Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2015

GM Flint Engine Operations recently built its 1 millionth 1.4-liter liter engine, currently used in the Chevrolet Volt, Cruze and Sonic. Flint Engine is now in the midst of a $200-million upgrade that will end the 1.4-liter Flint Engine is now in the midst of a $200-million upgrade that will end the 1.4-liter

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

To mark the 10 th anniversary of the foundation of GM Powertrain Europe Turin, GM President Dan Ammann visited the engineering site and announced plans to strengthen the collaboration with the Politecnico di Torino, further expanding the engineering development center.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2015

Chevrolet has introduced the diesel version ( earlier post ) of its 2016 Colorado midsize pickup truck. Colorado is the 2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year and Cars.com’s Best Pickup Truck of 2015.) gasoline engine and automatic transmission). gasoline engine and automatic transmission). Colorado’s new 2.8L

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2016

For 2017, the Chevrolet Colorado mid-size pickup offers an all-new V-6 engine and class-exclusive eight-speed automatic. It is the latest major update for Colorado, which entered the market in model year 2015. The most significant update for the 2017 Colorado is the 3.6L —Stan Ludlow.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

The General Motors Tonawanda Engine plant has begun production of the technology that will go into the next-generation Ecotec 4-cylinder engines (2.5L GM invested $425 million in the plant to add capacity for the new engines. engines found in the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups and the Ecotec 2.4L (4-cyl.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Chevrolet Sales Thailand introduced the new-generation MY14 Duramax four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine in 2.5- The new Duramax engine was engineered in Europe and the US, with global application as one of its developmental objectives. —Nicola Menarini, Global Chief Engineer, GM Powertrain. liter variants.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

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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Baua Electric

MAY 31, 2023

Chevrolet goes larger with the 2024 Colorado ZR2 Bison. On Wednesday, the 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison debuted boasting larger tires, higher breakover and resignation angles, and extra garden clearance. 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison Colorado ZR2 Bison angles and postponed Past the ZR2 Bison’s 38.2-degree

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is a first-generation B-van, found in a Colorado boneyard. Ford and GM stuck with their B-Series competitors for similar spans. Louis Assembly , and that its first engine was a 318-cubic-inch V8 with one-barrel carburetor. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2011

Chevrolet revealed the Colorado Show Truck in advance of the Bangkok International Auto Show, where it is making its global public debut. The concept previews the next-generation Colorado midsize pickup truck; the Colorado goes on sale in Thailand later this year. Colorado show truck. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 3, 2024

Apparently Ford didn't sic its lawyers on GM for using the Durango name (used on pickup-ized Fairmonts for 1979 through 1982), nor did GM prevent Chrysler from selling Durango SUVs starting in the 1997 model year. The real issue, though, is whether those vehicles took their names from the Mexican state or the Colorado city.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2011

General Motors will invest approximately $385 million to prepare the Romulus Engine plant in Michigan for production of an all-new, fuel-efficient engine program. Romulus-built engines also are used for marine and industrial applications. Details about program timing and applications for the new engine will be released later.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2012

Colorado residents who purchase or lease a new Chevrolet Volt are eligible for a state tax credit of up to $6,000 in addition to a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for a total price reduction of as much as $13,500. Roughly two-thirds of those miles were powered by grid electricity, GM says.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. If we look at the fine print, GM actually introduced a sort-of-a-hybrid vehicle as a 2004 model , though the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid/GMC Sierra Hybrid didn't have regenerative braking.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

General Motors is expanding its portfolio of B20-capable vehicles to include cars and crossovers, and will field the industry’s most expansive lineup of diesel-powered vehicles in 2017, John Schwegman, director of commercial product and medium duty for GM Fleet, announced at the National Biodiesel Conference. GM Fleet ’s Biodiesel Options.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

General Motors opened a new diesel engine plant in Rayong, Thailand. The US$200 million facility, which is adjacent to the automaker’s vehicle manufacturing plant, represents GM’s most significant powertrain investment in Southeast Asia. liter engine variants in line with changing market demand. liter and 2.8-liter liter and 2.8-liter

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here's one of those first-generation Fairlanes, found in a self-service boneyard just south of Denver, Colorado. There's a lot of great vintage stuff at Colorado Auto & Parts right now. The MSRP for the 1964 Fairlane 500 four-door sedan with a 260-cubic-inch V8 engine was $2,406, or about $23,884 in 2024 dollars.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

liter engine, five-speed automated manual transmission, 150 kW electric machine, and an 18.9 Teams also spent several days presenting to judges and proving how they have developed into the next generation of engineers and business leaders who are prepared to enter the auto industry and related careers. kWh energy storage system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

Also known as brake override, the change involves modifying existing electronic controls to reduce power to the engine in cases where the brake and accelerator pedal are being depressed at the same time. For electrics/hybrids, brake override operates on the same principle as an internal combustion engine.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

GM has provided funding to the Indiana automaker, the first funding action by the newly formed General Motors Ventures LLC ( earlier post ). Funding through GM Ventures will allow Bright to begin ramping up the development of the production program for the IDEA in the third quarter of 2010. Jon Lauckner, president of GM Ventures.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 14, 2023

Diesel engines are great at a lot of things, but many automakers are dropping oil burners as they transition to electrification. liter diesel engine only made a three-year run under the Gladiator’s hood, but the automaker’s cutting the option, citing a hard shift toward electrification as the cause.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2011

When the new Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup rolls out in the Asia-Pacific region this fall, it will introduce a new global family of Duramax turbo-diesel engines, available in 2.8L The Colorado made its global debut in Thailand today.). Engine production started in September in Thailand. displacements.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 18, 2023

Ford has finally Raptor-ized the Ranger, we know Toyota has tricks up its sleeve for the next-gen Tacoma, and General Motors has numerous dirt-road variants of its Colorado/Canyon cousins. Alert readers will recall the last-gen Colorado had a burly Bison package to layer on top of the ZR2 trim. The latest? First, a primer.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When GM introduced the third-generation Chevrolet Camaro for the 1982 model year , it was 367 pounds lighter than its 1981 predecessor. Along with stickers from cannabis dispensaries , this one is standard equipment on junkyard-bound cars in Front Range Colorado. liter small-block V8 rated at 170 horsepower.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

For EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future, GM donated Chevrolet Malibus; for EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, GM donated Saturn Vues; and for Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility, the company donated Chevrolet Equinoxes. Colorado State University. Schools selected for EcoCAR 3 are: Arizona State University.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2023

gross sales of the Tacoma crowned 237,000 endmost hour, greater than double its upcoming competitor, the Chevrolet Colorado, which GM additionally redesigned for 2023. GM bought 27,819 Canyons all through a supply-constrained 2022, the fewest within the section however a fifteen p.c ” Dokter mentioned.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

liter V-8 compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-capable engines starting in the first quarter of 2017. GM will supply vehicles equipped with the 6.0L The expanded lineup brings GM Fleet’s portfolio of alternative fuel, hybrid and EVs to more than a dozen trucks, cars and crossovers. B20-capable diesel.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

Along with the Renault technology that made the design and production of the Alliance , Encore , and Eagle Premier possible, American Motors also got François Castaing , the brilliant Renault engineer who became the mastermind behind the XJ Cherokee. liter GM 60° V6. liter four-cylinder , a couple of diesels, and even the 2.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

The show vehicle features an all-wheel-drive system and is powered by GM’s new 2.8-liter liter Duramax turbo-diesel engine, which features a variable-geometry turbocharger for performance and fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2016

The vehicles, existing Workhorse walk-in vans with GM gasoline engines and equipped with the Lightning Hybrids Energy Recovery System (ERS), are in service on the streets of Chicago and were partially paid for by the Drive Clean Chicago voucher program for clean vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 1, 2023

In 1931, Buick introduced the world to its first big sedan with an eight-cylinder engine (which wasn't a V8 but did have overhead valves ) driving the rear wheels. Buick and Oldsmobile buyers had long been resigned to getting engines from lesser GM divisions under their hoods by the time this car was new, and it has the same Chevy 350 aka 5.7-liter

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 26, 2023

A 1970s desire on the part of Cadillac dealers for a two-seater to compete with the Mercedes-Benz R107 plus fierce intra-GM political battles led to the development of a couple of interesting two-seat designs that hit American roads during the late 1980s. The Reatta's engine was the good old 3.8-liter

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Baua Electric

JULY 6, 2023

Just like the pickup truck’s company cousin, the 2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison, the Canyon AT4X AEV Version advantages from backup underbody coverage and a unused entrance bumper with winch capacity. The engine is usual around the Canyon lineup and is derived mated to an 8-speed computerized transmission.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

GM will have full lines electric pickups for Chevrolet and GMC brands. GM’s Answer to the F-150 Lightning. GM started production of its first electric pickup, the GMC Hummer EV, just before Christmas, and said customer deliveries of the 2022 model would start, although no further news announcements have come out.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado). In addition to GM, other sponsors include Natural Resources Canada, MathWorks, California Air Resources Board, Clean Cities, dSPACE, A123 Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, AVL Powertrain Engineering, Snap-On Tools, Robert Bosch, Siemens PLM, CD-Adapco, and Vector CANtech.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 6, 2010

Known as brake override, it modifies existing electronic controls in an effort to reduce the power to the engine when the brake and accelerator are depressed at the same time. In the case of electric and hybrid cars, the [.].

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2024

As we all know, the 2000s didn't work out so well for Saturn , with the aging S Series replaced by the Opel Vectra -derived L Series and then by a bunch of machinery few were able to distinguish from other GM products. This being a top-trim-level SC2, it has a twin-cam engine and a nicer interior than the SC1.

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