Despite being unveiled a year ago, mum has been the word on details surrounding the 2017 Cadillac CT6 PHEV, the plug-in variant of Cadillac Touring Six.
We have known China will get first dibs, and even our U.S.-spec CT6 PHEV will be produced in China and imported into the United States due to low forecasted demand. Now, we know some of the finer details of the car, too, thanks to Green Car Congress.
The 2017 Cadillac CT6 PHEV will arrive with 449 hp and a 37-mile electric range from a 2.0-liter LTG turbocharged four-cylinder, two electric motors and an 18.4-kWh lithium ion battery pack. The CT6 PHEV borrows its components from 2016 Chevrolet Volt, but applies a unique architecture exclusively for the CT6 PHEV.
The battery pack in integrated into the floor of the 2017 CT6 PHEV (thanks, Bolt!) providing for much greater stiffness. In fact, the battery pack tray actually serves its purpose as the main floor structure.
The idea of a “Volt on steroids” is very real here. The CT6 PHEV also uses a very similar two-motor system akin to the Volt, and an additional planetary gear set, making three total, and two more clutches, bringing the grand total to five, are on hand and ready.
As stated earlier, the 2017 CT6 PHEV will be built exclusively in China, and should arrive in the U.S. late this year, or in early 2017.
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Actually, the battery pack is in the trunk.
No, the battery pack is attached to the floor between the rear seat and the trunk. The original article is 100% correct.
Richard Joash Tan,
As you usually post….You are a bull$h!t
The pictures here: http://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/cadillac/ct6/2016-ct6/2016-ct6-phev/ show the battery pack straddling the space above/between the rear wheels.
“Battery Pack
An 18.4 kWh lithium-ion battery pack is located in the rear of the vehicle between the rear seat and the trunk. ”
CCC
You are correct. This link is directly from Cadillac;
http://media.gm.com/media/cn/en/cadillac/vehicles/ct6_phev/2016.html
Is the PHEV only offered in the top of the line CT6’s ? I don’t remember reading what the expected sales are for this car but I would bet they may sell better than their forecasts . For the retired folks that only drive to the grocery store and Church every Sunday they would never need to buy any gas . 😉
It’s nice to see Cadillac make a step towards electrification but I would never buy a commie car.
As the song goes.. ‘That’s the Way of the World’ because in the not very distant future, Cadillac’s CT6 PHEV will be the genetics we’ll be seeing in all cars to meet Federal fuel mileage mandates for 52.5 mpg; the power of the electric motors will be what is different from a vanille PHEV and one that is a high performance vehicle like the Corvette.
Boring design
Cadillacs of the future need to be Liquid, fluid, flow, engage, look like poured molten glass, have better lines on the side, get rid of that ugly c’pillar window straight edge, get rid of the slab sides, get rid of the ugly rears and omg get rid of the ugly lifeless tail lights.
yes the CT6 had failed in design and it just looks boring and dated with its raising creases and slab sides….that styling is has been around for 10+years and it’s just old as dust….the CT8 needs to succeed in New and bold designs and look much more like the Elmeraj and not be inspired be older smaller lesser CTS so it would be awesome design going forward…not a half assed evolutionary design.
While it’s true Cadillac could have made the CT6 look like a Mercedes S-class or a BMW 7-series; but Cadillac doesn’t want to imitate others as they wanted the CT6 to be distinctive and the headlights with the LEDs will be a Cadillac trademark as the new XT5 looks similar and you’ve got to think when it’s time for the ATS to have a mid-life refresh, the ATS will get something similar as will the upcoming XT7. Something else that future Cadillac models will feature is the layout used in the CT6 PHEV as this is what other Cadillac hybrids will borrow.
The new cadillacs allready look dated and watered down….the ATS and XT5 just look hideous and they don’t look like real luxury Cadillacs.
It would be interesting if Cadillac allows the driver to accelerate using the electric motors first allowing the LTG 265 horsepower turbocharged 2.0L DOHC-4v 4-cyl to kick in at about 30mph as to give possibly better performance than completely relying on the 2.0L 4-cyl turbo.
The logic behind using the electric motor first is that the provide instant power as this is how Tesla is able to accelerate so quickly and by doing this with the CT6 PHEV gives the time for boost to build in the 2.0L 4-cyl turbo.