So the Porsche got into the hybrid SUV game with the Cayenne. Cadillac wouldn’t be too far behind with its Escalade Hybrid which will also be featured in the Los Sangeles Auto show. Still, it boggles the mind in what exactly the point is in this. SUVs for me are beer-guzzling lumberjacks. Making hybrids out of them is like giving them kegs of beer to swig through a baby bottle. Now that just gives you a mental image of grizzled men in diapers – nasty.

So what does the hybrid technology give the Escalade – an extra 6 mpg of fuel economy. Hey, that’s a lot given the swigging nature of this thing. Yeah, like lumberjacks will ever join the green brigade.

The Escalade hybrid’s powered by a 6.0 liter V8 engine to be combined with a two-mode-hybrid system that sports an electrically variable tranny and a 300-volt nickel-metal hydride Energy Storage System. It will have 2WD and 4WD options with 6,000 and 5,700 pounds of pull respectively.

Source: eGMCarTech