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DUIs have declined and overall cost of fatalities will likely decline slowly as time goes on, but don’t look for either insurance or collection of “public funds” to decrease.

Chevrolet unveiled the significantly revised 2019 Silverado (at a distance) at a special event in Dallas last December that was timed to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of the first Chevy trucks ever made. The automaker gave us a closer look at the outside in January at the North American International Auto Show, and this week it let Digital Trends get behind the wheel for the first time at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds near Detroit.

There comes a time when spinning that small-block to 3,500 rpm in an attempt to avoid being run over on the freeway becomes tiresome. This quickly leads to contemplating an upgrade to an overdrive automatic. There are plenty of good reasons to choose either the 700R4 or the 4L60E. Both offer the benefits of an overdrive, and deciding between the two, the choice comes down electronics or no electronics. We won’t make excuses, convenience comes at a price. As Mark Twain once wrote “You pays your money, and you takes your choice.”

Durant was not too crazy about the idea of motorized vehicles. He did not trust them so he decided to make his own cars. Durant asked Chevrolet to partner with him. Louis Chevrolet had been known for his racing and mechanical skills and Durant named the company after him for that reason. The two men brought in William Little and Dr. Edwin R. Campbell as investors who were both involved in other car companies. It wasn’t till May 2, 1918, that GM and Chevy merged together

For example, I know that my fan clutch was swapped out in 2016. It cost the previous owner $206 (a job that would have cost me $40 and an hour of time—lots of these repairs are extremely pricey):

However, diesel and petrol powered vehicles may still be able to compete if they can continue to reduce their emissions during use. Manufacturers also point to the amount of carbon currently emitted during the manufacture of electric batteries for EVs, in large part because of the electricity consumed in production; and most of that electricity is still produced by thermal power plants.

I’d rather have a truck that needs a little software update to fix a steering boost, than a truck that will make me replace the motor after 100 k. Ford, you hearing us?

The clutch system in a manual transmission is one of those components that doesn’t necessarily see much innovation. Every once in a while a manufacturer will do something big and wild with it, but it’s rare. Last time it was Porsche with the tiny carbon clutch in the Carrera GT – and now it might be General Motors with an electrically actuated slave cylinder, covered in a recently filed patent application.

The automotive adaptive cruise control system is segmented based on vehicle type: passenger vehicle, light commercial vehicle, and medium & heavy-duty commercial vehicle. Passenger vehicle is expected to remain the most dominant vehicle type during the forecast period.

The cost thing is spot on as well, and compounds my annoyance. These “features” that I don’t want or need in the first place are also prone to failure and cost a lot of money to fix.

The move however didn’t make the truck more efficient but turned it into a money pit. The truck became an oil burner and also had issues with head bolts. Apart from the earlier mentioned problems, this trucks also came with issues such as high compression ratio, lifted cylinder heads and weak torque.

According to reports GM noted five shutoffs but at the time of recall had not received reports on injuries or fatalities. Either way to stay away from possible casualties caused by the problem it would be better to check if the truck does not have the problem.