2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid - Car and Driver
Such was the case when we popped our heads into GM's annual pre-Oscar fashion show/benefit/star brawl "Ten" event in Hollywood, which involves film, TV and music stars, donated designer duds, a concert, and a relatively impressive smattering of... So imagine our surprise when Oscar nominee (later to become Oscar winner) Jennifer Hudson strolled down the runway followed by Hollywood's favorite guilty pleasure, the Cadillac Escalade, this time wearing discreet little "Hybrid" badges on the... Then we remembered last year's Detroit auto show, when GM showed us the upcoming 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid, and told us that it intended to produce a hybrid Cadillac Escalade as well. Powertrain Shared with Tahoe and Yukon Hybrids Like the Tahoe and Yukon gas-electrics, the Escalade hybrid will be a two-mode hybrid that supplements GM's venerable 6. 0-liter V-8 with power from two electric motors. At higher speeds, another operating mode engages the electric motors and the cylinder deactivation system for more efficient operation. GM claims that harmful emissions will drop significantly, and fuel economy will be boosted by some 25 percent compared with utes equipped with the 5. 3-liter V-8. The fuel-economy disparity with the standard Escalade, which comes with the... Source: www.caranddriver.com
