gm hybrid vehicles

gm hybrid vehicles
The first thing you notice is when you look at the key is that the car does not start at once. There is a delay while the computer starts the car. Another feature or characteristic is that when you keylock door, there are strange sounds as regenerative braking fees. Idle for a few minutes and the engine dies. This is the strangest part of all about driving a hybrid. The feeling that something is wrong, because the engine died .

As you step on the gas, there is virtually no delay. Of course you are not really stepping on the gas, you have only to tell the computer that you want to move. The electric motor starts the car in motion.

The hybrid car is a fun to drive, you just need to first use to the computer driving the car for you. If you are under 40, and the brakes of the engine will die, more than 40 of the motor is running all the time. When you accelerate, the electric motor, together with gas engine for extra power supply.

I drive a Ford Escape hybrid with 4-wheel drive and the MPG is a little lower than the 2-wheel drive, I can not reach the 33 MPG that it is in the city. It is rated 29 MPG on the highway, and I do about 31 MPG by 65 to 70 and not using the cruse control. The Cruse control accelerates to fast on hills. When I first escape I tried very hard not to speed quickly in order to conserve fuel, but when I returned to normal driving in city traffic, I have the MPS-26-28

Sometimes, for no apparent reason at all races in the engine up to around 4 thousand rpm for a short period. The speed remains the same, it can be used to recharge the battery or any other reason not known. This is usually done at low speed. I did notice in the manual, so that there is not too worried when the engine running after the ignition off, this could happen if the battery was disconnected.

Some of the things that I'm not at my escape is the space inside. There is no space between the front seats and the console. I have my credit card declined between the driver's seat and the console on several occasions and had to fish with a coat hanger. The cover pulls that on the cargo section at the back is only in the manner. I have all but throw it away.

I do not think that I always have the best of the high voltage battery. At the traffic lights, the car starts with the electric motor, but very slowly and if you're looking for more speed from the gas engine starts at once. It would be nice if the car would stay on the electric motor, at least until you get up to 40 km / h on a normal start. The battery barely runs, unless you are creeping in stop-and-go traffic.

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