Chevy News Articles
Cruze Diesel Rated At 46 MPG
Chevrolet announced the new 2014 Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel delivers an EPA-estimated 46 MPG on the highway. Chevrolet said this is better than any non-hybrid passenger car in America. The diesel version of the Cruze sedan will be available in certain cities this spring and nationwide and in Canada in early fall. Equipped with a [...]French Government Censors Report on Electric Cars
President Nicolas Sarkozy is accused of squelching a negative report about electric cars because of personal connections. The French government commissioned a report earlier this year analyzing the best options for building more efficient mass-market cars in the coming decades, but is preventing the public from reading the results. The 129-page report produced by Jean [...]Chevy Volt Gets Solo HOV Lane Status in California
After the sensationalism of last year’s post-federal crash test battery fires, the Chevrolet Volt has something to smile about once again, thanks to the state of California finally approving the car for solo motoring in freeway High Occupancy Vehicle (carpool) lanes. Initially, the Volt had been disqualified, much to the chagrin of General Motors, though [...]House Committee to Hold Chevy Volt Safety Hearing on January 25
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a formal hearing to discuss and to investigate the potential fire risks associated with the extensively damaged Chevrolet Volts. Darrell Issa, R-CA, chairman of the committee, told members of the House that the hearing—titled “Volt Vehicle Fire: What did NHTSA know and when did they know it?”—will [...]First Drive: Chevrolet Cruze Eco
Hybrids are a great way to max out on MPG, but a new breed of conventional gas-powered cars are promising better than 40 miles to the gallon—at least on the highway. The all-new Chevrolet Cruze Eco, due out in late 2010, is one of those contenders. Last week, we gave it our first drive on [...]Homegrown GM Electric Motors Will Power Future Hybrids
An electric traction motor (right) and stator (left) at the GM’s Powertrain Engineering Development Center. General Motors said on Tuesday it will set up a $246 million facility to build electric motors to power future hybrids. The first GM-designed and built electric motors would appear in 2013 in rear-wheel-drive two-mode hybrid vehicles. “In the future, [...]Volt Teardown Reveals High-Tech Upgradability
A three-day teardown and cataloging of components from a Chevy Volt has shown its electronic controls to be exceedingly sophisticated and apparently designed for future upgrades. Performed by a team of automotive engineers for Munro & Associates of suburban Detroit and attended by Reuters and EE Times, this sort of thing is more often done [...]A Little Bit of Chevy Volt in Chevy Cruze
The recent announcement of the $41,000 price tag on the Chevy Volt disappointed many fans—and spurred debate about the taxpayer dollars required to bring the plug-in hybrid to life. But the new Chevrolet Cruze shows how General Motors is hedging its bets on the Volt’s high-cost components by installing them on a high-volume model. The [...]Chevy Cruze Eco Joins the 40-MPG Club
Chevrolet will use the 2010 New York Auto Show, kicking off this week, to formally unveil the Cruze Eco—a conventional gas-burning car that could give hybrids a run for the money. When it hits dealerships in late 2010, it will be the only conventional US model to break 40-mpg, either on the highway or in [...]Obama Calls for 1 Million Plug-in Hybrids by 2015
Kicking off what campaign advisors have dubbed “energy week,” Barack Obama today called for an “end to the age of oil in our time.” He backed up his trademark optimism with the most dramatic auto technology proposals of the 2008 campaign cycle. Obama said he hopes to see 1 million plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles [...]