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Chevrolet to offer small number of 2016 Silverados pickups with e-Assist mild-hybrid technology; 13% better city cycle fuel economy

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Chevrolet will offer a small number—initially approximately 500 through California dealers—MY 2016 Silverado pickup trucks equipped with eAssist mild-hybrid technology. Silverado already leads the full-size truck segment in V8 fuel economy. EPA estimated highway fuel economy for the Silverado eAssist is 24 mpg (9.8

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NHTSA Opens Investigation Into the Chevy Volt

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The NHTSA is looking at 2016 to 2019 Volts after it said it received 61 complaints related to the car’s battery energy control module. The plug-in hybrid was uncommon at the time, but there are now several PHEV options from automakers of all stripes. Image: Chevrolet] Become a TTAC insider.

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US light-duty diesel sales climb in 2018 to 500,000 units; 3% of sales

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The diesel share of new US vehicle sales in 2018 exceeded that of hybrid vehicles, which came in at almost 2% of total sales, as well as the sales of plug-in electric vehicles (plug-in hybrids and full-battery-electric vehicles combined), which also came in at around 2% of total sales. Chevrolet Silverado heavy-duty pickup.

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Megachurch Goes Electric, VW Diesel Update, GM Mild-Hybrid Trucks: Today's Car News

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Today, a Colorado megachurch embraces electric cars, a Federal judge tells Volkswagen to find a fix for its diesel cars by the end of March, and General Motors adds an eAssist mild-hybrid option for the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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An electric pickup from Nissan and Mitsubishi? Automakers team up to take on US market

Baua Electric

According to Automotive News , Nissan will launch its first plug-in hybrid in the US using a Mitsubishi-engineered system. Nissan and Mitsubishi have been intertwined since 2016. The automaker said this includes launching e-POWER and plug-in hybrids. Nissan and Mitsubishi have bigger plans.

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2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV: Chevy’s lowest-priced electric car gets a big brother

Charged EVs

Chevy already previewed an all-electric compact crossover and a pickup truck, and announced in April that it would build an all-electric Silverado with an estimated 400 miles of rated range at its Factory Zero EV assembly plant in Detroit. 50 kilowatts: far from fast.