Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, HUMMER, Green Daily
All Hummers to be biofuel capable by 2010
From the perspective of the average environmentalist, the Hummer brand and its products personify everything that is wrong with the automobile industry. The reality is Hummers remain thirsty, brutish and not particularly utilitarian vehicles. The H2, which is based on the platform of the previous generation Chevy Tahoe, has less interior room than its parent and is less useful to those who actually have a need for a big SUV. Over the next couple of years, Hummer will be taking a baby step toward being a little less environmentally abusive. By 2010 all Hummer products will be capable of running on biofuels, either biodiesel or ethanol depending on the engine choice. The H2 will be getting the new 4.5L DuraMax diesel as an option in 2009 and all the gas engines will be made E85 capable. It isn't much, but it may be better than nothing (depending, of course, on the biofuel and how it's made).
[Source: Hummer]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dad 9:42AM (12/11/2007)
"not particularly utilitarian vehicles"
Clearly whoever wrote this has no working knowledge of the off road capabilities of a properly equipped HUMMER.
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Domenick 11:33AM (12/11/2007)
Properly equipped? As in, totally re-done?
I have seen many trucks that go off-roading since I moved to North Florida but not a Hummer among them. A HMMWV, yes. A Hummer, no.
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MikeW 6:15PM (12/11/2007)
Seeing as the H2 has a center differential and the Tahoe does not.
The H2 is WAY more useful.
The H3 needs a 6 speed automatic, like yesterday.
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater 7:04PM (12/11/2007)
H3 with diesel V8 and 6 speed auto plz kthxbye
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GreyFlcn 7:13PM (12/11/2007)
And this is exactly why Republicans love biofuels.
Because it allows them to still make amazingly inefficient cars, but slap a sticker on them saying "OMG BUT WE ARE GREEN!".
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gsolman6 9:59AM (12/12/2007)
So by using E85 the V8 H3s will be able to pull out about 9mpg city and 12/13 highway? Wow now that is NOT progress.
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Jay 10:50AM (12/12/2007)
"And this is exactly why Republicans love biofuels.
Because it allows them to still make amazingly inefficient cars, but slap a sticker on them saying "OMG BUT WE ARE GREEN!"."
Green or not, this republican won't drive anything but a hummer. And its my choice to drive it and GM's right to build it... not some tree hugger lobbyist who wants everything to be Green.. "mannnnn"...
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gotsmart 12:10PM (12/12/2007)
Their new slogan should be "consuming more, polluting less... sort of."
Am i the only one who thinks E85 and biodiesel are complete red herrings if the engines that use these fuels are being put into vehicles that can't use the power efficiently? If biodiesel is 50% cleaner, but the vehicle using that engine gets half the mileage, it's a zero-sum game, isn't it?
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