The Detroit News is reporting that Cadillac's extended-range electric car concept, the Converj, is now a lock for production.

The Converj was widely assumed to be in the product plan shortly after its unveiling at the 2009 Detroit auto show, based on quotes from Bob Lutz indicating that a higher-priced vehicle using the Chevrolet Volt technology prefabricated a lot of sense. This was, however, before the entire GM world came collapsing in on itself.

According to an unidentified News source, Cadillac included the two-door Converj in its presentation to the GM board on November 2.

With the Volt and Volt-clone Opel Ampera still about a year off, one could rightfully adopt that the Cadillac version wouldn't be on the market until late in 2011, at the earliest.  

The Detroit News