While we were on-hand to cover the 2015 Cleveland Auto Show, where the Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Trail Boss was unveiled, we caught a bit of noteworthy news during the brand’s press conference.
While Chevrolet Colorado market manager, Tony Johnson, had the floor, he briefly announced the bowtie brand would be introducing 25 new technologies for the brand’s lineup this year. Chevrolet is staying tight lipped on what exactly the new technologies are, or what they will be applied to, but we do know the five new incoming Chevrolets in 2015 will feature one or more of the new advancements.
The “5 in’15” mantra of vehicles includes the 2016Â Chevrolet Volt, 2016Â Malibu, 2016Â Camaro, 2016 Spark and 2016 Cruze, and will keep close to all of Chevrolet’s lineup less than three years old, an important factor in the increasingly competitive automotive industry.
Pressing for more information, we were able to divulge a few scarce details. The upcoming technologies will focus heavily on safety, performance and fuel economy and, as stated, will be introduced through the upcoming onslaught of Chevrolet passenger vehicles.
The next-generation Malibu and Spark are poised for a 2015 New York Auto Show debut, meaning, within the coming weeks we will know more information about what Chevrolet has up their sleeves in the tech department.
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I’m sure one item high on the list is support for Apple CarPlay. (Another is probably the more generic “MirrorLink.”) Also, semi-automatic parallel parking, front automatic braking, and expanded use of high-strength steel were announced for the 2016 Volt, so those are probably on the list. Same with the new family of Ecotec engines.
With all this talk about CarPlay, I think people forget that the ratio of Android to Apple phones is 2:1 in the United States. 91% of American’s have a cell phone.
That means of the 2,935,008 sales GM had last year, 890,286 will have an Apple device while 1,780,572 will be sporting Android devices. For a mass-appeal like GM, it sounds to me like “Android Auto” is probably higher on the list than Apple Carplay…
Why not both? Just put both in and call it a day.
Sounds like some things they can desperately use will accompany the new cars themselves. I guess my order of importance would be fuel economy, performance then safety. And when they trumpet fuel savings, I hope they are not giving a figure of 1-2 MPG then jumping up and down like that’s a huge improvement. I’m crossing my fingers that they have made some impressive leaps forward.
25 more cheaply made things to go wrong, break and become a headache.
I’d settle for one ” refinement “…enough of poorly designed components and parts .