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Chevrolet Unveils Bold Plan To Overtake Tesla In The EV Market: 'Puzzle Pieces Really Came Together Here'
Friday, May 17, 2024 - 7:45am | 727Chevrolet revealed its ambitious strategy to outshine Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) in the electric vehicle market. What Happened: Chevrolet, a division of General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM), is set to launch the electric Silverado pickup truck and the electric Chevy Equinox. The brand’s Chief Marketing...
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GM Advises Its Chevy Bolt Owners To Park At Least 50 Feet Away From Other Cars To Limit The Damage If Their Electric Vehicles Spontaneously Burst Into Flames
Friday, September 17, 2021 - 11:54am | 119622A GM Chevy Bolt after its fire was extinguished (image via Inside EVs). Finding A Parking Spot Just Got Harder If you own a Chevy Bolt, that is. It's no longer enough to find an empty spot: you need to find one that's at least fifty feet away from the nearest car. Why, you might ask? To...
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General Motors To Open Mexican Factory
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 10:43am | 381General Motors' (NYSE: GM) assembly plant in Silao, Mexico, will resume operations Wednesday, following its COVID-19 shut down more than six weeks ago. According to Reuters, GM received approval from the Mexican government to restart the Silao plant, where it assembles Chevrolet Silverado and GMC...
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Chart: 10 Most Stolen Cars In The United States
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 9:39am | 251The National Insurance Crime Bureau recently released the 2017 Hot Wheels Report, the annual note outlining the top stolen vehicle models in the U.S. Based on the data, national vehicle theft is at its peak since 1967. “Enhancements in vehicle security and manufacturing are having a positive...
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Detroit News Auto Critic: Tesla Model 3 Is 'The Auto Story Of The 21st Century'
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 12:31pm | 558"The Model 3 may not be the Model T. But it's the auto story of the 21st century. And its mad genius creator will be tweeting every step of the way." –Henry Payne, The Detroit News In an article from the Detriot News, auto critic Henry Payne paralleled this century's...
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Tesla Hasn't Solved Range Anxiety, Says Former Chevy Volt Executive And Fisker CEO
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 7:46am | 389Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) recently held a press conference to tell the world about its plan to solve range anxiety. The announcements were praised by some analysts, but former General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) executive Tony Posawatz thinks Tesla missed the mark. "Range anxiety is...
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The New Chevy Malibu Is Bro-Proof
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 7:30pm | 319General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) has built a car that should make adults very happy. The new Chevy Malibu sports a system that helps parents keep kids from...being, well, kids. According to a press release, the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu will debut Teen Driver, a system that lets parents...
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SLIDESHOW: Sizing Up Electric Vehicle Deals (F, GM, HMC, TSLA)
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 3:03pm | 137The automotive world is slowly becoming more environmentally conscious; companies are working to boost gas mileage in cars and vehicles with alternative sources of energy are becoming more popular. The most common of these trends is the fully electric vehicle like the Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA)...
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General Motors Offering Huge Incentives on Chevy Volt (GM)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 1:44pm | 247As reported by The Detroit Free Press General Motors (NYSE: GM) has started offering significant discounts on its Chevy Volt in a recent attempt to entice car buyers. In order to combat stagnant sales, General Motors is offering rebates of $5,000 on its 2012 Volt and $4,000 on its 2013 Volt,...
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Shares of Tesla are Up Again After Musk Speaks at D11 Conference
Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 1:39pm | 520Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are once again on the rise after a five percent pullback Wednesday. The primary cause of today’s rise can be attributed to statements by CEO Elon Musk Wednesday night. Triple Supercharging Coverage After accidentally releasing news about charging stations during...
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Opinion: Why I May Never Buy Another Ford Car Again
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 12:02pm | 2766They say that love is blind. They were right. In falling (blindly) for the sleek and attractive designs of one automaker, I somehow talked myself into believing that the red flags were nothing more than speed bumps. "Those aren't warning signs!" I told myself. "I have no reason to worry. None...
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Three "Supernatural" Stocks While Waiting for Season 7
Saturday, May 21, 2011 - 11:48am | 783Love it or hate it, the season finale of the CW's Supernatural, with its showdown between the Winchester brothers and the angel Castiel, has brought season 6 to a close. Already the speculation about Supernatural season 7 is rampant: What does being a god mean for Castiel? Can Dean forgive him for...
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Center For Automotive Research's Bernard Swiecki: We Are Very Much Impressed By Ford's Results (F)
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 3:49pm | 273As analysts weigh in on Ford's (NYSE: F) impressive earnings and subsequent rise, the Center For Automotive Research is providing a few comments of its own. “We are very much impressed,” Bernard Swiecki, Senior Project Manager at CAR, told Benzinga this afternoon. “They've come a long way very...
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US Makes 3 Of The Best Cars Of 2010 Says Bloomberg
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 9:25am | 138According to Jason Harper at Bloomberg, the American car companies such as General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F) have managed to take several slots in the listing, with Chevy's Volt taking the Best Green AND Best Car Overall vote. Other cars include the 2011 Ford Fiesta being named as the...
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The Electric Popemobile and the Future of Energy Policy in America
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 12:45pm | 829By Justin Rohrlich The Vatican yesterday unveiled a book on the Holy See's environmental initiatives titled “The Energy of the Sun in the Vatican,” which covers various projects such as the 2008 installation of 2,400 solar panels on the roof of the Paul VI audience hall and other, similar...