Filed under: In the Autoblog Garage, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Chevrolet, First Drive
In the ABG Garage: 2008 Chevy Tahoe Two-Mode Hybrid
by Chris Shunk on Mar 27th 2008 at 3:59PM 
One of the best parts about being a member of the Autoblog team, besides all the chicks and autograph requests, is driving some of the best vehicles in the world and writing about it here. When it comes to hybrids, though, we tend to leave the heavy lifting to our brethren over at AutoblogGreen, and our eco-conscious friends never let us down. Gang green got their hands on a 2008 Chevy Tahoe Two-Mode Hybrid, and they knocked the review right out of the park. Hit the link below to see how a Tahoe with two electric motors and a 300-volt battery pack fared, i.e. what kind of mileage it achieved.
Gallery: 2008 Chevy Tahoe Two-Mode Hybrid
[Source: Autoblog Green]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
havoc 5:00PM (3/27/2008)
i have been very impressed with the 2 mode design, and it seems it would be possible to add to many other rwd vehicles.
now we need a 2mode plug-in diesel awd hybrid.
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AGK925 9:00PM (3/27/2008)
I would still like to see its application in cars to asses its ture potential. Heres an interesting fact: The 2008 Tahoe 2 mode 2wd gets 21/22 mpg city highway, the 4wd gets 20/20. Even more interesting is that the 2008 Lexus LS 600h L gets 20/22 mpg city highway. Just food for thought. I see a lot of bashing of the Tahoe hybrid but is improvement not good?
2008 Lexus LS 600h L curb weight- 5049 HP- 389
2008 Tahoe 4WD hybrid curb weight- 5270 HP- 332
yet the MPG numbers are not too far off
Disgruntled Goat 5:44PM (3/27/2008)
That's cool and all but GM doesn't even have a viable hybrid sedan. My guess is that they don't because then they would be competing directly with Honda and Toyota, something they want to avoid at all costs. It's much easier to simply attack segments of the market where their Japanese rivals don't aggresively compete.
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VP 6:07PM (3/27/2008)
Basing on your weird logic why is GM competing in the family sedan market? I am pretty sure (somebody back me up here please) that Honda and Toyota compete in that segment, yet GM is still in that segment.
Disgruntled Goat 2:06PM (3/28/2008)
OK, I'll go slow so try to stay with me here. There's compete and then there's "compete". The Cobalt competes in the small car segment but it's not competitive. It's a subtle difference but...oh, nevermind.
roar 6:39PM (3/27/2008)
GM is a truck company and until a few years ago GM was the envy of most car companies because they ruled the truck and large SUV world. They need to become a car company and will over time, not an easy task, ask Toyota/Honda and Nissan how easy it is to become a truck company. Putting the hybrid system in their large vehicles is playing to their strengths it may or may not work, time will tell. If you do not need to tow over 4500 pounds but need the room buy a Saturn Outlook or GMC Acadia, 20 plus MPG and great interior flexibility.
roar
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Aprilia 10:16PM (3/27/2008)
How can you say GM doesn't want ot compete against Toyota or Honda? The Malibu took some nice awards and they even compare it to the Honda Accord in their commercials. Saturn dealers even had Honda's on their lot for people to compare against the Aura. Sounds like they are scared to me.
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dorseto 1:00AM (3/29/2008)
Why must they slap that hideous HYBRID tag across the bottom of the doors!?!?!?!?!?!
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bathtub gin 1:07AM (4/05/2008)
So everyone else driving next to you on the highway knows how "green" you are. Either that, or to try and keep ELF terrorists from torching them on the dealer lots.