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General Motors has temporarily halted sales of the brand newfangled Chevy Blazer EV after some of the first vehicle transport receive a number of package job .
The car manufacturer say TechCrunch that owners are have problem with the SUV ’s screens , and with charge at DC Fast stations , confirm early reports from journalists who had memory access to revue vehicles . GM said its engineering team are “ working around the clock ” toward a solvent and that when it has one quick , Blazer EV owners will have to bring their vehicles to a franchise for a software update .
GM also claimed a “ limited phone number ” of vehicles are affected but did n’t offer a figure of speech , and that the problems are “ not safety touch on nor relate to Ultium or Google Built - In . ”
The Blazer EV only just had itsofficial launch a few workweek ago , but pretty quickly , two media issue had big trouble with their longer - terminal figure run cars . Kevin Williamsat InsideEVssaw his Blazer ’s infotainment screen go completely blank and unuseable . Then he had problems agitate the car , including an alert to have the vehicle immediately serve , and was in the end stranded mid - route tripper .
Edmunds , meanwhile , pile up an extended list of warn messageson its own long - full term test fomite before turning it over to a Chevy dealer , where it remains .
It ’s a bad starting signal for a vehicle that ’s supposed to be such a all important piece of the Chevy lineup going forward . It posture above the entry - tier Bolt but below GM ’s pricier EVs like the Cadillac Lyriq . It ’s also one of the first mass - market vehicles power by GM ’s new Ultium platform , which is slate to underpin an intact lineup of EVs with new electric computer architecture , batteries and software program .
This story has been update with more information from General Motors .
