The Inside Out team at the console Photo: Disney•Pixar The latest animated offering from the minds at Pixar, Inside Out, opens this weekend, and I was very excited to see it at the “Insider Access to Inside Out” event. An incredibly original movie in this summer’s ocean of sequels and reboots, the film explores how…
Former General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson: “I’ve always voted Republican. Until now.” There are many things that could be said about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Just reading that name, you no doubt sense words bubbling to the surface that describe your feelings about the man. You might think, for example, that he…
GM Korea sold a total of 45,366 vehicles in February, including 11,117 vehicles sold domestically and 34,139 exported. Though domestic sales were down from the year prior, sales of the Chevrolet Spark, Malibu, and Trax were all strong. “As the ongoing strong demand for the Spark, Malibu, and Trax shows, Chevrolet has become a popular…
Jimmy Kimmel becomes an Uber driver. Late night TV has been producing some high quality stuff as of late (please tell us you’re seen Jimmy Fallon and Will.I.Am perform “Ew”), but perhaps one of the funniest clips we’ve seen in recent weeks is from Jimmy Kimmel Live, in which Jimmy Kimmel becomes an Uber driver…
In the past, this website has been sharply critical of Chevrolet’s various ad campaigns, particularly the ones that seem to pander to Millennials in a way that smacks of desperation. For example, we thought that Chevy’s Trax commercial featuring Instagram-loving, vintage-clothes-wearing, Chuck-Taylor-clad twentysomethings was a little too on-the-nose. And then, we thought it was even…
Is refusing a BAC admissible as evidence? A man was arrested in South Dakota in 1982 for driving while intoxicated. The officers asked him to submit to a blood-alcohol test and warned him that he could lose his license if he refused but did not warn him that the refusal could be used against him…
If you are a fan of General Motors’ vehicles, then you had a lot to be excited about this year. GM released 13 models one after the other in 2013, including the Chevy Spark, the redesigned Chevy Impala, the seventh generation of the Corvette, a refreshed Cadillac, and an all-new Silverado and GMC Sierra. Despite…
While many attendees of the Detroit Auto Show are anticipating their favorite brand’s debuts for 2018, some attendees are counting down to Education Day that will be held on Wednesday, January 24th. Each year, the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) invites Michigan students to spend a day browsing the displays and learning about the latest advances…
By the end of this year, work on GM’s Lordstown plant’s solar array will be complete. The solar array at the Lordstown Complex in Lordstown, Ohio, will be a 2.2 megawatt ground-mounted array, making it The General’s biggest in the Western Hemisphere. Less than a year ago, GM installed a 1.8 megawatt solar array at…
NASCAR racing in Kentucky Photo: Cathy via Flickr Experiencing extreme heat causes you to lose water weight, and sometimes at a dramatic rate. Recently, Casey Mears of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series said that the inside of his car reached 131 degrees. With temperatures like that, one can imagine that drivers could lose a significant…
2015 Chevrolet Tahoe Z71 Photo: © General Motors Chevrolet had a huge 2014 in the United States. If January is any indication, things are only going to get bigger in 2015. Chevrolet sold 142,882 vehicles in January, up 20% from 2014 and good for the Chevy’s best sales mark for the month since 2008. As…
2019 Chevrolet Equinox Premier Although a powerful engine option that delivered a responsive performance and impressive fuel efficiency ratings, the 1.6-liter turbodiesel engine-equipped Chevy Equinox will not be a choice in 2020. Learn More: Why getting an oil change is important Low demand may be the fundamental reason for Chevy to discontinue the engine, Kevin…
As anticipated, Rick Hendrick, championship NASCAR team owner, placed the winning bid for the very first 2015 Corvette Z06 Stingray at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car Auction. In total, Hendrick dropped $1 million on the Stingray, all of which will benefit the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a charity that Chevrolet is often tied to. Hendrick…
China has largely led the worldwide surge in electric vehicle demand, in large part due to its huge “New Energy” vehicle subsidies as well as quotas on how much of an automaker’s sales must be New Energy vehicles. However, now that China has gotten to this place, it doesn’t seem to be super happy about…
General Motors China has announced the launch of four new Shanghai OnStar packages, which cover mobile apps, security and safety, smart fleet management, and telematics data reports. The company is also introducing China to a first-of-its-kind business-to-business (B2B) service platform that is designed to alleviate some of the difficulties of fleet management. Most notably, Shanghai…
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