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Chevrolet has sold more than 1.4M vehicles with 4G LTE

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million vehicles with 4G LTE connectivity since June 2014, exceeding the total sold by of the rest of the industry combined. That number includes more than 500,000 Chevrolet Silverado, Silverado HD and Colorado trucks (about 36%). Chevrolet offers 4G LTE connectivity across its full-range of retail cars, trucks and crossovers.

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Chevrolet offering OnStar 4G LTE beginning this summer

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Chevrolet announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette, Impala, Malibu, and Volt would be the first General Motors’ vehicles to come optionally equipped with OnStar 4G LTE, running on AT&T’s network. These will be followed by the Equinox, Silverado, Silverado HD, Spark and Spark EV.

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Driving Chevrolet’s 2015 Impala Bi-Fuel sedan

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Chevrolet offers the 2015 Impala full-size sedan as an all-new bi-fuel model—the only manufacturer-produced full-size sedan in North America that can run on both compressed natural gas (CNG) and gasoline. On top of that, the hoses to the nozzle are stiff, and not all that amenable to creative repositioning to work the connection.

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J.D. Power study finds ACEN technology woes affecting vehicle reliability for consumers

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Among owners who experienced a Bluetooth pairing/connectivity problem, 53% said the vehicle didn’t find/recognize their mobile phone/device. The number of engine/transmission problems decreased to 24 PP100 in 2016 from 26 PP100 in 2015. The study was fielded from October through December 2015.

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Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

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The newly established company planned to introduce a whole line of PHEV vehicles, and their industry connection for completed passenger vehicles to convert (Lutz) was already in place. Different to the Volt’s operation, all VTRUX models were a series hybrid: There was no mechanical connection between the gas engine and the wheels.

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Ford provides some performance specs for its new 2.7L twin-turbo EcoBoost for the MY2015 F-150

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The MY 2015 Ford F-150 will offer a new high-output, twin-turbo 2.7-liter Due to the extensive lightweighting in the new F-150 ( earlier post ), this will improve the power-to-weight ratio of the 2015 truck by 15% over the 2014 5.0-liter liter V6 EcoDiesel and Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3-liter Ford testing shows the 2.7-liter

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Chevrolet introduces Colorado Duramax Diesel midsize pickup

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Colorado is the 2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year and Cars.com’s Best Pickup Truck of 2015.) Forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods. The Colorado’s integrated, driver-selectable exhaust brake system is based on the system introduced on the 2015 Silverado HD models and uses the compression power of the 2.8L

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