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Author: Westside Chevrolet
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291. Large Vehicles Begin Shift to Electric Drive
October 15, 2013
Passenger cars have been generating much of the buzz around electrified transportation, but automakers are changing that with a suite of new electrified trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles that could soon hit the market.
"Whether it's an advanced drive vehicle of any sort -- a hybrid, a ...
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292. Automatic Auto: A Car That Drives Itself
October 15, 2013
The World Health Organization projects traffic fatalities to be the third leading cause of mortality worldwide by 2020. And drivers themselves are responsible for 73 percent of these deaths. So automakers are looking at ways they could make cars safer by taking driving out of human hands. Self-drivi...
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293. Chevrolet's Small Car Sales Increases 229 Percent
October 15, 2013
Chevrolet’s small and compact car sales are up 229 percent year over year, from the second quarter of 2010 to the same quarter this year, evidence of the brand’s continuing success in attracting buyers of all ages including millennials, whose purchase priorities include advanced technology, fuel eco...
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294. Start-stop technology on Malibu a bold move for Chevy
October 15, 2013
Imagine shutting off your engine at every red light or stop sign, then turning on the ignition when the light turns green. Chevrolet is betting on a fuel-saving technology that does that automatically. Stop-start technology, which will be standard on the the 2014 Chevy Malibu, is expected to improv...
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295. The Chevrolet Volt Reigns and Won't Get Challenged by Germans
October 15, 2013
The Frankfurt motor show opens next week, and news about the cars that will be introduced there are coming fast. There will be several new plug-in hybrids: Audi A3 e-tron, BMW i8, and Mercedes S-class, and others. But none have specifications that match those of the Chevrolet Volt.
The Volt ...
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296. Volt Falls to Electric-Car Price War
October 15, 2013
General Motors Co. GM -1.07% cut the starting price of its latest Chevrolet Volt electric car by 13%, expanding a price war among makers of plug-in vehicles in response to sluggish demand.
The price cut is yet another sign of the difficulties GM has faced trying to establish a market for plu...
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297. Lithium Batteries for Hybrid Cars
October 15, 2013
In late November General Motors announced plans to release a vehicle that will be able to go long distances in electric-only mode. It thus became the first U.S. company to commit to producing a so-called plug-in hybrid design—one that has batteries so capacious that they can be recharged not only by...
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298. Virtual reality tools help shape the interior of new Chevrolet Impala
October 15, 2013
Long gone are the days when the idea of using technology to develop new cars was limited to automotive hardware like engines and braking systems.
When it came to designing the all-new 2014 Impala, Chevrolet engineers used a new high-tech calculator to create more leg and head room as well...
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299. Chevy Spark EV is World's Most Efficient Electric Car
October 15, 2013
The upcoming Spark EV is the most efficient production electric vehicle in the world, according to GM. The company backs up that audacious claim with some hard numbers about the Spark EV's EPA mileage stats for combined city and highway driving — measured at the equivalent of 119 miles per gallon. ...
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300. Automakers bet on alternative-fuel cars for future
October 15, 2013
Judging by the slew of electric and hybrid vehicles being rolled out at the Frankfurt Auto Show, it might seem carmakers are tapping a large and eager market.
But in fact almost no one buys such cars — yet.
Every major automaker is coming out with electric versions of existing vehicl...
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