General Motors yesterday confirmed that it will be putting the Cadillac Converj Concept as the new Cadillac ELR. At the time of the announcement, GM said details on the production car’s performance, pricing and timing will be announced at a later date. However, some people familiar with the Cadillac ELR project say that the plug-in hybrid [...]
General Motors has just confirmed that the Cadillac Converj Concept will enter production as a luxury coupe with extended-range electric vehicle technology. Known as the Cadillac ELR, details on the production car’s performance, pricing and timing will be announced at a later date since it development just started. “The Cadillac ELR will feature an electric propulsion [...]
Ever since the Cadillac Converj made its debut at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, the car has been rumored/reported to be greenlighted for production on numerous occasions. Finally, in March of 2010, official (and believable) reports stated that GM has officially stopped work on the production version of the Converj to focus on cheaper plug-in hybrids [...]
At a Society of Automotive Analysts in July, GM’s Vice Chairman Bob Lutz confirmed that the Cadillac Converj will enter production and would appear sometime after 2012. According to a report by Bloomberg today, GM has now stopped work on the Cadillac Converj, an electric-drive Caddy coupe similar to the Chevrolet Volt. Two executives familiar [...]
General Motors’ Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has officially confirmed that the Cadillac Converj Concept will enter production and will use the same Voltec technology as the Chevrolet Volt. Speaking at a Society of Automotive Analysts meeting Sunday, Lutz declined to give any official date on the production Converj, but said it would appear after 2012. [...]
At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, General Motors surprised the world by unveiling a plug-in hybrid Cadillac known as the Converj. At that time General Motors made it clear that it had no plans to put the Converj into production. However, since Maximum Bob Lutz made his return to General Motors after taking a short [...]
The 2009 Cadillac Converj Concept, which made its debut at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, is one of the best looking concepts we’ve seen from General Motors. During a live chat today with Bob Lutz, a question about utilizing the Voltec platform from the Chevrolet Volt on other vehicles was asked. Not giving away too [...]
Yesterday, Motor Trend released a report stating that General Motors has given the Cadillac Converj the go-ahead for production for 2011 as a 2012 model year. Today, the folks at Inside Line decided to contact General Motors asking them if the report held any weight. “There is no change to the status of Converj,” Cadillac spokesman David [...]
According to a “well-placed source,” General Motors has apparently approved the Cadillac Converj concept for production. Motor Trend says that GM is looking to bring its extended-range electric-coupe to the roads by 2011 as a 2012 model. And it doesn’t end there – sources say that GM will follow up with a Cadillac crossover SUV [...]
General Motors on Monday asked the U.S. government for a total of $2.6 billion in low-interest government loans to support the development of three new hybrid vehicles – two of which it said will be spin-offs from the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. That brings GM’s loan request to $10.3 billion in aid from a U.S. [...]
