size. It feels relatively good quality as well. Now, as you approach the door handle, as you can see, unlike some rivals which have their gimmicky pop-out handle, Chevy goes with a traditional pull-style handle. If you touch that silver button, that will lock the doors. That'll also power fold the mirrors in. When you want to unlock the door, you have to touch the button again. That will unlock the door. Chevy does offer a walk-away auto lock feature that you can turn on and off. Now, my particular test car has probably the perfect color combination for what Chevy offers. You have the habanero orange with this kind of two-tone interior where it's kind of like a black and gray two-tone with this argon orange accent here. So, you can see the orange doesn't quite match the habanero orange that's on the outside, but it's pretty close. I also really like the kind of ash and gray two-tone here with the suede and the inserts. You have contrast orange stitching as well. The orange stitching continues onto the dash and onto the steering wheel. It's a really great color combination that definitely makes this interior stand out. You can see the seats have the SS logo stitched in the headrest, but they also aren't any more aggressively bolstered. This is where something like the Ford Mustang Mach-E GT or the Tesla Model Y Performance have more aggressively bolstered seats. These are fine on long trips, but they're not going to hold you when you guys are going through some aggressive corners. You can see the driver's seat has a 10-way power adjustment. You have a 6-way power on the passenger side. There's also heated and ventilated front seats, and you have a two-person memory for the driver, which is all, you know, what you pretty much expect in this class. As you can see, the door panel has a slightly soft touch area here with some faux contrast stitching, although it has the orange stitching here, which is nice. Rear leather on the armrest pad here, and then the window controls there one touch up or one touch down for all four, but only the driver window is one touch up down. You can see there's like a chrome or metal accented door handle here with this kind of glossy black plastic trim, which tries to look like carbon fiber. This almost tries to look like a textured aluminum, but it's just a textured plastic. Down here you can see it's hard-touch plastic, and then this is the only trim of the Blazer that comes with an eight-speaker Bose premium sound. All the other trims will just have a six-speaker standard stereo, so if you guys are an audiophile, you have to go for the EV SS model to get the Bose stereo, which is also part of the reason why Chevy charges you an extra seven grand for this model. Now getting inside, you can see it has a pretty easy step-in height with around seven and a half inches of ground clearance. As I shut the door, the door has a pretty solid sounding thunk, and like so many other EVs, there's no start stop button. Basically have the key fob on you, sit your butt in the seat and close the door, and voila, it'll actually turn on everything for you, which again is all what you'd expect from a lot of EVs. And then in terms of the tech, the Blazer EV will certainly impress you. First of all, the steering wheel is chunky and huge. It's got a flat bottom design with the SS badging. It has GM Super Cruise as standard. This is their hands-free highway driving assist, which is one of the best in the industry. It has auto lane changes. I personally prefer this over so many other systems, including Tesla's, although I haven't had a chance to test out Tesla's latest system. This is a true hands-off feature, and I love the fact that it's standard equipment on all the SS versions of the Blazer EV. You can see there's a paddle here to basically give you max regen. The steering wheel is heated, and it also has a manual tilt telescoping, where you can get a pretty comfortable driving position, which is nice. There's actual buttons on the steering wheel, which is also great. And then as you can see, the driver face is an 11-inch display here, which is slightly customizable. If I push this button, you can see it brings up several different views, including a map display, a driver assistance display, a calm display. I personally like this display here, where you can actually change on the left side what you want that to display. And then over here, you have a 17.7-inch center touchscreen with Google built-in, and it has Bluetooth, obviously, but no wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Instead, Chevy wants you to go to the Play Store and download your favorite apps like Waze, like Spotify. You can, as you can see, pull up Apple Music, which is nice. That's a new feature that wasn't available on this car when it first came out. That's because Google and Apple weren't playing nice together. Now that's been addressed, but still, I personally would like to have CarPlay. Now, granted, you can connect your phone via Bluetooth, and it can read text messages out to you. You can also tell Google to actually text people as well, as long as you have it all signed in and you've accepted everything. But I still personally think this screen would be 100% better if it had CarPlay. Now you can see this model also includes a head-up display. So again, lots of features with this trim. The upper dash has a soft-touch injection plastic. There's also some suede and leather over here with more of that, I guess, that plastic carbon fiber look trim. And then as you can see here, there's a lot of piano black plastic, which can be a problem if you guys, you know, don't like to see dust and fingerprints, but it looks nice when it's clean. You have dual zone climate control, actual hard buttons there to control the climate function, which is really nice. You can also kind of go into the screen. You can adjust the ambient lighting in this vehicle as well. There's so many different colors of ambient lighting, which is always a nice feature to have. And then for the most part, this is really quick and snappy and responsive. I've shown you guys the system before. It's definitely a great native system with Google built-in. If you want to access the drive mode selector, you can see this is where you access it. There's, it looks like a total of five different drive modes, including two customizable, my modes and a Z mode. And then that's the button you click to go into the wide open wants that literally gives you an extra a hundred horsepower and 200 foot pounds of torque, which we'll talk about that later on during the driving scene. I love the air vents in here, which were kind of remind me of the discontinued Chevrolet Camaro. You have a wireless phone charging pad here, a nice, very sturdy lid that covers up this additional deep storage pocket, which has two USB-C charging ports. You have pretty good size cup holders here and it looks like, I'm sorry, the wireless charging port is here. That's not a wireless charging port. That's just additional storage. Although it would have been nice if Chevy kind of gave you two wireless chargers. You can see there's more leather and suede over here, padded center console. And then if you open that up, you can see pretty deep with another USB-C and another 12 volt power outlet. The seats, like I mentioned earlier, they're comfortable and supportive. They just don't hold you in place in terms of lateral. They really should have given this car more aggressive seats. The glove box you can see is damped, but not lined with felt. It's a bin style that offers pretty good additional storage as well. And then above me here, you can see digital camera rear view mirror, which you can go to the standard view if you guys don't like that, which the view out of the back isn't great. So you're probably going to really be using that camera portion. You can see there's like a woven material for the headliner. You have LED map lighting, and then this sunroof you can see is huge. It goes all the way into the backseat area and it also has a retractable shade. You can also open it and tilt it, which is a feature that you don't typically find in this segment. If I want to tilt it and slide it completely, you can see it only opens over the front seat area. But let's see how big it actually opens up. That's actually pretty large. That's the largest that it opens. That's huge. And it comes with a built-in wind deflector. So that's a really nice feature that you don't typically find in this segment. But overall, the build quality is good. I didn't hear any squeaks and rattles in this interior. I love the steering wheel. I love the tech that this car comes with. It would just be perfect if they would add wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. But let's go ahead and hop into the backseat area and I can show you guys what that space is like. That extremely long wheelbase in this car results in really generous backseat legroom. Now, first of all, the door, I do kind of wish it opened up a little bit larger. Material quality has been downgraded a little bit. Hard touch plastic here, but the same kind of textured aluminum look plastic trim with that trim there. And it's also padded here. Hard touch plastic down here. And as you can see, I forgot to mention the orange seatbelts, which is a really nice touch, especially in a vehicle that's a family SUV. But Chevy says you have just under 39 inches of legroom back here. 39 inches is very impressive. You can see the seat also reclines slightly. You can also do a slightly recline, or you can also fold it down to create a nearly flat load floor if you want to carry longer items. Of course, when I get back here, you can see the space is pretty impressive. This is basically my driving position as I get in and shut the door. I have plenty of room to stretch out. There's plenty of foot space. There's a completely flat floor here, which is nice. You have rear seat air vents, two USB-Cs, three level heated seats. And then if you want, you can see there's an armrest that folds down, gives you two cup holders, the head restraints. They feel pretty soft and they're adjustable. And then in terms of the headroom, as you can see, it's kind of compromised because of that low roof line of this car. I'm definitely noticing I only have maybe an inch of clearance and I'm only five foot seven. So keep that in mind. The legroom space is generous, but the headroom space is not. There's no retractable shades. There is a grab handle here, which is nice. I can't easily cross my legs and get comfortable. So keep that in mind. If you are looking for a family vehicle in this class, this has one of the best back seats in terms of legroom. But in terms of headroom, that lower roof line definitely eats into the space if you have taller friends sitting back here. So it's been about a year and a half since I've been behind the wheel of the Chevrolet Blazer EV, let alone the SS model. The SS model actually didn't get a chance to drive at the first drive. And that's because Martin actually did that program for us. I was actually not available to do that event. So Martin was the one who was kind enough to go do that event for us. But regardless, we are here behind the wheel of the EV SS model. Now I actually already spent recently a full week with the Cadillac Lyric V. It shares this vehicle's power train, the platform, although the Blazer EV SS has the same horsepower, but around 300 pounds of less weight to drag around, which means this vehicle should be faster. The last Lyric V that I tested took 3.4 seconds to get to 60. The last Blazer EV RS that I tested with the dual motor all-wheel drive power train and the smaller battery pack took 5.8 seconds. Remember that model makes do with 300 horsepower. This model, to get the best time, you make sure you have to tap the wide open Watts button. So basically tap that. I also have it in sport mode. That's going to get, that's going to unleash an extra a hundred horsepower and 200 foot pounds of torque all from touching that fricking button right there. So let's go ahead and see what we can get. I'm at 96% stated charge. It's showing right around 293 miles. We'll go ahead and we'll brake, torque it, floor it. Oh, it actually has launch control. Oh, tunnel vision. Okay. We got 3.45 seconds there. 3.45 is pretty much bang on with what Chevy claims. Now I am a little disappointed that it's not slightly faster, but that time is pretty much the same as the last Lyric V that I tested. Actually the Cadillac did it in 3.38. So this is actually a little slower, which is surprising to me because they have the same power. Although it's pro it's possible that the Cadillac just has slightly more power. It is a Cadillac and Cadillac does charge 20 grand extra. If you guys want that V that, that V version which makes the Blazer EV kind of a bargain. If you kind of think of it that way, let's try another run here. We'll break, torque it again. It says break harder, floor it. This thing just takes off. There's no drama. 3.6 seconds there. This thing is quick. This is way faster than the RS version. I mean, the RS version literally took almost twice as long, like 5.8 seconds to get to 60. So that doesn't surprise me considering it has twice the power of the RS model. So this is properly quick. Is it the fastest in the segment? No, but this is going to keep pace with the Mustang Mach-E GT. The Ioniq 5 end is going to be quicker. Haven't had a chance to test out the latest key to EV6 GT. And then of course, there's the Model Y that is the benchmark in the class. Now in terms of handling, Chevy has upgraded the steering, the steering and the suspension. The ratio is a little quicker. The suspension's a little stiffer. It's lowered as well. This car definitely hides its 5,700 pounds of weight. When you start pushing it around corners, the suspension stays mostly flat. There's a little bit of body lane, but it's an SUV. So you have to factor in some, but the steering is quick and precise. It actually tells me a little bit with what the front tires are doing. So that adds a little more confidence when I'm pushing the vehicle. What isn't very confidence inspiring are these seats. You're literally flailing around in the seats because there's no additional lateral support, which is very disappointing because this car actually can hold its own in some corners. So Chevy really needs to upgrade the seats for the refreshed model. The SS model needs to have more aggressive lateral bolstering. I just don't understand why it doesn't. It's kind of inexcusable how it doesn't. The one pedal drive in this car also is pretty good in the sense that it will bring you down to a full stop. There's actually a normal, which I have it in high. I wouldn't recommend the high mode actually literally will make you sick. It's constantly stabbing the brakes really aggressively. So my recommendation, just kind of have it in normal mode or there's off mode as well. The turning radius of this vehicle also isn't as hateful as I thought it was going to be. And then it's just so fast, so fast. Anytime your foot goes down hard, there's no delay. It's got that, you know, instantaneous thrust. I'm going to take it out of the wide open Watts mode here because I want to see what it'll do zero to 60 wise in or not in wide open Watts. Because remember that adds an extra hundred horsepower. So I suspect it's going to be noticeably slower. But as we come up to this stretch of road here, which is perfectly flat, we'll come to a stop. Nobody behind me and we will floor it. Still feels pretty quick, but definitely not as fast. 4.2 seconds there. So it shaves nearly a second off the zero to 60 time when you have it in the wide open Watts, which it's a press of a button. I would always have it in wide open Watts. Why not? But in general, this car is properly quick and it certainly is a big upgrade versus the standard RS model with all wheel drive. But when you're not driving this vehicle hard and fast, it is a relatively easy car to drive and live with. You can, in terms of visibility, the dash is very long and you have to get used to this A pillar that's really thick. So it's not the best in terms of visibility. The view out of the front is okay. The view on the side is actually good because of the big side mirrors in this extra window. You just kind of have to deal with the fact that you're sitting really far away from the dash. The view out of the back isn't great, but you can fix that by going to the digital camera rear view mirror. I love the fact that this car has the super cruises standard. It's got blind spot monitoring. We're cross traffic alert, automatic emergency braking, all that good stuff. The super cruise also does automatic lane changes, which is very impressive as well. It's one of the best hands-on driving or hands-off driving systems you're going to find. And the ride in this vehicle is still comfortable. Even in its sports setting, I've noticed that it just soaks up the bumps nicely. It obviously has that heavy stiff feeling of an EV, but I'm noticing the shocks. When you hit a bump, there's not so much rebound harshness. These are big 22 inch wheels, but it's shockingly still good. Now, obviously I can go to a normal mode here, and I can also go to a my mode here where you can adjust a couple of things and customize it to your liking. Although what you can't adjust are the dampers. There's no adaptive suspension in this car, which surprises me how they don't have that. But in general, this is a really good riding car. It's good. It's easy to drive this car on a road trip as well. And once you get used to the slightly awkward visibility, it's also still pretty relatively easy to drive. It's also very quiet in here. I didn't hear any squeaks and rattles. You do hear a fake engine noise or fake motor noise. I actually think Chevy should work on giving us like fake V8 sounds. I mean, Hyundai did a great job with the Ioniq 5N with the SS badging. I would love to hear like a synthesized V8 with shifting. That would be awesome to, you know, have to kind of create some more, you know, or a drama and just make this vehicle feel a little bit more, you know, special when you're driving it in terms of the real world range. Now on a full charge, this vehicle was showing 302 miles. That's bang on with what the EPA says. Obviously it's literally snowing right now. And it's been in the 30, 30 below 30 degree temps. So not ideal for electric vehicles, but in my weeks for the testing, I averaged around 270 miles of real world range. That's actually pretty darn impressive considering the fact that this is the performance version and actually has more range versus the RS model. Thanks to that bigger battery pack. This gives this Blazer EV near best in class range in terms of performance models. Because remember the Ioniq 5N delivers around 220 ish miles of range. The Mach E has around 280, 290 miles of range. So this is definitely a usable, much more usable amount. The Tesla model Y has roughly the same amount of range. Although again, I haven't had a chance to fully test the updated model yet. I'm going to work on trying to do that sometime later this year. So overall, you know, this vehicle is kind of like the better package. You get more power, more range, obviously less efficiency. But I think for what Chevy is offering here with the additional standard equipment, like the 360 camera, the super cruise, the head up display, the heated and cooled seats, the extra seven grand that Chevy charges for this model over the RS with all-wheel drive seems worth it. Especially if you guys really factor in speed. I'm really impressed with the package here. And also keep in mind this car is around $20,000 less versus the Lyric V, which I get it. The Lyric is a Cadillac. It has a much nicer cabin, but if you don't care about that, this is definitely a strong value for a dollar in terms of horsepower. Now with just under 23,000 units sold in America last year, the Chevrolet Blazer EV was the company's second best-selling electric model right behind, of course, the smaller and less expensive Equinox EV, which sold nearly 60,000 units. And after spending a full week with the Blazer EV SS, I have to say this model certainly surprised me. I wasn't really too big of a fan of the regular Blazer EV. I just felt it to be a little bit awkward in terms of its proportions and in terms of its positioning in the lineup. And when Chevy first introduced the Blazer EV, it was kind of missing a lot of features like a panoramic sunroof. In fact, compared to the all-wheel drive model, as you guys saw, this version delivers significantly more performance. I mean, it has roughly twice the horsepower, so you should be able to hit 60 in the low three-second mark, which again is twice as quick as the all-wheel drive non-SS model, which is a big boost in performance, especially considering the small price increase that Chevy really charges for this model. The ride and handling is also still very good. This is one of the better riding EVs. And while this is still a 5,700-pound SUV, I actually found the handling to be quite competent. It's pretty much on par with other competitors like the Ford Mustang Mach-E. And of course, there's also competitors like the Hyundai IONIQ 5, although the Hyundai to me is probably the benchmark in terms of handling. I haven't had a chance to drive the latest Model Y performance. I'm hoping to get a hold of one sometime later this year because that is kind of the benchmark in terms of the class. Now, in terms of the interior, it's still a very nice place to spend time, although I'm really disappointed that Chevy really didn't do anything to the seats. They don't hug you in place, especially for an SS model. I expected the seats to have more lateral support as, you know, I was kind of flailing around, especially in some of the corners. And in terms of the screens, while it is big and it uses Google, which is nice, it's still lacking Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. I know GM is still pushing the fact that they want you to use their native system, but I really don't like that. I want them to give us the option of both. So hopefully at some point, GM will kind of backtrack there and add Apple CarPlay to this thing because the screen itself is great. It just needs that wireless smartphone integration. The back seats also on the larger end and the cargo area is still usable, even though it's on the average size in terms of the numbers. But in general, I am relatively impressed with the Blazer EV SS. I'm not entirely sure it would be my first choice, but if you can get one of these for a deal, it could be worth a look because if you're looking to get one of your hands or hands on one of these vehicles, the Blazer EV starts at around $44,000, which is a pretty reasonable amount of money. This is kind of a tweener vehicle, so it's going to be more expensive than like a Mustang Mach-E or a Model Y, but it's also bigger and technically more like a class above that vehicle. If you guys want to go for the RS version, the RS is going to come in in the mid $50,000 range. And then of course, there's the SS model, which the SS starts at around $61,000. So compared to the 55 that Chevy charges for the RS with all-wheel drive, they charge you roughly $7,000 more if you guys want to go the SS route, which that seems reasonable given the fact that you have doubled the power from 300 horsepower to 615 and the range actually technically goes up from 288 miles to 302. We were getting right around 270 miles in these kind of cold and snowy conditions, which is actually pretty good. It's one of the better ranges that you're going to find in the segment, especially when you compare it to vehicles like the Hyundai Ioniq 5, which gets only around 220 miles of range. This should have similar range, of course, to the latest Tesla Model Y. So kind of keep that in mind. My test car here with some options and the destination charge is just over $63,000. So $63,000 is a little bit more than I was expecting it to be. But at the same time, a Ford Mustang Mach-E GT starts at $53,000. But when you add in the options that this car already comes standard with, the Ford is right around $64,000 as well. So my recommendation, see what Chevy dealers are offering. There's probably big discounts on this car. There's probably a really strong lease on it. Even though there's no more federal tax credit, this vehicle certainly offers the straight line acceleration and pretty good handling to, I think, be worthy of the SS badge as long as you manage your expectations. Because if you're coming from, you know, the old Chevrolet SS sedan with its big honking six liter V8, this is going to feel a little bit too, I guess, digitized. But at the same time, it has the quick acceleration and the better handling and good ride and good tech, minus carplay, that you expect from today's modern EVs. Well, all that said, I hope you guys have enjoyed my very detailed overview on the brand new 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS. 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