article thumbnail

Go North: GMC Teases 2025 Yukon

The Truth About Cars

Ahead of the next model year, the crew at GMC have shared the briefest of glimpses at the large-and-in-charge 2025 Yukon SUV. The venerable Yukon is one of them, along with its Tahoe twin and certain offerings from Land Rover like the Defender. Image: GMC] Become a& TTAC& insider.

Yukon 97
article thumbnail

Tula Technology hits milestone of 1M vehicles produced with Dynamic Skip Fire

Green Car Congress

Tula’s proprietary technology is being used in the top-selling Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Silverado and Suburban, and the GMC Sierra and Yukon. Because each combustion event is selected to allow optimal efficiency, DSF reduces fuel and CO 2 , and for diesel applications, NO x emissions.

Yukon 186
article thumbnail

First natural gas GM half-ton pickups with 5.3L DI engines delivered in Texas

Green Car Congress

The half-ton CNG upgrade from Nat G comes standard with a 24 gasoline gallon equivalent (gge) natural gas cylinder giving the vehicle a combined natural gas and gasoline range of more than 1,000 highway-miles. liter direct injection engines, which are used in the Chevy Suburban, the GMC Yukon XL and several larger pickup trucks.

Texas 259
article thumbnail

2015 Chevrolet and GMC pickups, SUVs to offer eight-speed transmission with EcoTec3 V-8

Green Car Congress

Chevrolet and GMC have confirmed a new eight-speed automatic transmission will be standard on 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and GMC Yukon Denali/Yukon XL Denali models equipped with the 6.2L EcoTec3 V-8 (L86) ( earlier post ). It also provides another effective tool for controlling exhaust emissions.

GMC 210
article thumbnail

News: 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ EV

Clean Fleet Report

seconds Estimated 450 miles of all-electric driving range One Pedal Driving and Variable Regeneration Super Cruise driver assistance technology All-wheel drive Front and rear wheel steering with a tight 39.4

article thumbnail

GM resistance spot welding process joins aluminum to aluminum

Green Car Congress

GM already uses this patented process on the hood of the Cadillac CTS-V and the liftgate of the hybrid versions of Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon. However, rivets add cost and riveting guns have a limited range of joint configurations. GM plans to use this technology more extensively starting in 2013.

GM 268
article thumbnail

Tula Technology reports up to 18% fuel economy gain in GM 6.2L V8 using Dynamic Skip Fire technology; emissions benefits too

Green Car Congress

One of the benefits of DSF is the wide range of firing pattern selections to minimize the resonance modes. In the study reported at the World Congress, Tula engineers tested the DSF technology in an independent certified lab on a 2010 GMC Denali over a wide ranges of engine speeds, loads and DSF strategies.