Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan is an important car for General Motors. It's hugely outselling its lackluster predecessor, the Chevy Cobalt, and the EPA rates the special Cruze Eco model at 42 mpg in the highway cycle, giving it gas-mileage bragging rights.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports, we''ve got photos of the new--and rather nice-looking--2014 Mazda 3 sedan, news about the future of coal for generating electricity, and a look at General Motors repeating history with its newest hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

A brief moment in EV history passed us by about a decade ago, when the little-known VIA Motors introduced their lineup of VTRUX hybrid-electric vehicles. In short order, VIA Motors was established as a separate entity from Raser Technologies in 2010. In 2014 the truck was launched on the new Silverado 2500 platform which utilized a 4.3-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

General Motors Corp. GM will launch the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010, expects to have 14 hybrid models in production by 2012, and will have 65% of vehicles alternative-fuel capable by 2014. The Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain, midsize crossovers with highway fuel economy of 32 mpg. The Chevy Volt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2013

General Motors’ $131-million investment in technology at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant, such as the first production use of a GM-patented process allowing aluminum to be spot welded to aluminum ( earlier post ), is producing the strongest and most precisely built Corvette in its six-decade history. l/100 km), and 29 mpg (8.1

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Accordingly, Volkswagen of America (VoA) diesel sales to date in 2014 represent slightly north of 23% of all Volkswagen of America sales. However, Chevrolet is trying to challenge that passenger car diesel hegemony with the compact Cruze Diesel, introduced for MY 2014, and now with a facelift for MY 2015. The 2014 Cruze Diesel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Cadillac announced details of a new Twin-Turbo V-6 engine and eight-speed transmission—firsts for the brand and signature features of the all-new 2014 Cadillac CTS midsize luxury sedan debuting next week at the New York Auto Show. GM estimated fuel economy for the CTS with Twin-Turbo is 17 mpg city (13.8 Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. General Motors has done something remarkable, enough so that we were tempted to jump them up to the top of this chart until they stumbled recently. Chevrolet Bolt/Bolt EUV – Waiting for more GM EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

turbocharged direct injection engine (for North America) helps enable a General Motors-estimated 40 mpg (5.88 Cruze sales in the US in 2014 were 273,060 units —a 10% increase over 2013. 2014 Ecotec 1.4L coefficient of drag – an attribute that contributes directly to the 40 mpg highway fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2014

In the 2015 Corvette Stingray, the new 8-speed enables a class-leading 29-mpg (8.1 Hart, Tejinder Singh, William Goodrich, Larry Diemer “ General Motors Rear Wheel Drive Eight Speed Automatic Transmission ” CTI Symposium 2014. l/100 km) EPA highway estimate—a 3.5% Transmissions'

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Expects production around 2014. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. Joint Press Release ) 4/4/07 Ford Motor Co.

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