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| I am in the market for an '03-'05 Tahoe with less than 30k on the ticker. | |
Has anyone actually heard of the Tahoe hybrid being delivered to any dealerships. I have inquiries in with five different places and they all say they expect them in late January but here we are and I have not heard word one from them in weeks. Seems to me that Chevy is really dropping the ball here as they had commercials out all last summer saying "Coming this fall.." and here we are in the dead of winter and nothing. Makes me think this technology is just not ready for primetime.
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Replying to: bbooze (Jan 24, 2008 7:08 pm) We were told that only about 600 are built and on the ground in Arlington, and that is all that will be built for the 2008 model year. The current inventory can't be sold or delivered until the mechanics at the dealerships have been trained. They said delivery is expected after the training within the first quarter 2008. Our particular dealership's lead mechanic was trained last week. That may be why they got their demo model. Then, each dealer will only get 4 Hybrids. We have ordered the first one in our city, and are not sure yet if it will be exactly what we want in regards to color, sunroof and DVD.....or if we will just get to choose between the 4 that the dealer gets. I'm not sure where you are located, but we have been contacting dealers since last November and feel confident that our dealer knows what they are talking about.
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Replying to: dixienbailey (Jan 24, 2008 11:23 pm) I must say I'm really disappointed with how GM has handled this launch. As I mentioned in my original post, they said this vehicle would be released last fall per the slew of commercials I kept hearing on the radio about it. I'm jammed up on a lease I have as I only have 1000 miles left on a Passat whose lease does not expire until November.
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Replying to: bbooze (Jan 25, 2008 5:56 am) He was really pumped about it and said the transition from electric to gas was smooth and quiet. He said the power was great and the electronic dash kept him informed as to what power was being used. He said the engine was extremely quiet. He emailed pictures to me and the front is definitely more aerodynamically designed. He is a dedicated MOPAR guy, but is excited about the hybrid since it is a collaboration between GM and Chrysler. The Dodge Dakota's are supposed to have the same electric/gas engineering. We were told delivery will be between now and March 31st. We weren't sure if the delivery was dependent on the mechanics being trained at our particular dealership or if every dealership had to be trained first. Once our dealer finds that out we should have a delivery date. Being a woman, my big decision is the color! The only colors available are black, steel grey, birch grey, sonoma red and white. The only options available besides color are the different engines, a sunroof or a DVD player. And as for the HYBRID decals, we understand that they are on there for the demo models and something that either will NOT come on the purchased model, or at least be something that can be easily removed.
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Replying to: dixienbailey (Jan 25, 2008 8:18 am) Hopefully these things get rolled out soon! |
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Replying to: tpe (Aug 21, 2007 8:57 am) Toyota 's main supplier (PANASONIC Battery Group) has tried unsucessfully to adapt the same Li-ion used in laptop for vehicles. That did not go well since this thing is fire prone. GM selected different type of Li-on from different Battery suppliers. Several months back, Toyota and Honda said that Li-on was not suitable for Plug-in hybrid applications. Then in last month, Toyota changed their tune and announced that they will introduce Plug-in hybrid using Li-ion battery. A lot of new developments on Li-ion battery technology. Even Exxon Mobil Chemical group announced recently they has developed a new barrier material that could prevent fire or heat runaway condition in Li-on battery So stay tuned jt
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Replying to: jnt (Jan 29, 2008 5:43 pm) Tesla uses Li-ion battery packs (Sanyo) with special cooling system to insure batteries do not over heat and builts in a highly rigid protective casing over the Li-ion batteries to insure no breaches occur in their cells. Tesla guarantees 100,000 mile operation on their Li-ion Batteries and the vehicle can travel 200 miles on single charge. This means 500 fully charge and discharge cycles. 500cycles x 200miles= 100000miles. Though the battery does not fail after 100K miles, it will start loosing it's performance (voltage and charge). Although, they have the ability implement some tricks or work arounds to extend the life and performance of the battery (patents). Li-ion for now seems to be the choice of auto battery for Hybrids or all electric cars in the near term future. Li-Polymer is another type of battery that could become a big player in autos if they can bring the costs down and have factories start to ship these in volume. Plus Li-polymer are safer. Glad to see GM, Toyota, Honda and others are moving towards a more higher performance batteries for their Hybrids or electric car. I'll be staying tuned.
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I guess the Hybrid is finally rolling out. I had inquiries into a few dealerships in my area and I've suddenly gotten calls from a few of them saying they are coming in.
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