GM hybrid trucks in 2008?

Trucks are one of the most important automobile categories in the U.S., and it seems shocking that a hybrid version of a truck or two has yet to hit the U.S. market.

That will surely change before the end of 2008.

In the past, Toyota has acknowledged that a Toyota Tundra hybrid is a possibility. It might be more of a possibility now that GM is entering the hybrid truck space.

GM has confirmed that the Chevy Silverado and the GMC Sierra pickup trucks will be offered with dual-mode hybrid powertrains in late 2008. Some of these hybrid trucks, or all of them, are scheduled to built at the Oshawa Truck Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada.

(Source: Reuters)