This can help customers save approximately 12 gallons annually, or about gallons in a year life. Electric power assist steering operates on demand, consuming power only during steering maneuvers instead of constantly draining engine power to operate a hydraulic pump. It also reduces CO 2 emissions and maintenance cost by eliminating the need to dispose of hydraulic fluid. It even helps reduce vibrations that transfer through the steering wheel.
Chevrolet Malibu Eco achieves an EPA-estimated 25 miles per gallon city and 37 mpg highway fuel economy. While in fuel shut-off mode, the motor-generator unit continues spinning along with the engine to provide immediate and smooth take-off power when the driver presses on the accelerator.
As the vehicle comes to a stop, the motor-generator unit positions it properly for a smooth restart when the brake is released.
The next-generation Hydra-Matic 6T40 six-speed transmission is designed to enhance powertrain efficiency. Significant internal transmission changes to clutch controls and hardware provide reduced spin losses while improving shift response and time. The added electric power provided by the eAssist system allows for higher gearing to improve steady state efficiency without impacting acceleration performance or driveability. Automatic Grade Braking keeps the transmission in a lower gear when decelerating or coasting on a downgrade, helping to improve brake wear performance.
An auxiliary, electric-driven transmission oil pump is added to the 6T40, which keeps the transmission primed and the fluid flowing when the engine shuts down at a stop. That keeps the transmission ready to perform when the driver accelerates, for a seamless, uncompromised driving experience. Founded in Detroit in , Chevrolet celebrates its centennial as a global automotive brand with annual sales of about 4. Chevrolet provides consumers with fuel-efficient, safe and reliable vehicles that deliver high quality, expressive design, spirited performance and value.
The Chevrolet portfolio includes iconic performance cars such as Corvette and Camaro; dependable, long-lasting pickups and SUVs such as Silverado and Suburban; and award-winning passenger cars and crossovers such as Sonic, Cruze, Malibu, Equinox and Traverse.
Chevrolet also offers "gas-friendly solutions including Cruze Eco and Volt. Cruze Eco offers 42 mpg highway while Volt offers 35 miles of electric, gasoline-free driving and an additional miles of extended gasoline range, according to EPA estimates.
More information regarding Chevrolet models, fuel solutions, and OnStar availability can be found at www. Unfortunately, by the time the shift actually happened, the eAssist system would also have kicked in with its additional torque.
The gearbox would then assume, "That's enough power for now" and immediately upshift again. By the time all of this had happened, the opening in traffic would have already closed, leaving me swearing at the top of my lungs as my freeway exit sailed past.
The 6-speed automatic transmission made sure that the Chevrolet Malibu Eco's horsepower was always just out of grasp. Braking was just as unsettling. The Chevrolet Malibu Eco wasn't difficult to slow, but how quickly you'd be slowing was a bit vague, varying from stop to stop.
Pedal travel was inconsistent, passing through random zones of free travel and resistance. Additionally, I could almost feel the balance of friction and regenerative braking being adjusted below my right foot, but I could never really accurately gauge available grip.
Your best bet here is to give yourself plenty of space to slow down and be prepared to apologize to your passenger for the jerky stop. Perhaps GM's engineers programmed this lagginess into the Chevrolet Malibu Eco's power train to discourage aggressive driving. After a week of trying to coax acceleration out of this "Camaro-inspired" sedan, I'm sure that most drivers would just give up and drive slowly. Perhaps this isn't a flaw, but a feature?
Nah, it's definitely a flaw. If these apps are installed on your smartphone, MyLink can automatically launch them and you can take full dashboard control at the touch of a button. While listening to Pandora, you can browse your preset stations, skip songs, and speak certain voice commands such as, "Thumbs-up. Also accessible via the MyLink interface are a plethora of vehicle options and an Energy screen that displays a graphic representation of the Chevrolet Malibu Eco and its power train to give you, the driver, a look at all of the eAssisting, regenerative braking, and gasoline powering happening under the hood.
Just below the touch screen, you may notice an odd switch. Flipping this causes the entire display and the bezel surrounding it to swing up, revealing a secret cubbyhole for storing your bric-a-brac. This little nook would be perfect for tossing your smartphone or MP3 player into while driving, if only Chevrolet's interior designers had had the foresight to put the Malibu's volt power outlet or auxiliary inputs in there.
Instead, all of these connections are located below the armrest in the center console, which makes the cubbyhole sort of redundant. However, having space you don't need is better than needing space and not having it. I'm sure you'll find something to shove in there. Navigation is not standard on the Chevrolet Malibu Eco but can be added after first adding a Leather Interior package and a Navigation package.
Unfortunately, once you spec Nav, you'll lose MyLink, so choose wisely. MyLink users aren't left completely lost and alone. I was able to dial in to the OnStar system to request navigation to an address and have turn-by-turn directions beamed into the vehicle.
While navigating under OnStar guidance, I could see visual prompts for turns on the MyLink interface and on the smaller auxiliary display in the instrument cluster and spoken prompts were read to me aloud.
However, there is no visible map.
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