Fuel-Efficient Trucks Memphis TN

Because big trucks are among the worst gas-guzzlers, remodelers are feeling the pinch. Fortunately, the latest pickups offer increased fuel efficiency through alternate-fuel or “hybrid” gas/electric engines.

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CAR CORNER
901-213-0600
1803 BARTLETT ROAD
MEMPHIS, TN
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(901) 332-3930
673 E Brooks Rd
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(901) 523-8070
17 W Pontotoc Ave
Memphis, TN
Gossett Motor Cars Inc
(901) 388-8989
1875 Covington Pike
Memphis, TN
Double L Auto Sales
(901) 547-7782
6386 Winchester Rd
Memphis, TN
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2660 S Mendenhall Rd
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AAA Auto Sales
(901) 458-2444
2999 Summer Ave
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General Truck Sales and Service Inc
(901) 345-3270
1973 E Brooks Rd
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Super Deal Auto Sales
(901) 387-2166
5289 Elmore Rd
Memphis, TN
Bud Davis Cadillac Inc
(901) 761-1900
5433 Poplar Ave
Memphis, TN


Because big trucks are among the worst gas-guzzlers, remodelers are feeling the pinch. Fortunately, the latest pickups offer increased fuel efficiency through alternate-fuel or “hybrid” gas/electric engines.

GM's hybrid pickups have a standard gasoline engine augmented by a 14-kilowatt electric starter generator. The electric motor supplies supplemental power (including a 120-volt alternating current to power electric tools) and allows the vehicle to shut down instead of idling. GM offers 5.3-liter V8 hybrid gas/electric engines in its 2006 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra (shown) pickups.

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Chevy heavy-duty HD Silverado pickups are available in bi-fuel models that run on gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), a green fuel. Ford, which says it will produce 250,000 hybrid-electric vehicles per year by 2010, offers flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV) technology on all F-150 pickup engines. These vehicles operate on either gasoline or a corn-based ethanol mixture; the engines will run exclusively on E85, an 85% ethanol, 15% gasoline blend.

Though there's no upcharge on FFV engines, the vehicles require special fuel pumps designed to withstand the highly corrosive ethanol, which are hard to come by in the U.S. where there are currently fewer than 500 flex-fuel fueling stations nationwide.

Adapted from the March/April 2006 issue of BUILDING PRODUCTS magazine.

 
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