Production Cadillac Lyriq Will Not Arrive Until Late 2022 Calendar Year
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With contemporary styling, more than 300 miles of pure electric range and an available all-wheel-drive performance model, the Cadillac Lyriq offers up a lot for General Motors fans to get excited about. If there’s one thing that has tempered excitement over the arrival of Cadillac’s first-ever electric vehicle, though, it’s the predicted arrival date.
While GM pulled the veil from its new Cadillac Lyriq show car during a live stream last week, the production version of the electric crossover will not enter production until late in the 2022 calendar year. The EV’s scheduled arrival was confirmed by ex-Cadillac president and current GM North America president Steve Carlisle during a recent media conference call that GM Authority executive editor Alex Luft was on.
“We’re looking at a late 2022 introduction as a 2023 model,” Carlisle responded when asked when production of the Cadillac Lyriq was slated to begin.
While the Cadillac Lyriq seems as though it’s a competitive battery-electric offering from GM, its scheduled arrival may leave some Cadillac fans feeling disappointed. The electric vehicle space is rapidly changing and highly competitive, so in an ideal world, the Lyriq would be going on sale in late 2021 or early 2022 instead. That said, GM is planning to transition almost entirely to battery-electric passenger cars, so it will want to take the time to get some of its first EVs right in order to establish a good reputation as a manufacturer of EVs. It’s also worth noting that a two-year launch timeframe is par for the course for today’s highly advanced EV programs. Just look at Tesla and the long development lead times it has experienced thus far.
The Cadillac Lyriq that GM showed last week is not a production model, but rather a show car that is 80 to 85 percent representative of the final product. Base Lyriq models will have rear-wheel-drive, while a performance all-wheel-drive model will be available at additional cost. Certain models will feature a 100 kWh battery pack with more than 300 miles of range and will come with the option for DC fast charging at rates of over 150 kW. Interior highlights include a 33-inch LED display, available 19-speaker AKG stereo and GM’s semi-autonomous Super Cruise driver-assist system.
We’ll be paying close attention as GM continues to develop the Cadillac Lyriq in the coming months and years, so be sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more Cadillac Lyriq news, Cadillac news, and 24/7 GM news coverage.
This story was written in collaboration with our sister site, Cadillac Society.
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While I am very excited about this vehicle I think they might have dropped the hammer way too soon on that full blown reveal. Perhaps a teaser but you can get the public all worked up about this and then having a 2+ year wait is just too long. We have a culture with a VERY short attention span. Time will tell.
It isn’t just the short attention span they should worry about. It’s all the other new products being offered in this growing segment over the next couple of years.
By showing this off 2+ years early, it might seem like old news by the time it launches, and they’ll end up trying to sell something nobody is excited for.
The 5th gen Camaro took about 5 years From show car to market and it did just fine.,
If it is a totally new and interesting product it will do just fine. If it was just another small car then no,
GM reveals an EV, and surprisingly its production is two years out! Hmmmmmm, how did that go? Oh yeah, GM and EV’s, blah, blah, blah, blah!
This is a best looking suv now, but again. Ive been saing it for a long time. Cadillac is too slow.
2 years from now? this is a joke.
Mary Bara wants to turn Cadillac into a granola brand. She will move the headquarters to Portland. Rent will be cheaper now I hear.
We all thought detroit was the bottom of the barrel, and therefore a perfect match for cadillac.
But portland has won this race to the ultimate bottom of sh|t h*les, so a move would be logical and very cheap!
I do not care for the rear end sides. I do love the interior. The major problem is not the outside looks, the design or specs, it’s the timeframe. The fact that it will not be available for sale for at more than two more years is absolutely deadly for GM, because Ford and Tesla already have 300+ mile range SUVs. Unless GM is going to come out with the Buick Enspire which promised 370 mile range and promised to come out at the end of 2020, GM will loose the race. What the heck ever happened to the promised 370 mile 2020 Buick Enspire EV SUV that was just announced with big fanfare in March of last year (just do a search for it and you’ll see)? There has not been a peep about it since the announcement except for rumors that it turned into a for China only SUV. Now the Buick Enspire was a gorgeous SUV!!! What the heck is wrong with GM?
The Enspire was also a concept.