After months of hype, General Motors finally unveiled the Cadillac Lyriq EV crossover in show car form earlier this month, previewing Cadillac’s new electric future. Now, the luxury brand has posted a brief video highlighting some of the impressive EV technology slated for the final production-ready Lyriq vehicle.
Titled “Verse II: The Crown Jewel,” the video is just over two minutes long, showing off various bits of EV tech for the new Cadillac Lyriq crossover. The video kicks off with some slick footage and quick edits with grandiose voiceover narration.
The video then slows down a bit to give us a closer look at what’s under the skin of the new Cadillac Lyriq. This includes an overview of the Lyriq’s new BEV3 modular electric vehicle platform, and the new Ultium battery technology.
“The crown jewel of the Ultium system is the battery cell itself, where our strategy is to use the fewest number of the largest cells possible,” says lead architect and strategy manager, high voltage battery packs, Andy Oury. “These cells are then packaged into modules. This system is a simple, lightweight, and a space-efficient solution, which enables us to optimize the battery energy storage and the layout for each vehicle design.”
The Ultium battery technology comes with a nickel-manganese-cobalt chemistry which is then modified with aluminum, adding to overall range at lower cost.
All told, the Cadillac Lyriq will offer more than 300 miles of range per charge, with support for Level 1 and Level 2 AC charging capabilities, as well as DC Fast Charging capabilities up to 150 kW.
The video also hints at further Caddy EVs headed down the pipeline, with former Cadillac president and newly appointed president of GM North America, Steve Carlisle, ending the video by saying that “Lyriq is just the beginning.”
The Cadillac Lyriq will hit production in late 2022 for the 2023 model year. Production is expected to take place at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck facility in Michigan, with pricing starting under the $60,000 mark.
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How can a car company such as GM/Cadillac come out with a car that is in the 300 mile range per charge and expect to sell it to the public, when Tesla, for some years has had the S model which get 403 miles per charge. Secondly, the new, “Air,” is coming out which has a charge distance of 517 miles. So the Halo company comes out with an initial offering two years later than Tesla, its current main competition and can’t even equal what the competition offers. I don’t know what Cadillac is thinking but it must be that their goal is to bankrupt the company! AF
They can make a car today that gets 800 miles per charge. How much do you want to pay?
Daryl kehl,
Sure most techies know what humans are capable of !
This is where I have the trouble, and GM HAS to change and figure this out !!!!!
Look at the comments just here on this site, the older say ( boomers ) age and above, are just stuck in this ” well you have to pay for this somehow ”
AND GIVE ME MY DIVIDEND CHECK !!!!
GM is going down the SAME road as the rest of the US large corporations, and is owned mostly by China !
This vehicle and most GM vehicles ( again other than the full-size, do to the extra tax paid by foreign competition ) can not compete head to head
———————- FOR THE PRICE ———————–
Is this great.
Sure great !!!
Is it better than anyone else ?
Who knows, it will be two years before anyone knows anything about it !!
And NOBODY believes A WORD GM/Cadillac has to say about the future !!!!
They have changed their mind and waisted large sums of money now for the last 5 years now !
And the current Cadillacs, the ones you CAN buy, are still Chevys that look different !!!
Money, money, money, money !!
Money, money, money !!
Forget the money for one da/\/\ minute, and make something, anything, that can compete for the price point !!!!
When they had the Bolt as a concept, they were saying that they expected range around 200 miles. It came out at 238, today it’s 259. I’d expect a similar thing to happen with the lyriq. The car is still pretty much in concept stage so getting accurate numbers is hard. They definitely don’t want to overpromise here. I’m guessing the 100kWh pack will end up closer to 350 if not higher. Not that EPA range is really that relevant since it’s so dependent on your driving style and the weather.
My 2020 Bolt always gets over 259. In fact, it’s has been over 300 several times in 7 months of ownership.
I would not focus on range at this stage. All they said was it will offer over 300 mile range. There is no need to over promise since it is still a long way to go. Furthermore, you don’t want to push your battery 100 percent because that will cause faster degradation. Once they can see how the battery is performing over time then they can make a decision on rather to increase the range. Hence why Tesla can give you more range from a OTA update.
Except Tesla does not get near their claimed range. Every time their us a range test, Tesla misses by more than any other EV. While some others often exceed their EPA range, Tesla falls shirts by 20 to 30%.
GM is just too damn slow. 300+ mile range in a decent looking CUV for about $55-60K? Ok, fine if it were available next month or even in 6 months, but 2 more years? Why so long? 2 years from now there will be many more BEV’s across all segments, some from legacy auto companies and some new start-ups.
GM has no excuse. They have considerable experience with the Volt and then the Bolt, Spark EV and several other PHEV and BEV’s they sell in China.
They will get far more than 300 by then.
LFX323HP – You are just so right on target, that it’s not even funny. AF
“they don’t want to over promise” – REALLY? They came out with the Volt 10 years ago – TEN! with the promise that it was just the beginning. Of course the Volt was dropped for political reasons leaving gov’t motors with just the Bolt to compete with Tesla – like Usain Bolt VS a toddler. Now they are PR spinning the fact that Ultium is outdated today but won’t be here for two more years. Reminds me of the seen in Titanic where they see the iceberg coming but can’t turn the lethargic ship in time. I am not here to troll but rather saddened as a Volt and Silverado owner seeing the demise of a once great company.
ronjo – I will admit that you just said something.
Mary Bara – greatest CEO of GM of all time – Positives – she is a woman – that excuses her from all criticism. Two – she has style of an old woman circa 1950’s ./
Bubbaq,
Was black leather in style in the 1950’s?
Seriously, if anyone watched the Lyriq reveal it was, well, actually revealing. I was watching highly paid people working at this one-time powerhouse automaker and nobody had any personal style or good taste and they were launching the most important Cadillac since the last most important Cadillac. That might not matter at Google but automobiles are all about style and they are purchased to be an extension of how people see themselves and to project an image to the world. The folks at GM can’t seem to infuse their products with any panache or elan anymore because nobody at the company has any; starting at the top. They need to bring in some outside talent. Seriously.
Bla Bla Bla, always some that will knock GM for any reason. Why does everyone get so hung up on range. If you look at the buyer and its use. it’s not a vehicle people expect to take a cross country trip with unless it is well planned. Most of the time it will sit in the garage overnight so it can be charged everyday. For me it is the recharge time that is more important for any trip that will deplete the charge. For long distance, like it was said above, just add batteries at a cost, not much different than paying for more powerful gas engines, As with PU trucks, pay extra for a 35 gallon tank for extended range.
George S,
People like you are exactly what I mean.
How long has it been since you bought a new GM truck ?
You have not been able to get a bigger gas tank for many years.
GM dictates how big the tank will be, you have no choice in the matter, just like most of the option lumps.
You cant even get the simplest of things like ambient lighting, like in 1980 !!!!!, 1980 !!!!!!! AND BEFORE THAT !!!!!!
And to your Bla, Bla, Bla, some will knock GM for any reason.
Yep, however remember in the good old days when you would knock GM for that ugly color, or those stupid looking hubcaps !
Now we are not knocking GM for appearance, we are stating that GM is behind the competition on the basic technology of the world we live in TODAY !!!.
AND, AND, AND, for some reason, OLD technology, like the GM 8 speed junk transmission !!!!
I just cant understand HOW or WHY, GM just can’t figure this stuff out,( CHEAP ) !!!!!!!!!
GM has been making transmissions for YEARS, and owned one of the most sought after transmission companies for years. ( Allison )
GM has been making the Bolt/ Volt for YEARS, Tesla has been making these vehicles FOR YEARS !!!!
GM has been making interiors FOR YEARS !!!!
I bought my 2012 Silverado in Sept 2012. 80K miles and nothing wrong with it. Nov, 2019 I bought a new 2019 Camaro 1SS Convertible, my retirement toy. If anyone that wants to knock GM or Chevy, you need to drive this 6.2L beast of an engine with the 10 speed, it will make you a believer that GM can still build vehicles.
A few years ago on a GM truck forum, there were complaints from owners with 35 or 36 gallon tanks that they would get a thump when stopping because of the gas was bouncing around in the tank. With little sold as an option, it gets dropped to save money. But I’ll agree, the option choices get nuts. You want option “A” but you need to get the twenty other options “B though W”, then it tells you only with the black interior. So, keep wearing your mask from hyperventilating.
@George S
It should be a vehicle you can use to road trip with. Thinking like that unfortunately is what allows GM to offer lackluster vehicles. I can and go anywhere in my Tesla Model 3. No issue at all.
Tesla has Super Chargers pretty much everywhere across the Country. Hell across the World actually.
GM must do better. The Future is EV’s and they need to figure it out ASAP or go broke yet once again. None of us want to see that happen so lets all hold them accountable to do better.
It’ll be a long time before the electrics take over but it is growing. The charging network and the current power grid will need some improvements. Say in 20 years there are 50 million BEV’s, that I’ll be a lot of power needed.
Google search: Some 273.6 million vehicles were registered here in 2018. The figures include passenger cars, motorcycles, trucks, buses, and other vehicles. The number of cars sold in the U.S. per year stood at 6.3 million in 2016.Apr 21, 202
I am sure those are the same kind of Stats people at Nokia and the like were looking at when Steve Jobs at Apple showcased the upcoming iPhone. World Changing Technology always goes on an S Curve.
It is only a matter of time until the population realizes what an EV is and what it can offer them and then off to races.
Interesting comments. GM’s fray into the “new” electric models conjures up a phrase from Studebaker comments years ago; ‘Is it coming or going?”
My take, Cadillac certainly made the right moves with the Lyriq design. For the moment, I stop there. To talk about the range of travel, at this time, is a bit premature. Two years from now is a VERY long time in terms of developing new, or newer, technology. The Tesla Roadster gets a 600-mile rating, so there is a heck of a lot of time for battery development.
For me, 300 miles competes with the availability of charging stations. Not a comfort level. I’ll see what tomorrow brings.
Ronjo – I partially agree with what you said. However, I believe the Chevy Volt, which was a very well engineered and reliable vehicle that basically suffered strictly due to a design styling, which was “quirky” (also, look at the Honda Clarity!). The Volt – like the Clarity – did not suffer from range anxiety – which plagues the BEVs. Even BEVs with 300+ mile range, the amount of time to recharge a BEV is a big deal to go another 200-300 miles. In addition, from what I have observed, the electricity at these public charging stations is usually higher than regular gas per mile traveled. However, for rare long distance trips, that costs difference is not that bad, but the lost time – even high-capacity chargers seems like an eternity.
HFC vehicles probably offer the most practical alternative to gasoline, but there is virtually no infrastructure in place, except certain states, such as California.
In summary, per mile driven, there is nothing that comes close to gasoline (and diesel) in terms of availability, cost and convenience very little range anxiety issue!
And by the way, I own a Honda Clarity plugin hybrid, which I bought over the Volt because of larger interior space and a $7500 federal tax credit (expired on the Volt). However, the Clarity really lacks on the styling factor – typical of certain Honda products, in my opinion.
Too early to worry about numbers be it range or price.
What numbers we have been shown are conservative in nature. In a high stakes game like this you never show all your cards this early.
That is why this is exciting as these numbers are good and will only get better.
i’m pretty sure if gm had made a battery breakthrough, they would be crowing about right now.
They have if you have if you have not noticed.
But just like HP they never release the true numbers till near introduction.
What. #1 not to show all the cards and #2 they will find more range and lower cost by introduction.
This is why the say at least 300 miles.
Also by introduction they may have several batteries like Tesla to choose from.
I think the direction of less but bigger cells is the main giveaway. A larger cell is a bigger heatsink. More heat capacity = faster charging (or discharging as in power available to move the car). I also like that GM (and others) liquid cool their batteries. I’m very interested in what everyone builds in the next 3 years.
The numbers need to get better, because they aren’t impressive at all.
At least they’ve said it won’t cost a ridiculous amount.
This vehicle, as a topic is already loosing steam on GMA. Now we get to argue about it for the next 2 years!!! Bring on the Blackwing cars.
Cadillac’s Lyriq skateboard undercarriage design is to allow Cadillac to upgrade the batteries used and not be stuck with a design that might not be as efficient, this is a smart and cost effective way to stay on the leading edge of technology.
Now if the final production version looked like this, I think I’d actually buy one.
Agreed. Depending on price, I may chose that over going with a Tesla Model Y
Will be a little more expensive but if it looks like that and the Tech is anywhere near Tesla, I too will be getting it.
This is why I am being so critical on the Specs they announced so far.
With all respect, I think you missed my slightly sarcastic reference point – it was for the platform pictures shown in this article, not for the concept vehicle with an actual body.
Gotcha…HAHA
As has been said by GM before, most people don’t travel more than 3-4 hours without taking a break of some sort or another. I personally worry more about the cost (per mile) of charging. I once parked my Volt at a Walmart to charge, and it would have been cheaper to drive back home on gas, and then fully charge at home. The cost to charge it (62 miles of range) was over $8! It would have cost me less than $4 for gas to travel that distance. Bottom line, GM has been promising all these new electric vehicles for years now, and they were supposed to be arriving starting in 2020! (Apparently they’re all the Chinese GM Baojun and Wuling models). I know Tesla has the charging grid already in place and growing rapidly. Don’t know if GM is holding off until they have a similar system in place or what, but I also know the tech in the Tesla models is ALREADY far ahead of the best GM has to offer 2 years from now. I’ve been a lifelong GM guy, but the Tesla Model X is looking pretty tempting right now …
I think you’ve hit on what is fundamentally the problem with what we’ve seen of the Lyric.
It’s basically GM announcing they’ll have a car almost as good as a Tesla is now, but not for a couple years.
With everyone else, including Tesla likely to announce things as well in the next two years, this is probably going to arrive with a thud.
Well that is because Walmart is a horrible Company HAHA
Most places I go to offer Charge Point Chargers and they are absolutely free to charge. I get about 30 or so miles in an hour of shopping and on my way. So Super Simple.
300 mile range minimum is the standard for this type of vehicle which we all know will be beyond that if you have enough sense reading between the lines. Same thing for HP/torque rating from preproduction to actual production model. People who complain about range estimates or some sort which this is basically a show car when the actual production model will debut in two years don’t have anything better to do or contribute on here.
The dual motor w/ performance AWD more than likely could reach over 400 mile range, if not more.
As mentioned earlier, the Lucid Air debuting on September 9 or so goes 517 miles on a charge. Battery technology is improving. 20% of a battery’s size is taken up with its containment or walls or sleeving. As that becomes thinner, up to about 20% more battery will fit into the same space. That means more electrical storage within the same space. Smart sensors also know in some of these battery packs how to distribute where the load is being drawn from and in that way the load is pulled more efficiency and allows the batteries to last longer. 300 miles is not enough. AF
@Alex Ford
I agree. I truly believe that 300 Miles will become the Norm for like little City Cars in the near Future.
Most EV Makers know that they need to hit 600/700 Mile Range on bigger vehicles and a DC Fast Charging rate of less than 10 Minutes and the argument for ICE is pretty much over. The cost of batteries will keep going down dramatically as the Tech keeps going up. ICE is the complete opposite of that.
My biggest fear for GM is that they keep making lackluster EV’s and they allow Start up EV Makers to completely leapfrog them and leave them in the Dust. Look at what happened with Honda, Nissan, and Toyota when they first came over here. They offered cheap small cars that our Big Three were way too slow to react to and we all know what happened. This is pretty much the same thing. If GM cannot pivot fast enough, I fear the same outcome.
I do not want to sound negative but how is GM claiming that this Tech is impressive?
This car is over two year away and Tesla already leapfrog the 300 Mile range today let alone what they will have on offer two years down the road. I still find it insane that it will take GM 10 years from when the Tesla Model S came out to give us a Cadillac EV vehicle. Utterly ridiculous.
This Lyriq should be going on sale this year not two years from now. GM is giving the German Big Three ample time to leapfrog them even though GM started on EV’s much earlier. What a lack of vision and top end leadership. I know some do not agree that EV’s are the Future but yes they are. If Legacy Auto Makers do not make the shift faster than they are, companies like Lucid, Rivian, Nio and others will become really relevant.
This was Cadillacs chance to become the Luxury EV Brand and now I fear BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and hell Lucid will pass them by. When Lucid come out watch how many people flock to that company from BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S Class customers. Look at how many switched over to a Tesla Model S and that was more 5 Series sized with S Class pricing in the beginning. Lucid if done right will become the EV Luxury Brand in customers minds.
Having put out all my displeasure I will say that if Cadillac produces the Lyriq pretty much as is, they will have a design and Luxury hit on their hands. But the success of the sEV as any EV will be the Tech, Range, Fast Charging Speed, and Infrastructure. GM might have some work to do still. I truly believe that within a short period of time the Tech will allow EV’s to Super Charge in less than 10 minutes. If that happens, it will sky rocket in sales.
I think ultimately companies like Tesla and Lucid will dominate EV sales even after Cadillac and Chevrolet have decent offerings out there.
They don’t have the baggage. The perception of Government Motors. The bureaucratic nonsense. The bloated dealership network. The UAW nonsense.
All that baggage is weighing them down, and being late to this market with mediocre products is the result.
@Nate
I hear what you are saying but I have to disagree. Once all new vehicles sold will be EV’s, GM will sell them in droves just like every other Auto Maker will. People will need cars every year and Tesla and the new Startups cannot fulfill the total market. Not even close.
Tesla is in the process of building 2 new Factories one in Berlin, Germany and one in Austin, TX
Once those are up and the Second stage in Shanghai are finished I believe Elon said they would be able to produce 2.5 to 3 Million from their facilities announced as of right now. So that is not enough World Wide Capacity.
GM will definitely be needed. I just want them to be the best at it as a GM fan.
I don’t believe the market for EVs is going to be that large for quite a while. There will be demand, but it isn’t going to be anything like 10% even for many years.
I’m not quite convinced that the baggage is causing the lackluster products or the other way around.
Like I have said before, it was NOT that the foreign vehicles came here and were cheaper and smaller, it was that they were better vehicles for the price.
I do agree that a bloated dealer network is causing more troubles than they are helping. The good dealers are good, yet the dollar dealers could care less about GM or a GM customer, they have all vehicle brands and will just sell you another brand and still make the same profit !
GM lost site of what made GM, or really any good product !
Design a good product, and stand behind it !!
GM is still making cheap ( plastic fantastic ) vehicles, and doing all they can NOT to stand behind them ( pushing ” Known Faulty ) designs out of an ever shorter warranty period.
While the competition are making better vehicles and lengthening their warranty !
Sadly much of what you say is true…. There is a genetic cheapness at GM, spend a dollar to save a dime, Cut a dollar today knowing it will cost 10 in the future. Nothing has changed in 50 years just gotten worse. GM motto, How Can We Make It Cheaper! Cut Cut Cut…..
GM and the HUGE numbers of engineering managers employed for every vehicle, almost never say anything of Import – but they repeat the same sketchy information several times…. Different people say different things at different times… Here – the lady engineering manager stated the fast charge rate would approach 150 kw, where others say ‘at least’ 150 kw. They also have said at other times there would be a variety of charging options – an ambiguous statement. In other words are they talking Generically that there are several different standardized ways to recharge any EV, OR are they saying that they will offer a reduced price vehicle with plenty of EXTRA COST charging options, both for Levels 2 and 3 – the fastest being 19 kw and 150 kw – whatever those statements mean. The VOLT and BOLT ev always (and to this day) have incorrect information in the Brochures, stating a 240 volt, 32 ampere wall box will give you 7.2 kw, when I’ve measured 7.7 kw in both the Bolt and Volt. Hopefully, they will , with the Lyriq – have reduced cost ‘stripped’ standard equipment for those who don’t need those level 2 or level 3 charging rates – the bolt ev, as an example, having optional fast charging at extra cost in the states and standard in Canada. Supposedly the BOLT EUV will have 11 kw – no idea if that is standard or not. But no battery choice other than the (when new) 66 kwh currently being shipped with the latest Bolt evs.
GM mileage ratings are on the conservative side, except when the air conditioning is running in the summertime…. My 53 rated mile VOLT did 50 miles on mostly highway and some city (but no freeway driving) yesterday – pretty good !
My Bolt ev, with 65,000 miles on it now, almost never gets its listed 238 miles, and then only when driving very conservatively with no air conditioning or heating. But then it wouldn’t do that when it was new either, so in sum, the Second Generation Volt was more conservatively rated than the BOLT ev. But the Bolt ev rarely gets less than 200 miles – its ‘initial’ estimate by GM. So it would be nice if the Lyriq acted similarly – that is – 300 miles pretty much guaranteed, and sometimes 325-350 with conservative driving in the spring and fall.
I keep knocking that silly ‘quarter panel’ charge door opening – which will work just great in February during the Sleet and Snow – when I’m trying to recharge in an emergency….. I forgot to bring my 6 hair dryers to defrost the entire side of the car. Hopefully that Wet Dream (as I say, too many chiefs designing this car) won’t make it to production.
2012 Volt owner. Reviews of battery based vehicles must include battery price, replacement, maintenance and reconditioning cost. An engine today can last 300,000 miles with little problem but a battery can have 1 bad module at 100,000 and they choice is to spend as much as a new engine in a car or scrap.
To me this is the real reason for the faster depreciation for electrics.