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11-09-2009, 11:59 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg The decision to build the Converj excited dealers. (http://www.detnews.com/article/20091109/AUTO01/911090394/GM-to-put-electric-Cadillac-Converj-into-production)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Cadillac_Converj_Concept.jpgRobert Snell - DETNEWS (http://www.detnews.com) - November 9, 2009
Should GM have focused on building this car originally instead of the Volt? --Ed.
General Motors Co. has decided to produce the Cadillac Converj, an extended-range electric car using the same technology as the Chevrolet Volt, The Detroit News has learned.
Cadillac included the Converj, a concept car that wowed industry critics and the public at the 2009 North American International Auto Show, in a presentation made to the automaker's board of directors Nov. 2, according to sources familiar with the production plan.
A production date has not been set, and it likely will be a few years before consumers can buy a Converj.
Before GM emerged from bankruptcy July 10 with about $50 billion in federal aid, company executives said there were no plans to build the angular Converj.
At the auto show, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said if the Converj was approved, the production model would resemble the concept, likening it to the Chevrolet Camaro's evolution from concept to production.
Lutz said it would have been easier financially to produce a Cadillac electric vehicle first because a premium brand would command a higher sticker price, which in turn would help defray the cost of lithium-ion batteries.
The Converj will expand the number of electric vehicles offered by GM and spread the technology's cost. GM is spending more than $1 billion on the Volt program alone and opening a battery pack assembly factory in Brownstown Township. GM's German carmaker Adam Opel GmbH will produce an... http://www.detnews.com/article/20091109/AUTO01/911090394/GM-to-put-electric-Cadillac-Converj-into-production
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Cadillac_Converj_Concept.jpgRobert Snell - DETNEWS (http://www.detnews.com) - November 9, 2009
Should GM have focused on building this car originally instead of the Volt? --Ed.
General Motors Co. has decided to produce the Cadillac Converj, an extended-range electric car using the same technology as the Chevrolet Volt, The Detroit News has learned.
Cadillac included the Converj, a concept car that wowed industry critics and the public at the 2009 North American International Auto Show, in a presentation made to the automaker's board of directors Nov. 2, according to sources familiar with the production plan.
A production date has not been set, and it likely will be a few years before consumers can buy a Converj.
Before GM emerged from bankruptcy July 10 with about $50 billion in federal aid, company executives said there were no plans to build the angular Converj.
At the auto show, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said if the Converj was approved, the production model would resemble the concept, likening it to the Chevrolet Camaro's evolution from concept to production.
Lutz said it would have been easier financially to produce a Cadillac electric vehicle first because a premium brand would command a higher sticker price, which in turn would help defray the cost of lithium-ion batteries.
The Converj will expand the number of electric vehicles offered by GM and spread the technology's cost. GM is spending more than $1 billion on the Volt program alone and opening a battery pack assembly factory in Brownstown Township. GM's German carmaker Adam Opel GmbH will produce an... http://www.detnews.com/article/20091109/AUTO01/911090394/GM-to-put-electric-Cadillac-Converj-into-production