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John Goreham
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1-25-2017

We realize that it may not be as exciting to win as longest off-road jump by a pickup, but Good Housekeeping Magazine has just named two GM vehicles category winners in its "Best New Vehicles of 2017" awards.

 

Good Housekeeping has over 30 million readers. The group buddies-up with Car And Driver to select the top new vehicles in seven segments. This year, the GMC Acadia won the SUV segment. The testers liked the rear seat reminder and the audio of the new seven-passenger SUV from GMC.

 

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The Chevy Bolt took home the win for best new EV. Get used to reading that. Nothing but Bolt in the EV news this year until Tesla finally builds a Model 3. The testers at GH were wowed by the huge tablet-like infotainment screen in the Bolt.

 

The testers in the GH evaluation chose 100 nominees and then pared that list to 25. They then logged about 1,200 test miles on road and track to determine which they felt were most deserving of recognition. Check out the story at the link above. We think they made some great picks in every segment.

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238 Miles EPA estimated range = 150 miles for the rest of us.

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Car and Driver tested the Bolt and had this to say about range:

 

"We’ve already verified that the Bolt will actually cover 238 miles during a leisurely jaunt up the California coast that left us with an indicated 34 miles of remaining range. However, the quadratic effects of aerodynamic drag mean that the faster you drive, the faster the battery drains. So in our most recent rendezvous with the Bolt, we performed a real-world range test that mimics a long highway road trip. With the cruise control set to 75 mph and the climate system set to 72 degrees, we drove the battery to exhaustion in 190 miles."

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2017-chevrolet-bolt-ev-test-review

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