Why doesnt Hummer make a hybrid?

[CLAYDOG]

Originally Posted by pteam

Why doesnt GM make a Hummer h2 and h3 in hybrid form? They already have the technology with the tahoe hybrid and this along with the new 6 speeds and displacement on demand, would surely change the public eye of hummers.

The hummer hybrid would stop all the hummer haters and also seriously raise sales of the several year slump of the h2's.

Why not? Think about how many more hummers they would sell, the #1 reason people probably dont buy hummers is gas milage. Thats the first thing people think of when they hear hummer. Even getting 6 more mpg would be a 50% increase and that means buying 50% less gas.

Then throw in some good marketing and commercials and let the world know that hummer with 400 hp and hybrid technology and added horsepower from the electric motors could put it at 500 hp and is now one of the best SUVs for gas economy and make all the hummer haters eat their shyt!

The short answer is, it’s been looked at and it won’t work for the H2 with out making it into something else. Any car design is a series of compromises that in most cases mean to be very good in one area you must give up something some where else. To improve fuel economy, even with a hybrid drive, you also need to reduce weight, improve aero, and reduce rolling resistance. The Tahoe hybrid has had a lot of changes from the standard Tahoe (aluminum hood and hatch, narrower and harder compound tires, ect…) that are needed to make the Hybrid drive see gains big enough to notice.

[Huck BB62]

Unless the H2 in question is for mainly city driving, it'd be a waste of time. The Sierra Hybrid only gets a couple of more mpg. Better to install the new 4.5L Duramax that's planned for '09 with the 6speed transmission. Hybrid's overhyped.

[timgco]

I have to agree with Huck on this one.

I think a cleaner, more efficient deisel would be a better answer.

I do think the idea of a better mpg HUMMER is a great idea, BUT, the H2 is a pig! THey would have to put this truck on a major diet and that would jack up the price quite a bit. I don't think it's a matter of just using Tahoe/ Sierra Hybrid parts. The weight and full time 4wd is also a huge factor.

[TXSUT]

You guys are a bunch of dumbasses. EVERYONE (with half-a-brain) knows that the reason car makers aren't doing more in the way of energy-saving vehicles is because they are being manipulated by the big, evil, money-grubbing oil companies. Wake up and smell the corruption already!!!

Pete

P.S. I work for a major oil company...the above is all in jest.

[IRA51]

heard they are doing a corvette hybird first,than the H2 if there still in biz .