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GM keeps Chevy Bolt alive

Jul 28, 2023
GM announced in April they would end production on the affordable electric vehicle, but the company changed course this week, citing strong sales and customer loyalty.
When the Chevy Bolt first entered the market in 2017, EVs were making up a smaller percentage of car sales.
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Finding new cars on the lot is getting easier

Oct 25, 2022
New vehicle inventory is up an estimated 62% from last year as some supply roadblocks clear. But higher prices may stick.
General Motors told investors that it made $3.3 billion in profit last quarter, thanks in part to easing supply chains.
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Why Detroit is going all-in on heavy-duty trucks

Feb 6, 2019
General Motors this week announced plans to build a new heavy-duty Chevy Silverado pickup truck in Michigan as it cut 4,000 jobs.
The heavy-duty chassis of the new General Motors 2020 Chevy Silverado HD is shown at the GM Flint Assembly Plant on February 5, 2019 in Flint, Michigan.
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Your foreign car may be as "Made in America" as a Chevy

Jul 24, 2018
Tariffs against car parts would impact all vehicles, even ones widely recognized to be American.
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Will a national charging-station network boost electric vehicle sales?

Nov 3, 2016
Low EV sales has sparked action from the White House.
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Homes and trucks: friends forever?

Jul 28, 2015
How pick-up truck sales are affecting the housing and construction industry.

The World Series MVP got a recently recalled truck

Oct 30, 2014
Sometimes even when you win, you lose.

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Subcompact cars and the income divide

Aug 6, 2013
As breaking into the middle class becomes harder, car companies are finding new ways to attract an expanding base of less-affluent consumers. They're offering more small car models with better features than ever before.
Edgar Perez sells cars at Bunnin Chevrolet in Culver City, California. Perez owns a compact car and says he'll keep buying small cars even after he gets his MBA. 
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Chevy Impala: The great American car?

Jul 26, 2013
Move aside Lexus, and make way for the first American car to top "Consumer Reports" list in decades.

Back to the future for car names

Oct 31, 2012
If you’re looking to buy a car anytime soon, you may get a case of déjà vu: Carmakers keep recycling old names.
If you’re looking to buy a car anytime soon, you may get a case of déjà vu: Carmakers keep recycling old names.
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