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 |  Mar 24, 4:53 PM

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Pictures of the 2014 Cadillac CTS just leaked ahead of the car’s scheduled debut at the 2013 New York Auto Show.

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 |  Mar 15, 6:57 PM

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As automakers continue to strive towards improving fuel economy across its lineup, General Motors is considering a smaller, lighter-weight three-cylinder engine for its Chevrolet Volt and Cadillac ELR models.

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 |  Mar 06, 12:44 PM

The Camaro is Chevrolet’s red, white and blue ponycar. It’s as American as gun ownership and obesity and it’s just been confirmed that a refreshed version of this rear-wheel-drive performance machine will debut at the New York International Auto Show in just a couple weeks.

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 |  Feb 25, 1:02 PM

General Motors just announced that it will outfit its vehicles with 4G LTE mobile broadband connection, which would effectively make each car a mobile hotspot.

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 |  Feb 07, 7:15 PM

General Motors has announced that it has joined the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), joining other renewable energy advocates to support a stronger U.S. solar industry.

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 |  Feb 02, 2:03 PM

The old addage “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” seems to apply to more than just racing. After being named the 2013 North American Car of the Year, the Cadillac ATS sport sedan has helped the American luxury brand have its best sales month in 23 years. 

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 |  Feb 01, 1:32 PM

January may be the middle of winter but GM was able to rebuke the cold weather with red-hot sales. The company delivered nearly 195,000 units in the U.S., a 16 percent increase compared to the same month last year.

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 |  Jan 31, 7:32 PM

Ford, General Motors, ChryslerNissan, and Tesla are among 13 companies joining together as founding Partners of the Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge.

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 |  Jan 31, 7:02 PM

GM is adding roughly 400 jobs to its suburban campus in Pontiac, a suburb of Detroit, in an effort to speed development in the next phase of its propulsion development. 

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 |  Jan 31, 6:32 PM

Some were awe-struck and others aghast when Chevrolet unveiled the newest Corvette earlier this month because, among other things, it dropped the signature round rear lights. 

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 |  Jan 31, 5:01 PM

General Motors is relocating its Performance Build Center to its Bowling Green Assembly Plant, where the Chevrolet Corvette is built.

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 |  Jan 28, 5:15 PM

General Motors has announced that it’ll be investing $600 million into its Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant, which will include the building of a new 450,000 square-foot paint shop and installation of a new stamping press and other upgrades.

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 |  Jan 27, 11:41 AM

French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has unveiled its concept for a hybrid vehicle partially powered by compressed air and hopes to launch the technology by 2016.

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 |  Jan 24, 10:46 AM

Chevrolet just confirmed that it will debut the diesel version of the Cruze compact sedan during the 2013 Chicago Auto Show.

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 |  Jan 19, 2:15 PM

The United States Treasury has initiated a plan to sell its remaining 300.1 million shares of General Motors stock, hoping to divest itself of its 19 percent stake within the next 12 to 15 months.

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 |  Jan 17, 7:02 PM

General Motors North America president Mark Reuss isn’t ready to give up on electric cars. In fact, he’s adamant about their progress.

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 |  Jan 09, 6:02 PM

Traction is important; it’s the difference between moving forward and sitting still. Without any friction between your vehicle’s tires and the road surface you’d never make it to work in the morning, let alone to that Grand Funk Railroad concert on Saturday night.

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 |  Jan 09, 5:44 PM

General Motors and Isuzu are mulling over the possibility of jointly developing a new pickup truck, according to an announcement by GM made today. 

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 |  Jan 04, 9:01 AM

Starting with the 2014 model year, General Motors is looking to further differentiate the designs of its full-size SUVs, both inside and out.

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 |  Jan 03, 5:32 PM

Thankfully the world didn’t end last month like Mayan soothsayers erroneously predicted centuries ago. Clearly prophecy wasn’t their major at Yucatan Community College. From an automotive perspective, the year-end news was quite good, with the Detroit Three each posting modest gains.

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 |  Jan 03, 12:31 PM

What’s old is new again. It seems like every clever idea or radical invention has already been thought of, existing in government patent archives or a 15th century sketch from Leonardo da Vinci. Retro design is a prime automotive example of this, but it’s not the only one. Ethanol is a promising transportation fuel of the future, just as it was a century ago.

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 |  Jan 03, 9:26 AM

As all automakers push for improved fuel economy, GM has announced that in 2012, the company sold over one million vehicles that are rated at an EPA-estimated 30 mpg or more on the highway test cycle.

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 |  Dec 31, 8:31 AM

Contrary to previous reports that the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain will be offered with eAssist hybrid variants, General Motors has confirmed that neither model will receive the mild hybrid technology for the 2014 model year.

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 |  Dec 28, 4:15 PM

In 2010, Chevrolet debuted its new marketing slogan “Chevy Runs Deep,” and it hasn’t been as well-received as the American automaker would have liked.

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