GM to incoporate Powermat technology into new vehicles

GM announced a $5 million investment with PowerMat to bring wireless charging to your vehicle. Basically, GM would install an inductive charging mat to vehicles that would eliminate the need for cell phone chargers in your vehicle.

The hope is that the PowerMat will be available in the 2012 model year begining with the Chevrolet Volt and high-end GM offerings, such as Cadillac, and eventually be rolled out to all GM vehicles. As models are refreshed or redesigned, the PowerMat will be incorporated into the interior. The PowerMat will likely be an option included in a premium stereo package.

As soon as Raymond Chevrolet, your Lake County Chevrolet dealer, begins to get in vehicles equipped with the PowerMat technology, we will keep you posted!

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We've got an app for that

Launching today, 2011 Chevrolet customers can download an app for their iphone or android phone. The apps are revolutionary in the auto industry and communicates a host of information to their users. The myChevrolet and the myLink OnStar applications are available for free download to owners who's vehicles are equipped with OnStar.

A summary of functions is as follows:
mylink OnStar - GPS parking reminder, reference material for your vehicle, database designed to explain warning lights.
myChevrolet - lock and unlock doors, automatically start your vehicle, offer diagnostic information, such as fuel, oil, tire pressure.

Visit www.chevrolet.com and get your application today.

GM's High Performance Department is Back to Work

That's right, GM's storied high performance division is back at work. They've stated that the performance division is Does this mean that an that the all new 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, scheduled to arrive in dealership sometime in the next few weeks, will have an SS model?

This is excellent news to us in the dealership community. It means several things:
1) GM is committing itself to make exciting performance cars again.
2) The US Automarket is rebounding back.
3) GM is serious about appealing to a younger demographic that buys based on emotions.

Here at Raymond Chevrolet in Antioch, IL, we welcome this and can't wait to see what GM comes up with.