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GM mid-size pickups EPA-rated at 27 mpg highway, 22 mpg combined

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The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon ( earlier post ) will offer segment-leading highway fuel efficiency for four-cylinder mid-size pickup trucks, according to EPA fuel economy estimates. No competitor in the segment offers more payload capacity than the Colorado or Canyon, GM noted. Colorado and Canyon fuel economy.

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Auto Industry's MPG Report Card, Dealer Dilemma, GM Mid-Size Pickups: Today's Car News

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Today on Green Car Reports: The auto industry is making good progress in meeting gas-mileage goals, why dealers are a bottleneck for electric-car sales, and the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickup trucks are on their way to showrooms. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Will Smaller Pickups Be More Popular Than Carmakers Expect?

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In a routine report on August sales of new cars and trucks last Wednesday, The Detroit News had this nugget about the upcoming 2015 Chevrolet Colorado mid-size pickup truck: "GM said dealers have ordered nearly 28,000 midsize Colorado pickups—about seven times what GM.'

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

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That number includes more than 500,000 Chevrolet Silverado, Silverado HD and Colorado trucks (about 36%). In 2015, Chevrolet owners logged more than 5 million interactions with the OnStar RemoteLink app every month on average. Chevrolet offers 4G LTE connectivity across its full-range of retail cars, trucks and crossovers.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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As the luxury division of the Hyundai Group (Genesis, Hyundai and Kia) it has gone from two models in 2015 to eight in 2023. The Dealer Son-Nim Experience Our silent, all-electric drive departed New York City and took us over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge onto Staten Island and then on to New Jersey.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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Electric vehicle share of new vehicle registrations in 2015, highlighting leading metropolitan areas in each region (new vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive). Colorado has the highest incentive: as much as $5,000 per vehicle. Only areas with populations of more than 50,000 were included in the study. Source: The ICCT.

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J.D. Power: growing usage of safety technologies in new vehicles contributes to increasing vehicle appeal

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Power 2015 US Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study. The overall APEAL score has increased by 4 points year over year to 798 in 2015. Only 15% of owners say they have had previous experience with blind-spot warning systems, and only 39% say their dealer explained the feature to them upon vehicle delivery.

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