Cadillac Escalade Hybrid

Cadillac Escalade Hybrid

General Motors launched its two-mode hybrid system on its Chevrolet and GMC full-size SUVs in early 2007, and later that year it launched the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid. In Escalade guise, the hybrid system bumps city fuel economy by 50 percent, resulting in an increase in city mileage from 12 mpg to 18.

The transmission is the same two-mode continuous electric ratio hybrid transmission used in the General's other full-size truck hybrids.

The Escalade also uses several other green technologies, such as a regenerative braking system to recharge the nickel-metal hydride batteries, an electrically driven 42-volt variable-assist power steering system and an engine start/stop system. The system is covered under Cadillac's 8-year, 100,000-mile emission control system warranty.

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