Chevrolet News
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The Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 will begin testing with the U.S. Army next year.
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2017 Chevy Bolt EV review consensus: car is good, range is realEarly reviews of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV are encouraging.
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How many Chevy Bolt EVs will be sold in the U.S. in its first 12 months? Poll resultsThe largest number of one single battery-electric car sold in the U.S. in a single year is 30,000, the total logged in 2014 by the Nissan Leaf. (Of course, we don't know Tesla's sales because the company doesn't break out its quarterly global delivery totals by country.) But those were back in the...
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2018 Chevrolet Equinox crossover: only turbo engines, diesel optionalThe 2018 Chevrolet Equinox crossover utility vehicle, unveiled last night in Chicago, will have three engine options, all turbocharged. And bucking recent "death of diesel" predictions, one of those three will be a 1.6-liter diesel that gets a 40-mpg highway rating. The 2018 Equinox will be the...
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2017 Chevy Bolt EV: here's what can go wrong for electric-car pioneerThe 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will be on dealership floors within several weeks, cementing its position as the first affordable 200-mile electric car. It will beat planned 200-mile electric cars from BMW, Nissan, Tesla, Volkswagen, and other makers, and that's all to the good for plug-in car...
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Lyft will have self-driving cars within five years: Bolt EV's main role?Will the Chevrolet Bolt EV serve as the basis for autonomous Lyft cars?
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The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car will carry a price of $37,495 for the base LT trim level, including the mandatory destination charge, before incentives. The Bolt EV Premier model starts at $41,780 before incentives. The Premier trim includes front and rear heated and leather-appointed seats, a surround camera, and rear camera mirror as standard. Both models offer DC fast charging as an option—for an additional $750. DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV first drive: 240 miles in an electric car Following on last week's announcement of a 238-mile EPA range rating and combined...
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Koreans add to Chevy confusion chorus over Bolt, Volt namesThe names "Bolt" and "Volt" are virtually indistinguishable in Korean.
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Chevy Bolt EV not on shared architecture, but platform name secret, GM saysThe 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV had a fast and unusual development process. General Motors partnered closely with Korean electronics firm LG, whose LG Chem subsidiary provided its lithium-ion battery cells. Other LG units contributed both electric and electronic components and now act as contract...
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IIHS names 2017 Chevrolet Volt a Top Safety Pick+The 2017 Chevrolet Volt is an IIHS Top Safety Pick+
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Chevy Bolt EV electric car shows GM can do Silicon Valley, exec saysOver the last five years, much has been written about autonomous-car efforts from Apple and Google. Could these two massively successful Silicon Valley startups overturn the established order in the global auto industry? The answer remains to be seen, but this month brought news that both companies...
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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV first drive: 240 miles in an electric carWe drove a 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car 240 miles on a single charge last week. And that was the lowest range achieved among four journalists driving four Bolt EVs along the California coast. One driver covered essentially the same trip with fully 32 miles remaining, according to the...
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There will be a lot riding on the tall, square shoulders of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV when it reaches the first Chevy dealers late this year. It will be the first mass-priced electric car with a range of 200 miles or more, and it will go on sale a year before the much-vaunted Tesla Model 3. Now Chevrolet has released the EPA estimated range rating for the Bolt EV: 238 miles. DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car to enter production in October That's higher than some analysts had expected—the consensus seemed to fall around 210 to 220 miles—and it handily beats the sole...
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Apple's Woz likes Chevy Bolt EV better than Tesla Model 3, he saysApple co-founder Steve Wozniak likes the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
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Does the Chevy Bolt EV make the Chevrolet Volt irrelevant? Is that a problem?Sometime during the last three months of this year, the first 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will be delivered to its buyer in a blaze of flash photography and publicity. The 200-mile electric car, base-priced at $37,500 before incentives, will be the first car in the world with those specifications. And...
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What it took to buy an electric car in Texas: the good, the bad, and the uglyYour mission, should you decide to accept it, is to locate and purchase or lease a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid somewhere in the heart of Texas oil country. Hoping to make Tom Cruise proud, I accepted the mission. But first, a bit of perspective: in 2005 I had set out to purchase a Mercury Mariner...
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U.S. Army, Chevy to unveil hydrogen fuel-cell Colorado truck in OctoberChevy and the U.S. Army will unveil their jointly-developed Colorado-based fuel-cell prototype in October.
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Why I leased a 2017 Chevy Volt (in Texas) to replace a VolvoTexas is the land of pickups and SUVs, of oil wells and full-day drives from your Texas home to Grandma’s Texas home. Your everyday driver had better be your highway car, because every drive involves a highway. I’ve owned every size of SUV, from Chevy Suburban to Toyota Land Cruiser to...
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The 2017 Chevrolet Spark is both the smallest and the least expensive car sold by Chevy in North America. The Korean-made hatchback minicar isn't among the brand's top sellers—those would be its full-size pickup trucks and the Equinox compact crossover—but the previous generation found more than 30,000 buyers last year. A new, second-generation 2016 Spark was launched midway through that model year, and Chevy now has information on the 2017 version on its website. DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevrolet Spark - full review The new Spark has led to a modest uptick in sales, with 18,300 sold in...
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Chevy Bolt EV electric car for 'urban' sales: what does that mean?Almost no U.S. car buyers sit down at their kitchen table and kick off a chat by saying, "Honey, we need to buy a city car." The only exceptions are those in a handful of crowded cities like New York and San Francisco, for whom a very short car that is easy to park may take priority. But as sales...
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Chevy Corvette plug-in hybrid performance monster coming, Lutz speculatesThe next-generation Corvette could get a plug-in hybrid powertrain, says Bob Lutz.
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What can VW diesel owners buy now? Perhaps a Chevy Cruze diesel?General Motors will target Volkswagen TDI owners with its next Chevrolet Cruze diesel.
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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV to ship to dealers before end of yearGeneral Motors has always had an aggressive schedule for launching its 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, the industry's first mass-priced electric car with 200 miles or more of range. It was revealed as a concept just 18 months ago at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, with a production version unveiled at this...
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Lyft drivers to get bulk of early 2017 Chevy Bolt EV electric cars? Updated reportThe first 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars will go to Lyft drivers.
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