Plug-In Cadillac May Come Sooner than We Think
Friday, December 18th, 2009
An unnamed source at General Motors says plans for an electrically-driven luxury Cadillac are still moving forward, though no decision has been made about what that car will ultimately be.
At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, the Converj concept car was introduced, but it was essentially Cadillac’s version of the Chevy Volt electric car, a compact car already scheduled to go into production late next year. The Volt is plug-in electric with a gasoline engine used to generate electricity for long-range driving, but it can travel up to 40 miles under it’s electric power charge before it must rely on gas.
While the Cadillac electric car in the works is likely to resemble the Converj, it won’t be exactly like the Volt. Why not? In a word, luxury.
Cadillac, it seems, has learned from it’s first hybrid offerings like the 2010 Escalade Hybrid, and what its learned is that customers are generally not willing to sacrifice the comfort, features and performance they’ve come to expect from the brand.
What does Cadillac say about plans for an upcoming electric?
In an interview with CNN Money spokesman David Caldwell put it quite succinctly: “We’re not in a position of announcing anything like that.”
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