The Cadillac Lyriq battery-electric crossover looks set to be sold in the Russian market at some point in the not-too-distant future.
In a press release issued by Cadillac Russia this week, the company appeared to indicate it had been in contact with GM’s top brass regarding availability for the Lyriq, which said the battery-electric crossover model had already been green-lit for the Russian market.
“It is still unknown when the model will appear in Russia, however, representatives of the top management of GM International have repeatedly confirmed plans for its appearance on the market,” a translated version of the release says.
So far, GM has confirmed the Cadillac Lyriq will be sold in the United States, Canada, China and the Middle East. The Lyriq is expected to first be sold in China before U.S. and Canadian sales begin shortly after in early 2022. The vehicle will not arrive in the Middle East until mid-2023.
Cadillac Lyriq models destined for the U.S. and Canadian markets will be produced at the GM Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee. Vehicles to be sold in China will be built locally at the Cadillac Jinqiao plant in Shanghai. It’s not clear where Cadillac may build Russian-spec Lyriq models, although the China plant is geographically much closer to Russia than the U.S. plant.
At launch in North America, the Cadillac Lyriq will feature a 100 kWh lithium-ion battery pack and a rear-mounted electric motor producing 340 horsepower and 324 pound-feet of torque. This setup will provide over 310 miles of real-world driving range on a full charge. It’s possible the specifications for the Russian, Chinese and Middle East versions of the Lyriq will differ from the U.S. spec model, it should be noted.
Pricing for the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq will start at $59,990 in the U.S. including destination, while Canadian customers can expect to pay $69,898 with DFC.
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Wow, a global car, where will they be built for the other markets?
Seems strange to hear an EV is being sold in Russia — a petrostate. I had to look up the stats.
45 million cars in Russia.
11,000 are electric vehicles.
687 EVs sold in 2020.
1,000 expected to be sold in 2021.
1,000 chargers exist in the country.
10,000 chargers planned for installation nationwide by 2024 and 50,000 by 2030.
It’s late compared to Europe (1 million EVs on the road today), but Russia saves a lot of money by being late.
The only reason EV are not as popular in Russia is that it’s cold there. It significantly affects the range so ,.. low demand.
With such low EV sales and low number of charging stations, does selling the Lyric there make any sense?
It does if a few oligarchs will buy it (and thereby influence Russia’s policy on future EVs), but I don’t know if oligarchs want to be seen in an American car in today’s political climate.
No different than folks worldwide whom are largely not interested in battery cars. The reason they are talked about so much in western countries. Is because western countries had a knee jerk reaction and apparently want to force them on everyone.
Will the cadillac lyriq be sold in europe?
I have heard mixed signals on that, will not believe anything unless announced by GM…
Why are US Manufacturers doing business with Russia? Russia promotes hacking of major US infrastructure!
More Fake News…. Rush Limbaugh apparently was also told to tell lies about Russia. Of course, Drug-Addicted Limbaugh mistakenly thought that ‘free-enterprise’ pharmaceutical makers had his best interests at heart when he was only expensively burning himself with radiation and poisoning himself with Chemotherapy. His death came quickly.
I’d like you to mention one Bona fide case of ‘Russian Hacking’ beyond the Russians recording Victoria Nuland (formerly Nudelman), our asst. Secretary of State, bragging that it only cost $5 Billion of U.S. Taxpayer Monies to overthrow (used to be called a Coup D’Etat) the legitimate Ukrainian Gov’t and install a more-compliant one to the West.
Why is the USA doing business with China whom still occupies Tibet? Why did the west sell its soul to the commies? Why did the USA invite them in? The reason the USSR failed is because D.C. and London did not rely on them to build their crap. Oh yea and the commies have stolen tech from our pentagon via hacking and politicians giving it to them.
I promised Vlad I would give him one. But Mary Barra won’t let me have one to give to him.