On Oct 22, 6:50?pm, JR North wrote:
At rated tow capacity, I would expect the 'Hybrid' angle to nil out. It
would not take long for the batteries to pull down, hauling that big POS
tank, + 6K of boat/trailer. So, it will be pulling on the engine alone
in no time. The whole 'Hybrid' thing with a pickup is just jumping on
the Hybrid bandwagon, while in actuality offering Nothing to be gained
by using it. Typical Domestic Car Maker consumer fraud. As Corsair23
says, total junk anyway, but, it's Domestic, so that's a given. GM
bombed out with the 'Super Size Me' SUV market, just like the other big
3 members, foisting 8-10 MPG tanks off on the stupid consumer, while
energy costs are skyrocketing, with no end in site. Now, they want to
sucker consumers into believing that a "Hybrid" 1/2 ton pickup towing 6K
is a viable vehicle. BULL****.
JR
Chuck Gould wrote:
You will be able to buy a half ton pickup from GM, rated for 6000 lb
towing capacity, in the 2008 model year.
Fuel economy is reputed to be about 25% better than gasoline-powered
trucks with equal towing capacity.
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If GM's hybrid works the way that those built by Toyota do, you are
entirely right that the electic motors won't add much at all to
towing.
Not that they will "run down", they will never really be primarily
engaged with that much load on the vehicle. The engine will be runing
constantly.
Where the hybrid pickup truck has some promise, IMO, is when it is
running empty or without a trailer. How many people settle for a 10-12
mpg pickup truck simply because they need to tow a boat or haul a load
of construction materials a dozen times every summer? Sure, the truck
may get only 6-8 mpg while towing, hybrid or not. But if during the 90-
some percent of the time most people operate without a trailer and are
running empty the truck can realize 16 mpg instead of 12 that
represents a significant savings. Multiply that by 20 or 30 million
vehicles and pretty soon we can tell the Arabian Oil Sheiks to shove
it. :-)