Coming to the Hybrid Party: General Motors and DaimlerChrysler combine technology and strategy to bring hybrid SUVs to market

摘要

General Motor's hybrid program has had more starts and stops than a belt alternator starter. In February of 2003, answering critic's allegations that GM had abandoned hybrid technology in favor of fuel cells, GM announced a three-hybrid system strategy that would begin with the launch of a two-motor advanced hybrid system set to debut in a Saturn VUE in late 2005. A mild hybrid system developed for the full-size Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups would be available to commercial customers in late 2003 followed by retail sales in 2004 and Chevy's Equinox SUV would get a belt starter alternator system in 2006.