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NHTSA Opens Investigation Into the Chevy Volt

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The NHTSA hasn’t forgotten about it, however, as the government agency recently opened an investigation into the car and its reported tendency to lose power while driving. 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.

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

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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. Now, it looks to make up for lost time.

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Chevrolet introduces Colorado Duramax Diesel midsize pickup

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Chevrolet has introduced the diesel version ( earlier post ) of its 2016 Colorado midsize pickup truck. Duramax turbo-diesel is part of GM’s global family of turbo-diesel four-cylinder engines, and features a variable-geometry turbocharger for optimal power and efficiency across the rpm band and a balance shaft for greater smoothness.

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

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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. US drivers see the Bolt EUV as a larger, better-equipped version of Chevy’s first modern electric car.