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05-29-2014, 08:40 PM
Cadillac's Dud: Electric Hybrid Sales Tank
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The people have spoken, and they don't want an expensive electric car that's **t a Tesla.
General Motors has tried to beckon a similar customer with its hybrid electric ELR. The model, which sports a retuned version of the Chevrolet Volt engine, can hit a top speed of 100 miles per hour and an all-electric range of 35 miles. The suggested retail price: $76,000.
See also: It's **t Just Tesla: Why Dealers Are Wary of Electric Cars (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/tesla-dealers-electric-cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
**t many have taken up GM on its offer. GM has sold just 241 ELRs this year, according to Fortune (http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2014/05/29/cadillac-elr-plugin/?iid=SF_F_River). The company sold 61 of the models last month, the report claims
David Caldwell, a GM rep, told Mashable that while he didn't have figures handy, those figures sounded "about right" — at least for sales through the end of April. When asked if that figure was disappointing, he replied, "I don't think we k**w what to expect. I don't k**w that any of us would have a reliable expectation that matters." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/gm-cadillac-elr-sales/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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The people have spoken, and they don't want an expensive electric car that's **t a Tesla.
General Motors has tried to beckon a similar customer with its hybrid electric ELR. The model, which sports a retuned version of the Chevrolet Volt engine, can hit a top speed of 100 miles per hour and an all-electric range of 35 miles. The suggested retail price: $76,000.
See also: It's **t Just Tesla: Why Dealers Are Wary of Electric Cars (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/tesla-dealers-electric-cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
**t many have taken up GM on its offer. GM has sold just 241 ELRs this year, according to Fortune (http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2014/05/29/cadillac-elr-plugin/?iid=SF_F_River). The company sold 61 of the models last month, the report claims
David Caldwell, a GM rep, told Mashable that while he didn't have figures handy, those figures sounded "about right" — at least for sales through the end of April. When asked if that figure was disappointing, he replied, "I don't think we k**w what to expect. I don't k**w that any of us would have a reliable expectation that matters." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/gm-cadillac-elr-sales/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Cadillac (http://mashable.com/category/cadillac/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Gm (http://mashable.com/category/gm/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Marketing (http://mashable.com/marketing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Cadillac Elr (http://mashable.com/category/cadillac-elr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/d-E_DoYL8kY