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Chevrolet Blazer EV Left Me Stranded in Rural Virginia

by dakna on 12/20/23, 6:13 PM with 42 comments

• by amluto on 12/20/23, 8:07 PM

  I’m still amazed that companies build EVs that will fail in a way that requires service if they don’t like a charger. A friend’s early Audi e-Tron would fail and require extensive service if connected to a J1772 charger that advertised more current capacity than the car could handle. (That is really pathetic BTW. It seemed like the car’s onboard charger would draw excessive current and dry itself if given permission to do so.)

  Or maybe the Blazer wasn’t breaking so much as charging in a highly degraded mode because it didn’t like the charger’s output?

• by ZeroGravitas on 12/20/23, 11:42 PM

  https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/2024-chevy-blazer-ev-long-t...

  Edmunds seem to have had a similarly catastrophic time with their long term review purchase.

• by pornel on 12/20/23, 7:11 PM

  Like nearly all legacy auto makers, they're institutionally incapable of writing decent software.

• by RalfWausE on 12/21/23, 6:00 AM

  It has a reason why i drive an old Audi 80 B2 without any software on board...

• by confd on 12/20/23, 7:38 PM

  This sounds like a rough experience. Tangentially, I’m curious about what the future of cities will look like as EVs become more common and charging infrastructure expands. In what ways will cities change the areas surrounding these charging stations to make the duration of the vehicle’s charge more pleasant?