Cadillac President, Johan de Nysschen, says the brand will shy away from pure electric vehicles in the short run, and place focus on developing its plug-in credentials across each of models, according to a report from Automotive News.
“For us, the avenue to ensure that we are able to play in China is going to be through plug-in hybrids,” said de Nysschen. “We think that those cars anyway offer the advantage that they effectively can be a full EV, but they are not subjected to the constraints of a still-immature charging infrastructure.”
This coincides with reports from the 2015 New York Auto Show, where the brand said it would look to offer a plug-in option for each of its vehicles to boost its tech credentials globally.
First up to bat will be the 2016 Cadillac CT6 PHEV, which will utilize the 2.0-liter LTG turbo-four engine paired with two electric motors and an 18.4 kWh lithium ion battery. The combination is said to make for 30 miles of pure electric driving.
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It starts here and trickles down like ABS and other new high tech items.
There was an article where Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen said given the extended battery range of the CT6 being 30 miles, the EPA rating for the CT6 Hybrid should be about 65 miles-per-gallon which is pretty wild, to think a full size Cadillac sedan getting EPA mileage of 65 mpg especially as Toyota’s Prius is about 52 mpg; talk about having your cake and eating it as you can have all the luxury and comfort of a Cadillac and mileage range that’s better than a Prius.
The Prius Plug in is rated 95/50 — I assume that the Cadillac would be 65/something — say 65/40 to pick a number
Nevertheless, mileage numbers like that are unheard of in an American full-size.
Unheard of, and oh so damn tantalizing.
I think that 65mpg is really the M.P.E. or miles per gallon equivalent factoring in the pure electric range.