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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Yet?
GM already tried it about 10 years ago and no one wanted to pay thousands of dollars more to get just about the same highway milage and marginally better city milage.
I would say GM did a pretty good job on the hybrid Silverados, just no one wanted them.
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Maybe that was a decent attempt for 2009, but it's still lousy. It uses NiMh batteries. "On its own, the V8 is rated at 332 horsepower and 367 pound-feet of torque. GM engineers say that combined output with the electric motors is 379 hp." That's just a 47 HP boost, or 14% of the rated engine power. They didn't decrease the engine size at all. It still has a V8 and a driveline.
When I mean hybrid, I mean something capable of a 100hp or more boost of EV power, ability to regen most of the energy rather than use brakes, and tool around at low speed on battery only. Perhaps something with a 20kWh battery.