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than, FYI
You do not have fuel logs, in fact, we do not have any reported Tahoe hybrid fuel logs, the average reported fuel economy on EPA.gov is 23 MPG, and the average reported fuel economy on fuelly.com is:
18.1 MPG for 2008
18.57 for 2009
None for 2010
15.32 for 2011
None for 2012 and
18.35 for 2013
In what world is drafting a more aerodynamic vehicle infinitely better than driving behind one that leaves a bigger wake?
Zero benefit. People with poor decision-making abilities have been doing this for decades.
https://www.treehugger.com/cars/draf...s-it-work.html
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https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/...-enough-260370
Get out of here with your drafting MPG. I am sure that a hummer would see "decent" fuel economy drafting a semi. Do it long enough and either you have a friendly chat with the back of a trailer or a highway patrolman.
AutoTrader said that there were honest gas savings with the hybrid Tahoe (over the gas-only one), but I am not sure that it would have paid off. The LS started at $36,500, but the hybrid started at $50,500, and gas dropped below $1.60 a gallon.
They said the hybrid increased fuel economy from 16 MPG to 21. Sixteen MPG at $1.60 a gallon (I miss those days!) is 10¢ per gallon. Twenty-one MPG at that same price was 7.6¢.
You would need to drive forty-two miles to recover $1 of the $14,000 surcharge. You would have needed to drive 588,000 miles to break even.
In a Chevrolet.
In a hybrid.
Yes, well, new SUV buyer's thoughts are not my thoughts.
Used, though, it sounds much more reasonable. I got a KBB price for one Tahoe, but just errors when I tried to get the other. Nada Guides says a 2013 LS is worth $15,500 and a hybrid is valued at $18,650.
The average gas price in the U.S. today is $2.838. The gasser would cost 17.7¢ per gallon and the hybrid would run you 13.5¢. Saving 4.2¢ per gallon, you would need to drive 75,000 miles.
In a Chevrolet.
In a hybrid.
By the way, you an hypermile a gas-only Tahoe, too.