Fuel-Efficient Trucks Wichita KS

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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316-619-4609
2332 n burns
wichita, KS
Euro-Tech Saab
(316) 263-2247
1122 E Central Ave
Wichita, KS
Dave Johnson's Sales
(316) 721-6900
8535 W Kellogg Dr
Wichita, KS
Steven Mitsubishi
(316) 652-2155
6601 E Kellogg Dr
Wichita, KS
Davis-Moore Chevrolet Inc
(316) 749-4000
8200 W Kellogg Dr
Wichita, KS
Whitlock Auto Sales
(316) 269-1168
1028 N Mosley St
Wichita, KS
Scholfield Automobile Dealerships
(316) 729-1300
8880 W Central Ave
Wichita, KS
Davis-Moore Auto Group
(316) 618-2000
6225 E Kellogg Dr
Wichita, KS
Ward's Truck & Auto
(316) 744-3033
6330 N Broadway St
Wichita, KS
Steven
(316) 681-1211
11213 E Kellogg Dr
Wichita, KS


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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