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Originally Posted by fsstnotch
My boss at the car lot accidentally bought one of those hybrid silverados. JUNK!!! The best i could get in it was about 27mpg. This was a reg cab, 2wd, longbed. I used it for about a month as my daily driver becuase I was remodeling. Put a load of sheet rock in teh bed.... 19mpg. That is pitiful IMO because you pay extra for the hybrid and it doesn't get much better mpg than a new gas f150. I was getting 21 loaded or unloaded in my lifted F250 crew 4x4 diesel. Diesel engines run a premium but if they are taken car of, they'll last!
A diesel hybrid..... that could be interesting!!! Gov't will never allow it to happen though. They would lose so much money in tax!
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fsstnotch
If it was a regular cab, the Silverado could have been a one-off version.
The usual
configuration is the battery has to be under the back seat.
It is true that they don't do that well, about the same on the highway as the standard Silverado. In town they supposedly get about 20, still not much better. They seem like an over-priced half-hearted attempt to build a decent hybrid.
My thought was that GM was desperate to include any kind of energy-sucking hydraulic transmission, probably Marketing telling Engineering what to do. Without internal combustion engines and auto trannies, American manufacturers such as GM are toast. Everything else is generic vendor parts, including manual trannies and differentials. Well, except for the punchpress sheetmetal ...which any appliance manufacturer regards as a minor department.
The Toyota Highlander is significantly better, but still a bit small.
Kudos to Toyota for letting the engineering team do it's best, anyway.
I have a 2000 Ford Excursion that has the same 1½ ton framerails and 10½ inch rear axle as your F-250, but I have the gas-guzzler V10. The sheer weight and heavy gears makes for lower fuel economy when empty, compared to a Chevy 'Burb.
However, like you say, I've known folks that have the Powerstroke diesel and they get good enough mileage to beat many gas sedans. In our case, we don't drive the Ex much, except for towing or bad weather, so fuel economy doesn't matter percentage-wise.
When towing it does as well, fuel-wise, as a much lighter duty ¾ ton Suburban, but better for stability.
If the wife drove the 7000+ pound Excursion half the time and her 2800 pound Prius half the time, she would still average 26 mpg city.
Wes
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