Even with the growing ranks of hybrids on the road, all so far all the production models relay solely on gasoline for fuel. In mid-2007, Ford began testing Escape hybrids with E85 flex-fuel capability. Now General Motors is following suit with their latest concept that will debut this week at the Chicago Auto Show. The new GMC Denali XT concept brings together several technologies in a body style familiar to Australians and fans of the old Chevy El Camino.
While the El Camino disappeared from US shores in the early 1980s, GM and Ford have both continued building car-based pickup trucks in Australia. Subaru unsuccessfully tried to revive the genre here with the Baja a few years ago and Toyota showed the little A-BAT concept at the recent Detroit Auto Show. Like A-BAT, the Denali XT takes the format and adds a hybrid powertrain, in this case GM's two-mode hybrid system as used in their full size trucks. But that's just the start
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