Walmart, which plans to expand its InHome grocery delivery service to 62 million US households, will deploy Chevrolet BrightDrop 400 vans in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, northwest Arkansas, Orlando and the San Francisco Bay area by the end of the year. The BrightDrop 400 is produced at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. It… Read more »
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GM and Reliant offer free nighttime charging to Chevrolet EV owners in Texas
Reliant and GM Energy are rolling out a new program that will offer free nighttime charging for Chevrolet EV drivers. Some 150 Chevy dealerships in Texas can now offer the plan upon vehicle purchase. The Reliant Free Charge Nights plan, available to Reliant electricity customers, provides a monthly bill credit that offsets the energy charges… Read more »
GM BrightDrop division to be merged into Chevrolet, Zevo EV to be renamed Chevrolet BrightDrop
General Motors is merging its BrightDrop division, which designs and manufactures light electric commercial vehicles, into Chevrolet, in order to leverage the latter’s sales and service network. BrightDrop was founded by GM in 2021. Chevrolet was founded 112 years ago in 1911. The move is intended to provide commercial customers with greater convenience when it… Read more »
Merchants Fleet adds Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup trucks to fleet lineup
US fleet management company Merchants Fleet has expanded its lease and rental fleet with the addition of 250 new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV work trucks. The trucks have an EPA-estimated range of up to 450 miles, a towing capability of up to 10,000 pounds, and a payload of more than 1,400 pounds. Merchants offers the… Read more »
Updated Chevrolet Bolt EV coming, using newer Ultium cells
The other shoe has dropped on GM’s decision to take its only volume EV model out of production: a revised Bolt using the new Ultium battery is coming. General Motors CEO Mary Barra said this morning an updated Chevrolet Bolt EV will come to market “on an accelerated timeline,” with new Ultium battery cells replacing… Read more »
Magna to supply Chevrolet Silverado EV battery enclosures
GM has chosen Tier 1 supplier Magna to supply battery enclosures for the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. Production is expected to begin later this year at Magna’s St. Clair, Michigan, facility, which is undergoing a 740,000-square-foot expansion and where it currently produces enclosures for the GMC Hummer EV. Battery enclosures, required by all EVs, house… Read more »
2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV: Chevy previews a mass-market electric SUV
Mid-size five-seat crossovers are a huge segment, and Chevy wants yours to plug in—next year. Chevrolet, it seems, doesn’t want to scare potential shoppers by offering up electric vehicles that stress too heavily the fact they’re … well, different. An advance preview of the upcoming 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV suggested it’s very much a Chevy… Read more »
Chevrolet cuts prices for 2023 Bolt EV and EUV, boosts ad spending
The Bolt is back, and it’s cheaper than ever. GM resumed Bolt production in April following a major battery recall last August. Now the company says it will cut prices on the Bolt EV and EUV by up to 18%, and plans to build a record number of units this year. The 2023 Chevy Bolt… Read more »
Chevrolet announces Equinox, Blazer EVs
GM has announced plans for electric versions of the Chevy Equinox and Blazer SUVs. Speaking at CES 2022, CEO Mary Barra noted that the compact and midsize SUV segments are growing in the US market. SEE ALSO: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV unveiled Few details of the proposed new EVs have been offered. The Equinox EV… Read more »
2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV faces off against 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning
Two electric pickups from GM and Ford makers take surprisingly different approaches to electrifying the full-size truck The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV unveiled today by General Motors CEO Mary Barra shows the largest US auto company’s determination to hang onto its core large-pickup market even as vehicles of all sorts accelerate the transition from gasoline… Read more »