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Jay Leno Drives the Cadillac ELR, Says It’s a Different Kind of Fun
While the Cadillac ELR uses the Chevrolet Volt’s front-wheel drive platform and Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV) hybrid powertrain, GM hates it when the ELR is compared to the more mundane Volt. More luxurious, more powerful and more beautiful than the Volt (personal opinion here), the Cadillac ELR will also be much more expensive when in launches in 2014, with analysts estimating the ELR’s starting price between $60,000 and $70,000 – roughly double the Volt’s price.
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Cadillac Says Elr Hybrid Is Nothing Like The Tesla Model S, Won’t Share Upgrades With Volt
After testing the waters in 2009 with the Converj concept, Cadillac went on and revealed a hybrid luxury coupe, named the ELR, which will enter production at the end of this year and hit the market in early 2014. Although the striking design remains...
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Cadillac Elr Hybrid Coupe Packs 207hp, Goes On Sale In Early 2014 [updated]
When the Cadillac Converj concept was launched at the 2009 Detroit Motor Show, the consensus was unanimous: just build it! GM heard the press’ and public’s voices and, three years later, launched the production version, named ELR, at the...
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Cadillac Confirms That The Elr Will Be Fwd, Do You Think Gm Made The Right Decision?
On Tuesday, Cadillac added another piece to the puzzle that is the new ELR plug-hybrid coupe by announcing that the car will be manufactured at GM's Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant with production to start in late 2013. We already know that the...
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Gm Refutes Reuters’ Claim That Each Volt Costs $89,000 To Build, Though It’s Still Losing Money
Despite a rather high US$39,995 sticker price for the base edition of the Volt, Chevrolet’s range-extended hybrid has sold a record 2,831 units in August. So all is well for GM? In the case of the Volt, the answer is a bit complicated since it’s...
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Picture Quiz: Who Designed The Chevrolet Volt?
All in all, GM gave out 13 pictures of people that took part in the development of the Chevrolet Volt electric hybrid. From this group of GM employees, six were involved in way or another with the Volt’s design. In the photo gallery after the jump...
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