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Chevrolet: Relaxed Emission Standards Won’t Shift Strategy

The U.S. government will roll out revised emission standards for automakers in the weeks to come, and in the process, it could change corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards with it. However, Chevrolet went on the record to declare any changes at the federal level won’t deter the brand from its goals.

Motor Trend reported on Wednesday that Chevy will stick to its strategy of developing more efficient cars and trucks. The comments came directly from Steve Majoros, head of cars and crossovers at Chevrolet. He told reporters, “The commitments that we’ve made and the statements that we’ve made about our future portfolio remain.”

He added he and brand are proud of the fuel economy and emission accomplishments achieved thus far. They include advanced start/stop systems, diesel powertrains and lightweight materials to bring vehicle weights down.

“We have a number of things in place to make sure that we continue on that journey, and nothing’s going to change fundamentally from that,” Majoros said.

The comments may seem a tad ironic considering General Motors lobbied for relaxed emission regulations last year. However, GM specifically asked for two changes: credits for stop/start systems and a rule declaring emissions from electricity plants will no longer count against electric vehicles. GM never lobbied directly for the ability to build less efficient vehicles.

Former GM Authority staff writer.

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  1. Gm and other manufactures never did in these first place.

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  2. The MFGs will not abandon their technologies. They can not afford to start and stop the changes based on the most recent election.

    What GM and most MFGs want are breaks in credits. Rebates on EV products and more time in bringing higher numbers in over a more reasonable time line matched to the technology that people will want and can afford.

    Setting impossible numbers only ends up with us getting vehicles no one really wants like a Spark or Sonic and it also gives us very expensive vehicles using more expensive tech to meet the numbers.

    The reality is we will continue to see the increase of EV products and we will not see the elimination of the ICE for many years yet. The investment in ICE will still continue.

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  3. AutolineTV’s John McElroy said something interesting on this afternoon’s Autoline After Hours, that while consumers talk about wanting the increased mileage of a Hybrid, sales say it isn’t the case and Chevrolet’s Volt is evidence as the car will be discontinued because of poor sales and while Chevrolet’s Bolt sales (1,774 for March 2018) is improving, Bolt sales are no where near like a Honda Civic which recorded 32.584 for the same period.

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    1. Sadly, there is no advertising. I believe that sales are actually not bad if you take that into consideration.

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  4. Yeah right. This is all investor related BS. Tesla has this huge stock price and valuation that the GM board thinks they want a part of. Thats why the current GM board is trying to turn GM into a tech company and its not going to end well. Once Tesla runs out of money and files bankruptcy youll see this strategy change.

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    1. “Thats why the current GM board is trying to turn GM into a tech company and its not going to end well.”

      Since when did offering EV’s automatically elevate a conventional automaker into a tech company?

      I’ve called you a fool before. Why haven’t you taken it to heart?

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  5. This is the way we had been looking for.

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