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As announced last Spring:

As predicted, the plug-in hybrid version of the 2016 Cadillac CT6 large luxury sedan was released today at the Shanghai Motor Show, using an adaptation of GM's second-generation Voltec hybrid system.

What wasn't predicted was the startling size of its battery pack: 18.4 kilowatt-hours, identical to that used in the 2016 Chevrolet Volt...
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1097889_cadillac-ct6-plug-in-hybrid-big-battery-more-electric-range

Reccently announced that it will be available in the US this year, with models imported from China sold alongside those assembled in the USA:

General Motors plans to export the plug-in hybrid version of its Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan from China to the U.S. when the car goes on sale this year.

The plug-in hybrid version will be built only in a plant in China, which is one of two factories assembling the CT6, said Uwe Ellinghaus, Cadillac’s chief marketing officer.

The plug-in hybrid sedan will be the second car that General Motors will import to the U.S. from China...
http://www.autonews.com/article/20160114/OEM04/160119788/gm-plans-to-export-cadillac-ct6-plug-in-hybrid-from-china-to-u-s

As a (mostly) Asian company, GM is certainly in a good position to exploit the rise of the Dollar, by selling (mostly) Korean BEVs (Sparks/Bolts) and mostly Chinese PHEVs (CT6's) to US consumers.
 
Interesting story of how GM is being absorbed by it's Chinese partner, and how the CT6 shows how far the process has come.

The secret history of GM’s Chinese bailout

...At a time when rising emissions regulations around the world were making fuel-efficient and electrified vehicle technology critical to the future of every automaker, GM was tying that future to its Chinese partner. With GM now importing its top-of-the-line Cadillac CT6 plug-in hybrid from its Chinese joint-venture plant, that future has already begun to arrive...
http://qz.com/594984/the-secret-history-of-gms-chinese-bailout/

I hadn't realized the actual quote was already in the past tense...

...What was good for our country was good for General Motors...
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson
 
Via IEVS:
Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid Priced At $76,090, Will Go On Sale In Spring 2017 With 30 Miles Of Electric Range
http://insideevs.com/cadillac-ct6-plug-in-hybrid-priced-at-76090-will-go-on-sale-in-spring-2017-with-30-miles-of-electric-range/

Cadillac has just announced that its CT6 Plug In Hybrid will go on sale in the U.S. in Spring 2017 from a starting price-point of $76, 090 (including dst)

With its launch just months away, Cadillac decided to spill most all of the details now at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Those details include price, range, horsepower, torque and more.

Total range: More than 400 miles
Battery: 18.4 kWh
Electric range: 30 miles
Horsepower: 335
Torque: 432 pound-feet
MPGe: 65 . . . .
 
Via IEVS, official EPA AER, MPG and MPGe ratings:
Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Gets Official EPA Ratings
http://insideevs.com/cadillac-ct6-plugofficial-epa-ratings/

. . . We’ll start first with the bright spots. The CT6 plug-in impresses us with its electric range. Here’s the breakdown:

  • City range – 27.76 miles
    Highway range – 33.94 miles
    Combined range – 31 miles. . . .

The MPG rating are as follows:

  • City MPG – 23
    Highway MPG – 29
    Combined MPG – 26. . . .

Here’s some additional info via the EPA. Note the MPGe figure is officially 62, a disappointing number too. . . .
 
Via GCR:
2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In: first drive of hybrid luxury sedan
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1110763_2017-cadillac-ct6-plug-in-first-drive-of-hybrid-luxury-sedan

IMO, something like this is what GM should have released first, instead of the 1st gen. Volt (never mind the laughably overpriced ELR).
 
Via GCR:
Plug-in hybrid dropped from Cadillac CT6 lineup for 2019
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119945_plug-in-hybrid-dropped-from-cadillac-ct6-lineup-for-2019

. . . The spokesman said the CT6 Plug-In Hybrid is only discontinued in North America, and that Cadillac plans to follow it up with fully electric cars in the coming years.

General Motors will introduce 20 new electric cars by the end of 2023 and some of these will be Cadillacs, the spokesman confirmed.

The CT6 Plug-In Hybrid is exclusively made in China and will likely remain on sale there. Other CT6 variants sold in North America are sourced from a plant in Michigan.

The CT6 Plug-In Hybrid's limited availability and pricey starting price of about $75k meant the car was never going to be a big seller. Just over 10,500 CT6 sedans were sold last year, with only a tiny fraction of these being plug-in hybrids, so the decision isn't too surprising.

The car's powertrain consists of a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4, two electric motors, and an 18.4-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack—which is the same capacity as the Volt's pack. Total system output is 449 horsepower, which enough for 0-60 mph acceleration in 5.2 seconds, and the electric range is 31 miles as rated by the EPA.
 
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