General Motors
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The 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD features a new hood scoop to feed air to its diesel engine.
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Buick Verano to die as yet another small sedan gives way to SUVs
The Buick Verano compact sedan will end production in October.
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Start-stop systems to be offered on all GM vehicles by 2020
General Motors reportedly plans to offer start-stop on at least one powertrain in every model by 2020.
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Can Malibu Hybrid volume cut costs, kickstart sales for Chevy Volt?
General Motors is trying to get as much use as possible out of the current-generation Chevrolet Volt's Voltec powertrain.
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Buick Lacrosse Hybrid unveiled at Beijing Auto Show, for China only
The Buick Lacrosse Hybrid uses a similar powertrain to the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid.
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2016 Chevy Cruze gas mileage beats even previous Eco model
The 2016 Chevrolet Cruze achieves a best of 30 mpg city, 42 mpg highway, 40 mpg combined.
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Hybrids are pretty well-known at this point, and battery-electric cars are conceptually simple: You plug them in like a mobile phone. But explaining plug-in hybrids to car buyers at large—it's a hybrid, but it also plugs in, but only for double-digit range—has proven to be very hard. As GM starts to sell its 2017 Volt nationally, and prepares for the debut of its 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV at the end of the year, marketing will be absolutely key. DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevy Volt Now At (Some) Dealers; First Incentives Released At last week's New York Auto Show, we sat down for a brief chat...
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2017 Chevrolet Sonic updated with CarPlay, new styling
The 2017 Chevrolet Sonic will debut at the 2016 New York Auto Show.
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Chevy Bolt EV To Be Sold In Europe As Opel Ampera-E Electric Car
The Opel Ampera-e should be mechanically identical to the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
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GM Willing To Sell Chevy Volt's Plug-In Hybrid Powertrain To Other Makers
The biggest challenge in introducing new technologies is getting to the volume production that permits economies of scale for expensive components. Toyota is now nearing 9 million hybrids produced, over almost 20 years--but it builds 10 million cars a year. General Motors, on the other hand, has...
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Cadillac ELR Is Walking Dead (But May Be Great, Rare Used Car)
You almost have to pity the Cadillac ELR range-extended electric coupe: It's a very pretty car with luxurious appointments, but no one wants to buy it. And if the rumors that now-departed General Motors CEO Dan Akerson personally set its initial price at $75,000 are true, you have to wonder how it...
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Bolt EV Powertrain: How Did GM And LG Collaborate On Design, Production?
In last fall's runup to the launch of the production 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV 200-mile electric car, GM discussed working together with Korean corporate giant LG on the Bolt's development. Mark Reuss, GM’s head of global product development said in October that the company's partnership with LG...
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The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV may be the most eagerly awaited electric car since the original Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt (plus everything Tesla). Its claimed 200-mile range and pre-incentive price of $37,500 will make it unique if it launches this December as expected. And there's been much press coverage of whether or not the Bolt EV will compete with the Tesla Model 3--and what that will mean if so. DON'T MISS: Tesla A 'Fringe Brand': Former GM Product Czar Bob Lutz: Video (Sep 2014) A mass-market, apple-pie brand like Chevy doesn't appear to be a natural competitor for a tech-forward luxury...
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GM Adds Used Cars To Online 'Shop-Click-Drive' Tool; Buyers Still Finish At Dealer
In almost every state, you can't buy a car online from its maker, owing to language in franchise laws that forbids direct sales, written at the behest of auto-dealer lobbyists. Whether or not that's a good thing, a majority of car buyers now research new cars online well before they ever set foot...
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Carlos Ghosn's Face Shows Nissan's Reaction To 2017 Chevy Bolt EV
Carlos Ghosn has never really been known as a man with frequent warm and ready smiles for all comers. Under most circumstances, the man who runs not only global automaker Nissan but the Franco-Japanese Renault-Nissan Alliance displays a serious, thoughtful countenance. But as he inspected the 2017...
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Honda, GM To Build Factory For Fuel-Cell Production By 2025
The cost of developing advanced zero-emission powertrains for future vehicles is substantial, even for the world's largest carmakers. Especially in hydrogen fuel-cell research, the biggest auto companies are doubling and tripling up to share the costs. Honda and GM said in July 2013 that they would...
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Honda To Cooperate With GM On Plug-In Hybrid Technology?
Honda and General Motors will reportedly cooperate on plug-in hybrid powertrains.
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2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid Starts At $28,645
The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid starts at $28,645.
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Chevrolet says it's achieved the carbon-reduction goal it set for itself in 2010.
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Hydrogen For Military Use: Chevy Colorado Fuel-Cell Truck
General Motors and the U.S. Army are building a hydrogen-powered Chevrolet Colorado prototype.
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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV: Production Version To Appear At CES
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will appear in production-ready form at CES, a new report says.
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Hot Pizza: Domino's DXP $25K Chevy Spark Includes Warming Oven
Domino's is converting Chevrolet Spark hatchbacks into pizza-delivery vehicles.
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2016 Chevrolet Cruze Will Add Hatchback As Well As Sedan, Following Ford, Honda
The next-generation Chevrolet Cruze will be offered as a hatchback, a GM executive said recently.
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U.K. To Miss Out On 200-Mile Chevy Bolt EV, GM's 'Electric Car For Everyone'?
North American buyers are eagerly anticipating the debut late next year of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, a 200-mile subcompact electric car promised to sell for $37,500 before incentives. That same car will also likely be sold in Europe, under GM's German Opel nameplate--effectively replacing the...
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