![\"Cadillac](\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/ConverjConcept02.jpg\" "\\"Cadillac")
<\/a>(Photo by John F. Martin for General Motors) (United States)<\/p><\/div>\n
The Converj is a 4-seat, Cadillac Coupe with the Voltec powertrain similar to the upcoming Chevrolet Volt.\u00a0 In the Converj the powertrain and battery capacity may be adjusted for Cadillac performance.<\/p>\n
In production the Converj will likely be called something else, such as the ETS, for Extended-range Touring Sedan? in keeping with the current Cadillac naming convention.\u00a0 This would also play to loyal Cadillac fans, who fondly recall the Eldorado ETC as a performance coupe.<\/p>\n
General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz introduced the Cadillac Converj electric luxury coupe concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan Sunday, January 11, 2009. The four-passenger vehicle will provide up to 40 miles of gas-and-emissions-free electric driving with extended-range capability of hundreds of miles.\u00a0 The Converj will be an extended range electric vehicle, which means that it is primarily an electric car, driven by batteries.\u00a0 For longer ranges, it also has a gas engine that can be used to drive the electric motor when the battery is low. Bob Lutz said the Converj concept has production substance. \u201cIt\u2019s a logical extension of our plan to reinvent the automobile,\u201d he said. \u201cIt clearly shows what a Cadillac electric vehicle could look like, and clearly indicates that global luxury customers can have a car that has both strong design and electric propulsion with a total range of hundreds of anxiety-free miles”.<\/p>\n This computer-generated image shows the internal power storage unit in the Cadillac Converj.\u00a0 One of the features of the new Voltec power train is that it is so compact it leaves the rest of the vehicle design almost unlimited.<\/p>\n Denise Gray, Director, Global Battery Systems Engineering, right, and Bill Wallace, Engineering Group Manager – Voltec Batteries, arrive at the new GM Subsystem Manufacturing facility in Brownstown Township Thursday, August 13, 2009. The facility will be the first high-volume automotive lithium-ion battery manufacturing site in the U.S. General Motors will invest $43 million in the site to produce battery packs for the Cadillac Converj, Chevrolet Volt and other extended range electric vehicles. Production will begin in the fourth quarter of 2010 to support the launch of the Chevrolet Volt. (Photo: Jeffrey Sauger\/General Motors).<\/span><\/p>\n The Converj is probably a few years away from production.\u00a0 The sooner the better I say!<\/span><\/p>\n Also see: Previous Converj coverage here at Caddyinfo.<\/a> Lots of excitement about the updated rumor that GM has green-lighted the Cadillac Converj concept for production.\u00a0 Let’s review some Converj info: The Converj is a 4-seat, Cadillac Coupe with the Voltec powertrain similar to the upcoming Chevrolet Volt.\u00a0 In … Continue reading
\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"