by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Auto News
From December 2016 to April 2, 2017, Chevy Bolt owners in the United States covered 4,570,300 miles, saving an estimated 175,000 gallons of gas. 3,492 examples of Chevy’s latest pure electric car have been sold across California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey,...
by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Fast And Dangerous
Until now, Tesla has focused the development of its Supercharger fast-charging network on enabling longer-distance travel. Meanwhile, Nissan and BMW, the two automakers who were bullish on urban charger installations several years before Tesla started its network,...
by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Exterior
When I joined C/D, I had no idea how many peculiar situations it would foist upon me. Here’s one: I wrote a story about a $105,000 SVI Raptor [August 1996]—not the Ford truck but a Chevrolet Suburban with a 420-hp supercharged 454-cubic-inch V-8. The engine didn’t...
by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Auto News
GAC Motor is worried the “Trumpchi” name won’t sit well with Americans. Trumpchi is the name of GAC Motor’s flagship brand, which the Chinese automaker hopes to introduce to the U.S. market in the future. Speaking to Reuters, GAC Motor design director Zhang Fan...
by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Fast And Dangerous
Eight years into its effort to make self-driving cars a reality, executives from Waymo say they’re shifting their focus from the technology itself and turning more attention toward the needs of people who will use the vehicles. The company, an independent subsidiary...
