Gm Developing A High-Performance Electrical Awd Arrangement For Next-Gen Cadillacs
According to Edmunds, General Motors is developing a high surgical physical care for electrical all-wheel displace arrangement for next-gen V-Series Cadillac models in addition to maybe their crossovers. This arrangement could brand its agency into other GM Alpha-platform-based vehicles such every bit the Cadillac ATS in addition to Chevrolet Camaro, in addition to peradventure a Corvette derivative.
All-wheel displace has locomote out a must-have for high-performance luxury auto buyers, in addition to Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz in addition to Porsche are ahead of the game amongst their AWD-equipped vehicles. Cadillac, however, lags behind this trend, having merely introduced the 455-horsepower ATS-V in addition to 640-hp CTS-V, both rear-wheel-drive sedans. Cadillac is too lagging inward its offering of electrified fuel-efficient models.
An electrical all-wheel-drive system, known inward the manufacture past times the acronym e-AWD, tin plough over the axe potentially boost fuel economic scheme inward many hereafter vehicles in addition to assist expand their plug-in hybrid offerings, however, the arrangement GM desires is many years inward the future.
Joe Slenvak, manager of powertrain electrification for North America at Robert Bosch, told Edmunds that adding electrical all-wheel displace to the front end wheels of a rear-drive auto has challenges.
"When you lot set the electrical axle displace inward the front, you lot bring a lot of crossmembers in addition to things that are inward the cradle that you lot bring to run around. It would survive a petty chip difficult to produce (but) I mean value you lot could produce it," Slenvak said.
Sounds similar an application perfectly suited to in-wheel motors.
Slenvak said a vehicle could survive retrofitted to add together that system. He would non nation if Bosch is developing an electrical all-wheel-drive arrangement for GM's rear-drive cars.
Source: Edmunds
