Donald Trump launched a new social media app this week called “TRUTH Social” and Chevrolet was unexpectedly drawn into the controversy as a result of an account it says it has no affiliation with. Screenshots for the app that appeared on Apple’s app store showed an account called @ChevyTrucks that promoted—what else?—Chevrolet trucks. The posts, […]
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General Motors is moving through the backlog of pickups it was able to build, but not finish as a result of missing chips. The company’s North American CEO, Steve Carlisle, said the company is more than halfway through shipping the vehicles. “We’ve made great progress,” Carlisle told Reuters. “We’re a bit better than halfway through […]
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It’s hard to think of a more quintessentially American car than the Ford Mustang GT V8. But that’s not just nostalgia talking, it’s maths and science, people. The 2021 Mustang 5.0-liter GT has just nabbed top spot on a league table that measures the volume of U.S.-built content in the nation’s cars. According to the […]
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GM Canada and Stellantis Canada today separately announced that they would be enforcing vaccine mandates at their sites in the country. Unifor, the union representing the companies workers, said it supported the mandate. Both GM and Stellantis Canada said that they had advocated for employees to get vaccinated as soon as they became available and cited […]
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General Motors will extend the production shut down affecting the Bolt for another two weeks. As battery production for the vehicle resumes, the automaker says it is focused on recall repairs rather than new vehicles. Production of the Bolt has been idled since August 23 following the discovery of a manufacturing fault that could lead […]
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GM’s battery suppliers, LG Chem and LG Electronics, will pay the automaker a combined $1.2 billion worth of the recall that affects more than 140,000 Chevrolet Bolt EVs and EUVs built between 2017 and mid-2021. That will see them foot more than half the bill that is incurred as a result of the recall and […]
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Jay Leno frequently has the opportunity to drive some pretty cool cars inaccessible to most members of the public and in his most recent review, sampled a vehicle that civilians will likely never see in the flesh, let alone be allowed to drive. Featured in the most recent episode of Jay Leno Garage is the […]
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General Motors is apparently working on a new all-electric SUV that will be bear the Equinox moniker. GM president Mark Reuss recently stated during a recent investor presentation that the company is working on a new electric crossover based around its Ultium platform that will cost around $30,000. He referred to the vehicle as the […]
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General Motors announced today that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with GE Renewable Energy to look for ways to improve the supply of heavy and light rare earth materials and magnets, copper, and electrical steel used to make electric vehicles. Initially, the pair will focus on creating a supply chain for magnet […]
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Car sales have tumbled around the world as the global shortage of computer chips forces carmakers to reduce production, and in some cases stop it altogether. So you might expect that kind of bleak picture to send the stock prices of automakers plunging in response. But that’s not what’s happening. In fact, the opposite is […]
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