2016 Chevrolet Downsizing Extended Range 
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APRIL 3, 2017
According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing. Thomas McCarthy, Chief Engineer for Powertrain Research & Advanced Engineering at Ford, took a longer-range perspective, looking out to requirements for 2050. All WTW GHG figures from fueleconomy.gov.).
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JULY 12, 2013
GM’s electrified vehicles today include the extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt, Spark EV and Buick LaCrosse, Regal, Chevrolet Malibu and Impala with eAssist. Earlier post.).
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JULY 17, 2015
All of this means a PHEV uses much less liquid fuel (as little as 10% of a conventional vehicle’s averaged annual fuel consumption), saving money and extending the miles per gallon of gasoline or alternative liquid fuel. In fact, the optimized PHEV is much more efficient as a long range liquid fuel vehicle, because the engine is downsized.
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