http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/ Autoblog Comments for LA 2007: 2009 Chevy Silverado Hybrid http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/Nov 14th 2007 8:47AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/I still think the small diesel option will make more sense to commercial truck owners. One segment that could well benefit from the technologies on these vehicles is the livery business. If you can cut down idle times, especially in horrid NY traffic, you'll save a lot of fuel. A Town-boat gets about 10mpg in city driving.
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I'm not really that impressed. ]]>Nov 14th 2007 9:20AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/
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The 2008 Silverado gets a combined average fuel economy of around 16 mpg. A 25% increase in this bumps that up to 20 miles per gallon. While this may not seem like as big an improvement as other hybrid drivetrains make when you look at the overall fuel savings the real difference comes out.

Compare this to the improvement the 33 mpg 2008 Hybrid Camry makes over the 26 mpg non-hybrid model.

At 20,000 annual miles the improved gas mileage of the Silverado saves...

20,000 miles / 16 mpg = 1,250 gallons
20,000 miles / 20 mpg = 1,000 gallons

1,250 - 1,000 = 250 gallons / year

Whereas the Camry only saves...

20,000 miles / 26 mpg = 769 gallons
20,000 miles / 33 mpg = 606 gallons

769 - 606 = 163 gallons / year

For every Full Size truck customer that GM convinces to buy a Hybrid Silverado they'll be conserving more fuel than each midsize car buyer Toyota convinces to upgrade to the Hybrid Camry. Pretty impressive... and better for all of us.

Detroit looks a little more green after all.]]>Nov 14th 2007 10:10AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/
"With the fuel mileage savings of the hybrid system and Silverado's 26-gallon (98-liter) fuel tank, the Silverado Hybrid has a cruising range of more than 500 miles – enough to drive from San Francisco to San Diego" ---Now I am assuming that the above quote is using 100% highway mpg. This works out to 19.23 mpg.

So, in other words, this hybrid has a gain in about 1 mpg highway?

I do agree that if you look at combined mileage, it looks much better because as we all know, hybrids show their improved efficiency at stop-and-go type city driving. If a potential buyer drives mostly stop-and-go below 35 mph, then this hybrid truck makes a lot of sense to them. Chevy is exploiting the 25% gain in overall mileage due to the major 40% improvement in city efficiency but the "cruising" efficiency is barely helping the overall efficiency.

But the fact that the highway efficiency is barely better than the standard 6.0L 4Dr 2WD, leaves me unimpressed.

Compare to a heavier, bigger diesel such as a Ram 2500 or Silverado HD and you'll find that they get around 20 mpg highway (although they are not required to test or publish their EPA mileage data due to the weight being in the commercial vehicle category.) ]]>Nov 14th 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/Nov 14th 2007 11:06AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/
Still, why GM fails to utilize space in the bed walls rather than usable interior (isn't that the point of getting a 4door???). And God help ya if those are Lithium batteries...

Or what about option to add another extended battery pack to the bed (under a toolbox ...). Such a waste of design and space....]]>Nov 14th 2007 12:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/Nov 14th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/
You say that Prius aren't worth the cost but you don't even know the actual price or real world mileage of this truck for comparison's sake which makes you look really biased. Of course some people will buy this truck instead of a Prius even though the latter can fulfill their needs thus using twice as much gas as they need to. The Prius sells in the neighborhood of 200k a year and it is b/c in the final analysis people feel they are getting their money's worth for the sum package of bell/whistles, mileage, emissions, rebates, and some of the best engineering around all for less than the price of the average new vehicle.]]>Nov 14th 2007 9:57AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/
Lets hope they don't just offer the hybrid option on the highest trim.]]>Nov 14th 2007 10:24AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-2009-chevy-silverado-hybrid/Nov 14th 2007 10:38AM