Best Used Green Cars To Buy: Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid - Green Car Reports
Yes, we're recommending a full-size sport utility with a huge V-8 engine as a "best used green car to buy. We often read in our comments that no one needs a sport utility, that the entire world could and should drive 50-mpg hybrid hatchbacks. The Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid (along with its clone, the GMC Yukon Hybrid, and its far flashier, swankier big brother, the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid) is based on GM's full-size pickup truck and sport-utility platform, of which more than 500,000 are... The hybrid version pairs a modified 6. 0-liter V-8 to GM's fiendishly complicated and expensive Two-Mode Hybrid system, which provides hybrid assist not only in low-speed and around-town usage but also at highway speeds. it's powered by a nickel-metal-hydride battery pack under the rear seat that feeds electricity to one or both motor-generators to power the vehicle solely in electric mode at low speeds (up to 20 mph, in our experience, under light acceleration)... like a hybrid. The first time we drove one, we found the hybrid driving sensation slightly eerie in such a large, clumsy vehicle. The Tahoe Hybrid weighs 5,600 pounds, although it can also tow 6,200 pounds--try that in your Toyota Prius. Source: www.greencarreports.com
