The 2025 Chevy Blazer will reportedly be the last gas version sold in the US. GM is retiring the combustion engine Blazer, leaving the SUV exclusively as an EV model.
GM will retire the gas Chevy Blazer after the 2025 model
GM is killing off another gas-powered model as part of a broader shakeup to its crossover SUV lineup. After the company announced it was ending Cadillac XT4 production in January, GM Authority reported it wasn’t the only Caddie being discontinued.
The report claimed that the Cadillac XT5 and XT6 were also headed for retirement. Now, we are learning that another SUV will be included.
A new report from GM Authority claims “sources close to the matter” told them that GM will end production of the gas Chevy Blazer for the US market after the 2025 model year.
However, GM told Electrek in a statement, “We have no portfolio changes to share and will not comment on speculation.”
The move comes as GM shifts its manufacturing plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, to produce exclusively electric cars. GM’s Mexico plant currently manufactures the new Chevy Blazer and Equinox EVs, Cadillac Optiq, and Honda Prologue.
The gas Chevy Blazer is the last combustion engine model built at the facility. The move makes sense, given Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on imports from Mexico (although it is now on pause).
After peaking at nearly 95,000 in 2020, sales of the current gas-powered Blazer have fallen off a cliff. Last year, GM sold just over 52,500 gas Blazers, down from about 62,000 in 2023.
Meanwhile, GM sold more than 23,100 Blazer EV models in 2024, nearly 8,000 of which were sold in the final three months of the year.
GM launched the 2025 Chevy Blazer EV last year with more range (up to 334 miles) and a lower starting price of just $45,995.
| 2025 Chevy Blazer EV trim | Starting MSRP (includes DFC) | Range (EPA-estimated) |
Horsepower | Torque |
| FWD | $45,995 | 312 miles | 220 | 243 lb-ft |
| AWD | $48,995 | 283 miles (previously 279 mi) | 300 (previously 288) | 355 lb-ft (previously 333 lb-ft) |
| RWD | $56,990 | 334 miles (previously 324 mi) | 365 (previously 340) | 325 lb-ft |
| SS | $61,995 | 283 miles | 595 with Wide Open Watts (previously announced 557) Wide Open Watts mode can accelerate from 0 – 60 in 3.4 seconds | 645 lb-ft with Wide Open Watts |
After selling over 114,400 electric vehicles last year, GM surpassed Ford to become the number two EV seller in the US behind Tesla. Ford sold just under 97,800 EV models in 2024.
With new Chevy, Cadillac, and GMC electric models rolling out, GM secured 12.5% of the US EV market in the final three months of 2024, up from 6.5% a year ago.
Earlier this week, Electrek reported that GM was cutting a shift at its Mexico plant after Honda said it wanted to slow Prologue output.
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Author: Peter Johnson
Source: Electrek
Well, now it begins. Other manufacturer’s should do the same; introduce EV versions of well known combustion cars and then eventually retire the combustion versions