Management General Motors refused a plan to launch a mass-produced hybrid coupe Cadillac Converj, built on the platform of Chevrolet Volt.In the beginning, GM going to put this model on a conveyor in 2011, but then because of the crisis, they had to stop the project. Hybrid coupe once again placed in the production plan of the concern after the fall of General Motors' received loan of $ 50 billion.
According to managers to whom was possible to talk to correspondent Bloomberg, in GM have come to conclusion, that the similar car will not be a success at buyers because of high cost and a small stock of a course on electric draft.
As previously reported earlier, the electric power in batteries Chevrolet Volt is enough for 64 kilometers. At the premium Cadillac Converj installed the same hybrid plant and a set of lithium-ion batteries as the "Volt". However, due to the large number of additional electricity consumers and the heavier elements of the interior and exterior (such as wheels and seats), he was of the same charge was sufficient for 20 kilometers.
The same interviewee Bloomberg reported that at the last meeting of the Board of Directors automaker decided to concentrate on the production of cheaper electric vehicles, such as the hybrid version of sedan Cadillac XTS.
Sales Chevrolet Volt will begin in Northern America in November, 2010. Roughly this hybrid will cost about 40 thousand dollars. By estimations of experts, serial Cadillac Converj would cost more then 30 thousand dollars.
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