The 2014 Cadillac ELR luxurious coupe blends remarkable style and business - top extendedrange technology to produce a driving experience that's eco-friendly and sporty. It represents the first use of Extended-range Electric Car technologies with a fullline luxurious automotive manufacturer.

As the inside introduces a fresh design theme that'll identify future Cadillac designs, emphasizing contemporary sophistication, technology and specifically crafted details the outside establishes a brand new, progressive proportion for the manufacturer.

Cadillac ELR's assured and open EREV driving technologies is improved with unique Regen on-demand and selectable drive modes that improve driving and take advantage of efficacy. Regen on Demand lets the driver to temporarily regenerate electricity in the ELR's impetus into electricity that may be kept within the battery power for later use. It's engaged via steeringwheel paddles adapted from conventional functionality vehicles.

Most daily commutes will need zero petrol with zero emissions. Longer trips are free of electricvehicle range stress because EREV technology allows the same longdistance independence like a normal car.

Exterior style

The Cadillac ELR has an aggressive, forwardleaning profile that introduces a brand new, progressive subject and proportion in Cadillac's layout development. It carries over virtually unchanged from this year's Converj notion that inspired it. The general shape is strengthened by a notable, extensive body line highlighted by wheels pushed to the edges of the human body.

"Cadillac's DNA is initiation, with remarkable and provocative style.

Aerodynamics play a critical part within the design as air flow is managed to assist the automobile skid through the atmosphere with minimal drag. Within the back, a carefully constructed spoiler and sharp edges also handle air flow.

Additional outdoor details include:

Lights to the side-mirrors pulse go dim when charging is complete and green as the battery charges.
Exterior colours include Radiant Silver Metallic, Black Raven, Graphite Metallic and Crystal Red.

Inside details

Excellent proportions, luxurious appointments plus a fluid and ergonomic cockpit comprising the newest technologies interface were top priorities for your Cadillac ELR interior-design group. A constant attribute line from the instrument panel through the doors for the rear glass makes a harmonious and complete cockpit environment.

"The ELR inside is really a convergence of expressive forms and superior components that induce the best balance of sport and extravagance," said Keith Fisher, interior-design manager. "No expense was spared in bringing genuine material selections along with the newest technology interface to the automobile."

Cadillac ELR's 2 2 layout includes a combination of carefully selected components, including accessible carbon-fiber and ultra-superior Opus semianiline leather chairs. Additional features include:

8 - inch driver information screens and configurable device, offering four configurations which range from elegantly simple to technologically comprehensive information
Power-aid covered storage/cup holder in the centre console
Folddown rear seatbacks to allow for longer items for example golf clubs and skis
Choreographed LEDpowered accent light.
Jet-black and medium Cashmere are contained within the interior colour palette.

Cadillac CUE with Navigation is an essential element of the ELR's driving experience, showing energy use and charging options as well as the conventional infotainment choices, like telephone contacts and song info.

CUE couples amusement and data information from up-to 10 Bluetoothenabled cellular devices, SD cards, USBs and MP3 players using a car infotainment system which reduces complexity through natural voice instructions, information, less buttons and bigger icons. It is created to be unique for every customer, in the "simple person" to the totally connected "super person."

The face of CUE within the Cadillac ELR is an 8-inch (203 mm) LCD touchscreen integrated within the highest part of the central instrument panel. Its characteristics include:

Proximity detection: Icons could be organized and customized by buyers to enhance simplicity
Haptic feedback: Buttons on the completely capacitive faceplate beat when pressed to admit the driver's instructions, helping the driver keep eyes on the road
Multitouch hand gestures: Interactive moves (pat, swipe, film and spread) popularized by tablets and smart phones enable easy zooming maps, scrolling of listings and hunting favorites to the LCD display.
Normal speech-recognition: CUE's text-to-speech attribute also enables customers to receive text messages by program voice also to deliver recorded text messages inturn
Additionally, it enables developers to create programs to CUE that may be downloaded by customers.
A motorized face-plate for CUE pivots upwards in the touch of button, revealing a hidden storage compartment using an USB that accommodates smartphones and personal things and other digital devices.

CUE's LCD display features the driver's five most often used functions saved across the peak of the display. At the base of the display, users can choose up-to 60 favorites - from songs to sights, addresses, maps for climate or instructions, phones or program commands, like "label tune." Favorites may also be reordered and named to be readily recallable.

The controls contains a controller to browse the cluster show, volume control, cycle through speech recognition, favourites, telephone hangup and much more.

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Driving experience

With 295 lb.ft. of torque (400 Nm) - about 12% greater than the 3.6L V-6 within the SRX - speedup within town as well as in the main road, including merging and passing, is reached with re-assuring power on demand.

The ELR's Sport driving mode also leads to its reactive driving experience, automatically re-configuring the accelerator pedal reaction to offer quicker torque application and much more sensitive responses to driver inputs through adjusted suspension and steering settings.

Sport mode is just one of four driverselectable alternatives which help make the maximum of the Cadillac ELR's driving experience for an assortment of driving styles and conditions. Others are:

Tour style: The default setting about the ELR is anticipated to become used most frequently and supplies the best driving comfort and efficacy.
Mountain mode: Mountain mode automatically adjusts the machine to supply needed electricity in mountainous surroundings when vehicle operation could otherwise be compromised. Mountain mode enables ELR to prolong state of charge if desired therefore supplementary power can be obtained from your battery.
Hold mode: Hold mode enables owners to direct if the ELR uses its gasoline-powered electrical generator, saving the residual battery charge for later use. This feature helps accentuate efficiency because owners who blend city and highway driving can save your self the battery charge for city journey, where in fact the ELR EV mode functions most economically.
The ELR rolls on wheels with specially engineered lowrolling - resistance tires made to balance cornering capacity and exceptional control with efficiency.

A sound, secure basis underpins the Cadillac ELR, having a bodyframe-integral construction with chief underbody rails running constantly from front to back. Sophisticated, highstrength steels preserve weight and add strength. Additional contributors towards the ELR's driving experience include:

Double-pinion, rackmounted electric power steering system with superior ZF steering gear made to supply excellent comments while helping conserve fuel
An electrohydraulic regenerative brake system that captures power and sends it towards the battery power
Standard chassis control systems comprise traction control, antilock brakes and StabiliTrak electronic stability get a grip on.
A feature sounds a sound to alert pedestrians, especially people that have reduced vision, within an intersection, since the ELR functions so gently in allelectric mode. The alarm was developed together with all the American Federation of the Blind.

The ELR's battery is really a T-shaped, 16.5 kWh lithiumion battery pack. It's situated across the centerline of the automobile, between the front and rear wheels for best weight distribution. The 5.5foot-long (1.6 m), 435-pound (198 kilogram) pack supplies energy to an innovative electric drive unit capable of 295 lb.ft. of immediate torque (400 Nm) to propel the automobile.

When the Cadillac ELR uses its electrical generator a driverselectable Hold mode directs. This feature helps optimize the electrical - driving experience

, enabling owners who mix highway and city driving to truly save the battery charge for city journey, where in fact the ELR EV mode functions most economically.

The vehicle could be fully re-charged in about 4.5 hours using a 240V charging station, with respect to the exterior temperature.

Either immediate or delayed charges can be scheduled by owners, even organizing charging according to time of departure or when electricity rates are lower, when the automobile is plugged in. Owners may also handle and track the ELR on the web or using their RemoteLink and smart-phone, a mobile app powered by OnStar.

The ELR's battery is covered through an 8-year/100,000-mile guarantee.

Making

The Cadillac ELR is made at General Motors' DetroitHamtramck Assembly Plant, the planet's only automotive production facility that massproduces extendedrange electric vehicles for world wide markets in 21 nations. It's likewise home to South-east Michigan's biggest photovoltaic solar array.

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