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Go North: GMC Teases 2025 Yukon

The Truth About Cars

The venerable Yukon is one of them, along with its Tahoe twin and certain offerings from Land Rover like the Defender. In an era where more than one argument has erupted over the definition of crossover versus sport utility vehicle, there remain a few machines with all four wheels firmly over the SUV line.

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News: 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ EV

Clean Fleet Report

Cadillac isn’t new to electric vehicles as the 2023 Lyriq is in dealers now, and has shown the concept for the 2025 Celestiq , which is scheduled to start its bespoke production soon. The Escalade IQ settles one frequent question we get at Clean Fleet Report of when a full-size, three row electric SUV will be available.

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Cadillac to offer advanced V2V and semi-automated driving technologies in certain 2017 MY vehicles

Green Car Congress

GM and Carnegie Mellon University demonstrated this when the “Boss,” our fully autonomous Chevy Tahoe, won the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007. An autonomous derivative of the Chevrolet EN-V urban mobility concept, which is tailored for the world’s mega-cities, as well as corporate and academic campus settings.

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GMs Taub: self-driving vehicles could be ready by end of decade

Green Car Congress

GM’s Chevrolet EN-V urban mobility concept ( earlier post ) combines GPS with vehicle-to-vehicle communications and distance-sensing technologies to enable autonomous driving. GM has made a commitment to be at the forefront of this development. —Alan Taub.

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ClearRefining Process Upgrades ULSD to Lighter, Cleaner-Burning Fuel; Nevada Designates it an Alternative Fuel

Green Car Congress

Nevada-based Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC, (ARC) has developed a process—called ClearRefining—for the upgrading of ultra-low sulfur diesel to a lighter, cleaner burning, higher quality fuel. The site is on 10 acres owned by the company at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, located 10 miles east of Reno, Nev.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

Cars That Think

Switching between multiple special interest plates ; drivers won’t have to commit to supporting, say, Lake Tahoe, at the expense of Yosemite or the California coast. Displaying a QR code that could work with an app for keyless entry. Celebrating holidays with greetings, like “Happy Father’s Day”. Not a bad list. Boston said three more U.S.

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2013 Cadillac XTS will feature first GM application of sensor fusion; milestone toward semi- and fully autonomous vehicles

Green Car Congress

GM’s work on sensor fusion draws on its experience with The Boss, a fully autonomous Chevrolet Tahoe developed by GM, Carnegie Mellon University and other partner companies, and named for GM R&D founder Charles F. Boss” Kettering. Earlier post.)

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