03-04-2008, 11:55 AM | #1 | |
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GM upgrading their mild-hybrid systems
This is AWESOME News!!!
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03-04-2008, 01:26 PM | #2 |
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03-04-2008, 02:35 PM | #3 |
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I got kinda confused when I got to the part that says, "Compared to the 2008 Saturn Vue hybrid, the new system should boost city and highway fuel economy 1 or 2 m.p.g., said Stephen Poulos, GM chief hybrid engineer."
Isnt that what the mild hybrids do right now already? An increase of 1 or 2 mpg is what they do now. How is this an improvement? Besides that, this did impress me - "The new batteries provide 33% more power, but take up 24% less space and weigh 40% less than the nickel-metal hydride batteries in the first generation of GM’s hybrids"
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03-04-2008, 03:01 PM | #4 |
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1-2 mpg on top of the already gained 1-2mpg...make sense?
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^ ooooooh ok
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03-04-2008, 07:38 PM | #7 | |
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This sounds like further proof that GM will not be left behind in the technology for fuel economy. The one part that really caught my eye was this
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