The 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV hit the market in fits and starts. Big promises were followed by software failures and a cease-and-desist order. Now, the automaker seems to have righted its wrongs and is back in the mid-size electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) game.

With a sharp exterior design and sleek aerodynamics, the Blazer EV will turn heads in the parking lot. Its interior is fairly plain but refined, and there are enough design differences between it and its engineered twin, the Honda Prologue, to justify a buying customer getting behind the wheel of either.

But it’s not perfect. Its recall and scare record aside, there are nagging issues with the Blazer EV that would make me look elsewhere. But Chevrolet has undoubtedly become a good contender for those in the market.

CHANGE: Better driver assistance

In a Super Cruise vehicle with blinds-off driver assistance technologies, one would assume that the lane-keeping assist function worked confidently. Not that. Whether it was oversensitive or unresponsive didn’t depend on the lighting or the weather. I drove the Blazer EV for a week and could never quite figure it out.

KEEP: Good shades of blue

Riptide Blue Metallic was a particularly attractive blue paint on the Blazer EV. Automakers are starting to add more blues and greens to lineups and enhance whites, grays, and blacks with various metallic flake treatments and matte under-gloss finishes. It’s about time.

CHANGE: Uncomfortable driver’s seat

I found the driver’s seat uncomfortable overall. It was stiff and unkind to the rear, no matter how it was adjusted, and I might have been better off on a high school gym bench. This tester was equipped with an eight-way electrically adjustable driver’s seat, but that didn’t solve the fundamental problem of an apparent lack of suspension.

CHANGE: Software issues

This Blazer EV was equipped with heated seats according to the window sticker, but there was no option for them on the infotainment touchscreen. I would mind if I paid to have something and it wasn’t there. But I also probably wouldn’t leave the dealer until it was fixed.

That means Chevrolet must ensure that software issues like the one that slowed Blazer EV sales in the first half of 2024 continue to plague the company’s development. This is true not just for Chevy, but for every automaker, especially as more software-rich vehicles come to market.

KEEP: Simple steering wheel

Chevrolet got it right with the car’s steering wheel. The unashamedly mass-market design is a welcome change from the haptic-centric wheels other automakers have. There are only a few buttons and switches that perform all the necessary functions without any glare.

There were simple joys elsewhere on the Blazer EV, too. I like the column-mounted shifter, the large center console storage, and the easy-to-use charging ports in the front row.