You activate the full-power Wide Open Watts (WOW) mode via the Drive Mode menu on the central touchscreen; it allows the gut-punch launch-control start that delivers max acceleration. Without WOW, the ...

Press it, and a whooshing, pulsing, thrumming sound fills the cabin and lets you know you just did something ...

Taken as a whole, the Blazer EV SS is an impressive modern interpretation of the Chevy SS ethos, done up in a future fancy package.