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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Earlier post.).

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Cadillac introduces the 2014 ELR extended range electric vehicle

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The vehicle can be completely recharged in about 4.5 Mountain mode automatically adjusts the system to provide needed power in mountainous environments when vehicle performance could otherwise be compromised. (By comparison, the Volt offers 38 miles of electric driving, and a full range of 382 miles (615 km).