Chevrolet lowered prices of an SUV and now returns money to those who had bought more expensively

Some users of Chevrolet They are experiencing a strange and very unusual situation: the brand is returning part of the money they paid for a new SUV because it has now lowered the price.

This is the Blazer EV model, a 100% electric model that the American brand launched last year in the United States but that had to suspend its marketing towards the end of the year due to software problems of the brand new vehicle. This model was also announced for our region.

At that time General Motors had not specified the number of units affected and only stated that it was a “limited number” of units involved. Some of the reported problems were found in the infotainment system and when using high-power public chargers.

With the problems apparently resolved, Chevrolet resumed the sale of its electric model with the peculiarity that reduced the reference price in the official lists. But even more striking is the letter received by customers who had previously purchased a Blazer EV.

Those who had purchased this SUV received the following message: “Chevrolet recently announced a new reduction in reference prices on the 2024 Blazer electric vehicles. As a result of this announcement, we would like to offer refund to customers who purchased a new 2024 Blazer EV before March 7, 2024.”

The new Chevrolet Blazer EV is based on General Motors’ Ultium platform, on which the brand’s new 100% electric models are also developed, such as the new Silverado pickup and the Equinox SUV.

It allows Available front, rear and all-wheel drive configurationsgiving options that would be unthinkable for the same model in vehicles with an internal combustion engine.

The most powerful version, which has not yet been launched, will have a combined power of 557 horsepower, allowing it to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 4 seconds. The maximum range it offers today is about 520 kilometers on a full charge.

The news of the refunds was shared by the site Edmundswhich had just been notified by a test unit that it had acquired. The return they had was $5,620for the RS AWD version they had paid US$60,215 and now has an official price of US$54,595.

People who purchased the base Blazer LT AWD, which initially had a list price of $56,715, could receive up to $6,520 back, given the electric SUV’s new starting price of $50,195.

The American media had reported that in a period of approximately 24 hours numerous error messages appeared: “Repair the high voltage system,” “Repair the vehicle” or “Repair the 12-volt system” were some of the messages. 23 alerts that they received in that period.

After that, the model was taken to a dealership where they did the final software update and since then it has been working in optimal conditions.