What is GM's Ultium Drive? General Motors’ next-generation Electric Vehicles (EV)s are expected to be powered by a family of five interchangeable drive units and three motors, known collectively as “Ultium Drive.” Ultium Drive will help General Motors transition to its current portfolio of a fully electric lineup, providing significant advantages over GM’s previous EVs [...]
The road less trailered One of the benefits of the COVID-19 pandemic is that more people stay in their own country visiting states they've never known. The RV Industry Association found that more than 46 million Americans plan to take an RV trip in the next year. As a result, RVs' shipments have been increasing [...]
Off-roading in 11 vehicles in the Colorado Rocky Mountains Nestled in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, at an air-sucking 9,600 feet is the Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado. Higher up, somewhere around 11,000 feet is the Golden Horseshoe, the playground in the mountainous terrain that we tested each of the trucks, [...]
Credit card fraud is on the rise at gas stations across the Nation. Shell Oil Company and General Motors have created Marketplace, an in-dash fuel payment and loyalty system that allows a GM owner to pay for their fuel through their infotainment screen. You'll see in the video below that there is also a loyalty [...]
GMC is building on its most popular pickup truck to make it the best they can with a completely redesigned 2019 GMC Sierra Denali and 2019 GMC Sierra Denali SLT. Expect GMC to center their attention on the SLT and Denali models, which contributed 87 percent of the total crew cab sales. Seventeen years ago [...]
We've all seen the inspirational Television shows The Biggest Loser or Extreme Makeover. The most amazing part of the show is make-over week; how different the person looks once they've lost all the weight and gotten a make-over. It's not just that they look different, they walk differently. The GMC Terrain went to the Biggest [...]
Designing a truck Tyler Moffett, the creative designer for the Chevrolet trucks, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving the Nation, about the exterior design of the Chevy Colorado versus the GMC Canyon. What was the directive Moffett got when designing the Chevrolet Colorado? Which vehicle does Moffett thinks looks more industrial, the Colorado or [...]
2015 Chevy Colorado versus the engineering on the 2015 GMC Canyon Anita Burke, the Chief engineer for Chevy Colorado, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving the Nation, about the engineering of the 2015 Chevy Colorado and since the GMC Canyon is on the same underpinnings, the 2015 GMC Canyon. Burke goes through the underpinnings [...]
Kenn Bakowski, Canyon marketing manager, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving the Nation, about the difference between the GMC and the Chevy Colorado. Bakowski goes through the exterior and interior differences between the Canyon and the Colorado. Unfortunately, 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup sales have been halted because of a pending safety [...]
Jeff Luke, GM, Chief engineer, Full and mid-line trucks talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving the Nation about the all new full and mid-line trucks in General Motors portfolio. The Chevy Suburban, Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon have some great new additions and improvements for 2015. My favorite addition is the fold flat seats. [...]