Cadillac Lyriq Among 2023 NACTOY Award Semifinalists
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Semifinalists were recently announced for the annual North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) Awards, with the Cadillac Lyriq joining 12 other vehicles in the North American Utility Vehicle of the Year category.
This year’s NACTOY Awards semifinalists were selected from a list of 47 eligible cars, trucks, and utility vehicles announced in June. In order to be eligible for consideration, each vehicle must be new or “substantially” new, as well as on sale this year. Of the 47 vehicles original candidates, ten cars, three trucks, and 13 utility vehicles were selected to move on to the semifinalist round in the awards selection process.
The NACTOY Awards are intended to recognize the most “outstanding” new vehicles of the year, setting the benchmark in their respective segment in terms of innovation, design, safety, handling, driver satisfaction, and value. Award winners are determined by an independent jury of automotive journalists from the U.S. and Canada hailing from a range of publications covering print, web, radio, and television.
The next step in determining award finalists includes a comparison drive set to take place next month, at which time jurors will have an opportunity to evaluate semifinalists with back-to-back, hands-on experience.
In the Utility category, the Cadillac Lyriq will face off against award semifinalist rivals like the Audi Q4 e-tron, BMW iX xDrive50, Genesis GV60, Honda CR-V, Honda HR-V, Kia EV6, Kia Sportage, Lexus RX, Mazda CX-50, Nissan Ariya, Rivian R1S, and Volvo C40 Recharge.
“This year’s group of semifinalists highlights the changes we’ve seen sweeping across the automotive industry in recent years,” said NACTOY President Gary Witzenburg. “Most mainstream vehicles now fall into the Utility category; most vehicles in the Car category are focused on performance or luxury; and more electric vehicles than ever before are starting to hit the market. NACTOY jurors look forward to testing and evaluating these vehicles before the next vote.”
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First photo showing the plug-in cable is connected to an ICE generator. So the vehicle comes with its own generator ?
Readers of this blog might remember that GM offered this type of mobile charger as an application of its Ultium line of products.
What makes this Cadillac into a utility vehicle?
Looks like a pretty heavy cable, what kind of gauge wire is in this thing
The 2wd Caddy LYRIQ has (when supplied with 240 volts) a 19.2 kw internal charger (when mine comes i’ll never remotely use anything near this – 7 kw is the top rate I’ll ever charge the thing at home)…
80 amperes continuous so I would expect the cable would be (copper) (2 #4’s, 1 #8 system ground, and 1 – #18 pilot signalling wire) on a J1772 standard level 1/2 connection.
4wd units only get (rather surprisingly) an 11.5 kw internal charger.
I don’t see a lot of electrical panels being able to handle that kind of amperage. Dam that is a heavy cable. 240, 40 amp max for me if I ever decide to go EV. 200 amp panels can’t handle 80 amps to dedicate to a car. A lot of electrical grids are never going to be able to handle this . My seasonal camp has a hundred amp panel. Biden and his dream is going to have to hand out a lot more money.
Hi Ken ,
Think you are worrying about a non-problem.. Any receptacles or ‘110/220’ cords sold with GM cars are good for 32 amperes…. This is the maximum rate that I charge any of my evs at anyway – when at home. ON vacation I might stop at a fast charger.. But to your point I am running all kinds of things off my home’s original 62 year old 100 ampere service (really 90 amperes – but there is a ‘residential exception’ in the NEC).
Large Hot tub, central air conditioning, 5 hp pressure washer, 3 electric cars, plus a bunch of other stuff. Obviously not running all at the same time.
I have no interest in doing so, but in my case if I ever wanted an 80 amp charger (I suspect few do at home), it is only 48 amperes more draw than what I am doing now, and in such a case a 150 ampere service would work similarly for me….
Back 10 years ago, 1/3 rd of the Model “S” teslas had 80 ampere chargers. One Doctor I know ran the car off the home’s original 150 ampere service… So I wouldn’t worry about troubles until they are actually there.