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Flash Drive: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST

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First announced in 2022, the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST is now available at Chevrolet dealerships across North America. The slow roll-out for eager consumers follows the Silverado EV WT work truck version that went on-sale in September 2023. inch driver configurable LCD infotainment screen – 17.0-inch Look ma, no hands!

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Update: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV

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With an announced on sale date of spring 2023, the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV is slowly getting attention from full-size pickup owners. Clean Fleet Report wanted to give an update as we are one year out from seeing the Silverado EV in Chevrolet dealerships. This review highlights the status of the Silverado EV as of May 2022.

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Enlarged 2021 Chevy Tahoe and Suburban SUVs offer diesel option

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All engines are coupled with a standard 10-speed automatic transmission with push-button electronic shift. Thirty safety and driver convenience features , highlighted by standard Automatic Emergency Braking and new features, including HD Surround Vision and Rear Pedestrian Alert. Duramax turbo-diesel engine.

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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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2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 offered with new 4-cylinder turbo with Active Fuel Management cylinder deactivation

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The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup truck will be offered with an all-new, technologically advanced 2.7L Standard on LT and RST trims, the new engine delivers an SAE-certified 310 horsepower and 348 lb-ft (472 N·m) of torque—22% more torque than the 4.3L The next-gen Silverado with the 2.7L 2019 Silverado RST.

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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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liter EcoBoost fuel efficiency is the debut of standard Auto Start-Stop technology for F-150. Piston connecting rods use an offset I-beam that provides strength to manage peak engine power levels while reducing weight for better responsiveness. liter V6 EcoDiesel and Chevrolet Silverado 1500 5.3-liter Boosting 2.7-liter

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Chevrolet introduces Colorado Duramax Diesel midsize pickup

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Forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods. To control vibration and noise inside Colorado, engineers integrated a Centrifugal Pendulum Vibration Absorber (CPVA) in the torque converter used with the standard Hydra-Matic 6L50 six-speed automatic transmission. The G80 automatic locking rear differential is standard.

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