Cadillac will produce electric cars

Until now remembered thanks to big cars that produced between 50 and 70 years, exhibiting exuberant exterior design, powerful eight-cylinder engines with unparalleled appetite for high doses of gasoline under the hood, the Cadillac, who would say, finally announced that it will give your first steps into the world of green vehicles.


Scheduled to hit U.S. stores in late 2013, Cadillac's future ERL will be based on Converj concept car shown in 2009, and will be based mechanism based on the Volt, produced by the parent company Chevrolet.

"At the time, the prototype immediately generated much excitement (...) like other Cadillacs marked the past, the ELR will offer something unique in this: electric propulsion with elegant and very luxurious," Don Butler, vice president of the company, in a statement.

Like his "brother" the model will be connected to a plug-in for extended range. The explanation: the driving force of the vehicle will be given by two 111kW electric motors, which will take its energy from a battery pack of 16kW / h installed on your floor, which, alone, allow autonomy modest 85 km, which rises " to over 800 km "thanks to the 1.4 engine of 86 horsepower, gasoline-powered, installed under the hood, only used to move a generator to recharge the batteries responsible for the vehicle.

Across the Atlantic, another company closely linked to the past also get to go to the side of eco-cars.

Founded in 1909, the British Morgan is famous among enthusiasts for producing the model since 1936 4 / 4, its only product, manufactured virtually unchanged until 2000, when they launched the Aero 8 model has now been elected to be the first brand to receive electric propulsion.

 Results of the British union of several technology companies, Morgan E + will make its debut in 2012 as a limited edition, equipped with lithium-ion batteries with capacity of 70kW. The power of their engines and other technical specifications have not yet been revealed.