Chevy News Articles
42 MPG Cruze Diesel Coming This Summer
Chevrolet will launch this summer a 2.0L turbo-diesel version of the Cruze. GM said this Cruze diesel is featuring the cleanest diesel passenger car engine General Motors has ever produced. Clean diesels generate at least 90 percent less Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) and particulate emissions when compared to previous-generation diesels. The 2014 Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel [...]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 [...]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 [...]Already A World Hit, Chevy Cruze Makes U.S. Debut In September
Chevrolet’s Cruze is, well, Cruisin’. Since its launch in Europe in the spring of 2009, Chevy’s first global compact car has racked up a total of 270,000 sales in more than 60 countries. Add another 70,000 sales with versions from Holden in Australia and Daewoo in South Korea. Is 40 MPG A New Trend? The [...]Magna E-Car Systems and GM Test Electric Crossovers in Canada
Last week Magna E-Car Systems and General Motors of Canada announced a joint project to evaluate a fleet of nine battery electric Chevrolet Equinox crossovers. The converted vehicles are to be studied by a number of interested stakeholders as a step toward possibly producing these types of electric vehicles. “Collaboration between automakers, suppliers, utility companies [...]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 [...]2014 Chevrolet Impala Production Starts; 35 MPG With eAssist
The all-new 2014 Impala, Chevrolet’s flagship sedan, began rolling off the production line at the Oshawa Assembly plant today. The 2014 Impala has several new features, including the company’s light electrification technology named eAssist; and Adaptive Cruise Control and crash-avoidance technologies like Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Side Blind Zone Alert. Three direct-injection engine choices [...]GM Will Replace Chevy Volt Charging Cords
Initially General Motors had reportedly suggested to some Chevy Volt owners that melting of the included charging cord was possibly due to faulty house wiring, but the automaker has recently agreed to replace them for around 9,5000 of the plug-in vehicles. This is not the first time cords to the 120-volt house chargers have been [...]Chevy Volt Production Line Restarts a Week Early
General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck plant is back to producing Chevy Volts and Opel/Vauxhall Amperas a week earlier than scheduled due to encouraging March Volt sales of 2,289 units. GM had shut down the plug-in hybrid’s assembly line for an initially scheduled period of five weeks to help curtail excess supply, but says it is now optimistic [...]Chevy Volt Design Details Slowly Emerge
Bob Boniface, director of design for the Volt, showed side-by-side comparisons between the concept and the production vehicle. (Photo: John Voelcker. All rights reserved.) Traverse City, Michigan – Continuing to tease the public and the media with details on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the car’s designer today showed a handful of slides that revealed further [...]