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GM Wins Green Car of the Year - Chevy Tahoe (VIDEO)
Chevy Tahoe
Published: Nov 15, 07
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After two exciting press days at the LA Auto Show, I’m back to blogging, and just in time to let you know that General Motors won the Green Car of the Year award for the 2008 Chevy Tahoe Hybrid. The full-size SUV is the only two-mode hybrid in its class, running like an SUV but with a 30% fuel efficiency increase over the regular Tahoe.

“We’re thrilled to receive this recognition from Green Car Journal for our Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid,” said Ed Peper, Chevrolet’s general manager. “We’ve felt that the Tahoe Hybrid represents the best of both worlds – the great utility you’d expect from a Tahoe with fuel economy on par with today’s mid-size cars. It’s satisfying to receive this validation from such an authority on environmentally-friendly vehicles.”

It received the award this morning from the Green Car Journal.

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"GM promised they would use hybrid technology, and use it where it would make the most difference – on their biggest vehicles. They have delivered with the Chevy Tahoe,” says Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, pointing out that this vehicle ends the argument that efficiency and vehicle choice are incompatible. He adds that automakers should now make their entire fleets fuel efficient as fast as they can retool. The Tahoe Hybrid is the industry’s first application of hybrid technology in a full-size SUV. While a few vehicles with V-6 and V-8 engines are offered with hybrid options, most hybrid technology is incorporated into mid-size or smaller vehicles with four-cylinder engines because this is where big fuel economy gains are most readily achieved. It’s a different challenge to achieve meaningful mpg increases on large vehicles of greater weight where substantial cargo hauling and towing may be needed, and larger engines are required for the job. For instance, the Tahoe Hybrid features seating for up to eight passengers, a 60 cubic foot cargo volume with the second and third row seats folded, the ability to carry up to 1400 pounds of cargo, and a tow rating of up to 6,200 pounds. “The importance of GM’s accomplishment can’t be overstated,” says Cogan. “For years, consumers have been buying SUVs in increasing numbers because of their functionality, making them the number one class of vehicle on the market. The problem has been obvious: With larger vehicles generally comes poorer fuel economy because of greater size and curb weight. An ‘equalizer’ has been needed…and the two-mode hybrid system in the Tahoe is clearly that equalizer.” (forbes)

References:  forbes

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