GM Board of Directors just approved Cadillac PHEV

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  1. Rybold

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    DETROIT, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The 13-member board of General Motors Co
    [GM.UL] has approved a plan to produce a plug-in hybrid for the
    luxury Cadillac brand... Cadillac Converj.

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    GM board approves plug-in Cadillac hybrid -sources | Markets | Markets News | Reuters

    http://taintedgreen.com/green-cars/gm-plans-cadillac-converj-hybrid-car-it-s-luxurious-green/000409

    http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/...nverj-plug-in-hybrid-will-see-production.html

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    Alright. We have years of unabashed media blitz, start-n-stop development, and if we're lucky in about six years we'll see a finished product too expensive for anyone in their right mind to buy.

    Maybe I'm just cynical.
     
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    First thought about a plug-in Cadillac was ... this must be what they are thinking:
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    Since it is "GM Board of Directors:"Bob Wilson
     
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    I had to read it to believe it.
     
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    I remain skeptical. When the two-mode hybrid was announced, I was looking forward to a test drive only to discover ... you had to pay $50k and there was no test drive. Then the milage ...

    They has a Saturn VUE two-mode ... now dead. Heck, they had Saturn ... now dead.

    So when I can take one out for a spin ... 2015? 2020? 2030?

    I'm not holding my breath.

    Bob Wilson