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posted by mrpg on Monday January 14 2019, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the electric-shock dept.

CNet:

On the eve of the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, Cadillac has surprised the media with a first look at an upcoming electric crossover SUV, perhaps the first of many electric vehicles to come for the marque.

After recently learning that the Cadillac luxury brand would become General Motors' "lead electric vehicle brand," we all expected to see an EV unveiled soon, just not this soon. That said, we've only so far seen renderings of the electric crossover with few details regarding specs.

The EV's name and specific details regarding its powertrain and range will be revealed closer to an also yet-unspecified launch window. So far, what we do know is that it will be based on GM's upcoming future "BEV3" electric vehicle platform. The electric Caddy crossover will be just the first in a range of vehicles to make use of the platform, which has been designed to accommodate front-, rear- or all-wheel drive configurations. Expect to see BEV3 underpinning a wide range of GM vehicles globally over the next few years.

Has "Electric Vehicle" been cemented in automobile circles as a mark of luxury?


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  • (Score: 2) by bobthecimmerian on Tuesday January 15 2019, @01:39PM

    by bobthecimmerian (6834) on Tuesday January 15 2019, @01:39PM (#786881)

    I'm not a fan of GM, but they've had their full electric Chevy Bolt hatchback on sale since December 2016. The Chevy Volt was also spectacularly brilliant, and would have been the crown jewel of the company lineup if gas prices had spiked between the time it launched in 2011 and today. But they did not, and GM is killing it this spring for lack of sales. My sinister hope is that gas prices spike again in, say, summer 2019 and all the automakers that shifted their efforts to gas guzzlers get crushed. Maybe this time we can talk the government into letting them burn unassisted this time. (I don't really want a fuel price spike, I have too many friends and relatives struggling to cover their expenses as it is. But I am sick of the American trend towards colossal vehicles.)

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