Chevy Hybrid Silverado Review

I like this article, tells it mostly like it is. ie, you aren't going to get enough power from those 110 outlets to REALLY do contractor level work. There is at least 1 point of potential confusion

. The Silverado can not be driven on electric alone. And they DO seem to know that:

I think I would find a 1/2 second delay starting the engine at a stop a bit annoying. And I'm not sure but this quote suggests that the engine shuts down if you are coasting, but not stopped. I don't think I'd care for that either.

 

How does one measure a 1 MPG difference?

The margin of error is that around 1 MPG. So realistically, it would be difficult to prove any improvement at all.

 

Needless to say, another laughable product by GM... I feel sorry for their employees, because their future looks bleak IMO....

 

"chevy is taking strides to help protect our future" the article says?

strides my buttocks

 

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Was the article written by someone at Toyota?
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that article alone will cost GM thousands,well maybe not, but hundreds of sales. If you don't think that the contracting trade guys don't listen to that sort of thing, think again. To call an auto-stop/auto-start a hybrid is nonsensical in the extreme but to think that people will by a 350 cubic inch powered generator and use it day in and day out must have been the dumbest thing that ever came out of the GM board room. What were they thinking of, a 9 horse power generator could do that work and on 1/64 the amount of gas. Boy's pick the gernerator up and put it in the back of your 1999 Silverado and go to work. 1 gallon of gas a day.

 

Don't you find it fascinating knowing that electric motors provide low-end torque far better than an engine? And that torque is exactly what true pickup owners desire.

It won't take too terribly long before the market in general discovers this. Those die-hard supporters will really be torn. Will they jump the GM ship to get the better design. Or will they continue to show loyalty to the company, despite the shortcomings of their "hybrid" technology (which the electric motor doesn't provide any torque at all).

 

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It's GM.. "our" future means "based off of dino oil" lol sad but true

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Does Toyota have a plan for a Hybrid Truck? With the electric engine.. it would get off the line faster.. and you could cruise further in "no arrows" mode. Not sure how helpful stealth would be though. If the truck is empy i guess.

 

funny i have had my silverado hybrid for 2 months and its by far the BEST work truck i have ever had. I find it funny to hear all this nonsense about 1 mpg. maybe if you live in the sticks or have to drive 80 mph because you are incapable of waking up in time to drive at normal speeds to work. 1 mpg seems ridiculous, But for a "tradesman" like me I'll take the 1 mpg and keep it in my pocket. I live in south florida. We currently have road construction going on on almost every major highway so traveling over 70 mpg around here is rare. Oh yea, and here in south florida where rush hour(s) is always a stop and go commute I have happily been driving in the HOV lane (I95) with my $5 hybrid sticker by myself with all my tools and my extra 1mpg waving my middle finger at all those guys in their 1500's, 2500's, 3500's getting 15mpg city if they disconnect 2 cylinders. There is heavy traffic all day in miami so when I am not on 95 I enjoy the 20mpg that I get (Back to that later) in stop and go traffic. And if you really think this truck isn't as efficient as they say it is I have been learning to use the vehicle correctly I have been steadily increasing the miles I get to a tank. from 500 on the 1st to around 565 2 weeks ago. I never worry about walking into a jobsite with dead tool batteries because i just drop them in the charger when get back to the truck. I haven't had any problem getting the vehicle to move when i need it to, and you learn to adjust your timing for that itsy bitsy amout of lag. Braking style has to be relearned but becomes muscle memory just like all driving skills should become( I know I know if only it was that easy for everyone right?). And last, I paid 27k for this Silverado Hybrid NEW. My buddy bought his 1500 LT 2 days before me and paid 30k and didn't even get a crewcab. So, I don't even have to worry about my hybrid paying me back after a certain amount of miles. It's keeping dollas in my pockets from day 1!

 

You bumped a 7 year old thread, which I have no problem with, but what MPG do you get with your Silverado and what does the non-hybrid get? Is it only 1mpg...?

What year is yours, I guess you got it recently?

 

There is an extremely good chance that these are two different Hybrid systems.

In model year 2005 they introduced a micro-hybrid 'parallel' system that was 42 volt and just did start-stop and some accessory power.

In model year 2009 they introduced a 'two-mode' Hybrid system that can actually move the truck via motors. It is a real Hybrid.

Chevrolet Silverado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So while the responses here disparage the Hybrid Chevy truck, it was some other system than is sold today.

 

Quite correct. The system available now has nothing in common with the one back then, which has long since been discontinued. Also, the point of not having a basis of comparison available pretty much wrecks the improvement claim.

Nonetheless, if the system is actually being used for the purpose it was intended. It's a truck. Use it as one, all is well.

The problem we had all those years ago was people were using them as nothing but a commute vehicle and under the false belief they were actually safer.
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i hear these hybrid trucks are more dangerous to the environment. shame on gm!

 

Sigh, why crap on this?

This is legitimate confusion of two separate systems both sold as a Silvarado Hybrid. It is a fine example of bad naming by the vendor (ever hear of the Prius v?) causing pain for the customer.

Show any hint that you are serious (with a source) or show any sign you were sarcastic. (no smileys even) Not that sarcasm is an appropriate response, but it may be your best defense.

 

Sounds like you're using your truck as a truck should be used. Most reasonable people wouldn't have any issue with that. The fact that you make use of its on-board generator functions is additional benefit (you don't have to buy an additional generator to use on the jobsite).

 

But didn't GM even kill the later/2009 version after they went through bankruptcy? . . . or are they still making it.

 

have you seen the nickel mining area in canada? it's a wasteland! sorry jimbo, no smiley's available in the pqr.

 

I saw a few MY 10's at one of the lots I frequent here last year. I have not seen any here at the the same dealer yet this year for MY 11. They are listed in the model line up's at both Chevrolet's and GMC's websites. I liked it allot and considered getting one but have no need for a full size truck and the wife does not want to get rid of her Tacoma. If there was a hybrid Toyota truck I think we would be all over it.