nice one martin, good to hear on industry insider info. Glad to see loyal supporters like yourself

 

My guess is they will have to if they expect to come anywhere near the 250K / year hybrids that Bill Ford is committing to.

Ahhhh! We agree!

Believe it or not, GM was looking at hybrids before Toyota. It's a natural progression from EV-1. Even taught Toyota a bit of how to play the game. Probably our first mistake. Issue was, we did not develop a product that made economic sense (jury's still out on that one). Additionally, the 2-Mode system used in the Tahoe was not the first product developed as a next follow to the FAS in the Silverado / Sierra. But it turned out to be such a significant improvement it was worth the delays to get it right.

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. j/k I've always wanted to use that line.


Nope. GM Hybrid (or BAS) is a value proposition. An "affordable" hybrid that gives modest improvement for not a whole lot of money. 2-Mode Hybrid is no holds barred, best of both worlds fuel economy and performance, but at a higher price than Hybrid.

Peace,

Martin

 

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Here's a really good detailed page about the hybrid system the Vue will be using:

http://auto.moldova.org/stiri/eng/8030/