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2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with new diesel delivers EPA-estimated 33 mpg highway; driver-selectable stop/start

Green Car Congress

The 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with the available, all-new 3.0L Duramax turbo-diesel engine delivers an EPA-estimated 33 mpg highway and 23 city in rear-wheel-drive models. EPA-estimated fuel economy for four-wheel drive models is 29 mpg highway/23 city. The Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel V8 and Colorado with the Duramax 2.8L

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2020 Chevrolet Silverado diesel tops pickup truck mpg race

Green Car Reports

General Motors announced new EPA fuel economy ratings Thursday for its 2020 Chevrolet Silverado light-duty pickup powered by its new 3.0-liter The 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500 diesel will rate 23 mpg city, 33 highway for two-wheel drive models with a 10-speed automatic transmission, Chevy said. Fuel economy matters in pickups.

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2020 Chevrolet Silverado diesel tops pickup truck mpg race

Green Car Reports

And General Motors just announced record-setting new EPA fuel economy ratings for its new 2020 Chevrolet Silverado light-duty pickup powered by its new 3.0-liter The 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500 diesel is rated at 23 mpg city, 33 highway, and 27 mpg combined for two-wheel drive models with the. liter inline-6 turbodiesel.

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Update: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV

Clean Fleet Report

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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2014 Silverado and Sierra pickups leverage high- and ultra-high strength steels for weight reduction

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The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 have strategically replaced traditional steel with lightweight, high-strength steels for improved capability, safety and fuel efficiency. Similarly, making the most of mass also enables Silverados and Sierras equipped with the 4.3L These materials reduce mass and increase strength.

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Tesla CTO, 2020 Chevy Silverado diesel mpg, tire energy, cleaning up trucks: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

The new 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 diesel earns record EPA mpg estimate. Tesla CTO JB Straubel has left the building. Sumitomo develops new technology to recapture energy from rolling tires. And the California legislature plans to clean up dirty diesel heavy trucks. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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How Silicon Valley startup boosted MPG in 2019 Chevy Silverado pickup truck

Green Car Reports

Sophisticated engine-control algorithms under the hood of the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado full-size pickup truck, which make the truck's V-8 engines more efficient, came from work done by a company GM bought in 2012. It looks like GM's investment arm, GM Ventures, has borne some real-world, fuel-saving fruit. That year, GM Ventures sank an.

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