The California Air Resources Board (CARB), that most demonized of government agencies, has finally realized that it’s done all that it can practically do with regular, civilian-owned cars. Now it’s time for trucks. Cummins has sold over 200 electric trucks (like this one) A full tenth of greenhouse gas emissions in California come from trucks, […]
It has been weeks now since the Tesla Cybertruck has been unveiled. The reactions from various websites has been mostly strong with mixed opinions. Musk has tweeted out that the Cybertruck has indeed been received well since its debut with over 250,000 pre-orders. Expect to wait a couple of years for the supposed arrival. However, […]
The Chevy Colorado is here to stay; General Motors just announced that it will invest $1.5 billion to produce them at its Wentzville truck plant, keeping 4,000 jobs in the U.S. (based on GM’s wording, that may include non-GM employees or people at other plants). The next generation is unlikely to look like the curvaceous […]
Volkswagen and Ford have joined up on electric cars, since VW wants to spread out its investments and Ford has pretty much just copied Toyota and leaned on Magna for its electrics and hybrids. The next step may be pickups, but this time the product would be flowing from Ford to VW instead of the […]
Ram and Jeep cleaned up at the 2019 Texas Truck Rodeo, held at the Star Hill Ranch in the Texas Hill Country near Austin, taking more than half the prizes awarded, including the Truck of Texas. The new Kia Telluride was named the SUV of Texas and also claimed the mid-size SUV honors. The two-day […]
Revived for the 2015 model year, the Chevrolet Colorado was praised by many when it returned to the US truck market. Chevy has done a great job of keeping the Colorado fresh with the introduction of a 2.8 liter Duramax diesel in 2016 and the ZR2 nameplate back in 2017. However, styling has stayed the […]
Rivian has yet to produce a single truck for retail sale, but it will co-produce a truck with Ford (a $500 million deal), gained $700 million in investments in a deal led by Amazon, and just got $350 million from Cox Automotive, which will help it to market and deliver the trucks when they finally […]
This week, there were two interesting and related events in the electric-truck industry: Tesla announced it was pushing back its electric pickup to November, and Medium published a story claiming Amazon was planning to buy electric pickup company Rivian. Tesla is always pushing back its vehicles and features, so another pushback isn’t too surprising, but […]
The latest replacement for the original Jeep (Willys MA and MB) might be made by GM Defense. Field tests in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, led the Army to select three prototype Infantry Squad Vehicles for further development. One, made by GM Defense, was based on the Chevrolet Colorado; it uses both custom and desert-racing parts. The […]
With the push in electrification and customers seeing the benefits of having a partially or fully electric powertrain, diesel manufacturers will have to adapt to these changing demands. It wasn’t too long ago that diesels were the clear choice for customers who wanted to pull heavy things while also getting reasonable fuel economy. Now, one […]