1,000 Cadillac Lyriq Units Were Built In September Alone
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The Cadillac Lyriq is an incredibly important vehicle to the luxury marque’s future as it slowly transitions to an all-electric portfolio by the end of the decade. As Cadillac‘s first EV, it’s in GM’s interest to get production of the Lyriq up and running as smoothly as possible. To this end, GM has revealed production numbers for September, and they’re astonishing.
Over the course of September, GM produced 1,000 units of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq at the Spring Hill plant in Tennessee. While this statistic obviously pales in comparison to some of the automaker’s other vehicles such as the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra, it represents a significant 58 percent of all Lyriq units built so far. Production only began last March, yielding a total of 1,715 units as of September 30th.
In addition, GM seemingly favored production of the Cadillac Lyriq over the GMC Hummer EV Pickup during the summer months. Looking at the numbers for the two EVs side-by-side, as Lyriq production increased, GMC Hummer EV Pickup production decreased. This is likely due to GM’s distribution of the limited supply of Ultium battery cells it had on hand, with more resources going towards the newer Caddy. It’s worth noting that Hummer EV production was also idled for a month as the GM Factory Zero plant received future product upgrades.
| GMC Hummer EV Pickup | Cadillac Lyriq | |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | 15 | - |
| Nov 2021 | 75 | - |
| Dec 2021 | 50 | - |
| Jan 2022 | 250 | - |
| Feb 2022 | 210 | - |
| Mar 2022 | 250 | 20 |
| Apr 2022 | 275 | 50 |
| May 2022 | 400 | 50 |
| June 2022 | 125 | 80 |
| July 2022 | 50 | 250 |
| August 2022 | 120 | 265 |
| September 2022 | 750 | 1,000 |
| Total | 2,570 | 1,715 |
Notably, the table above does not include production numbers for the BrightDrop Zevo 600 delivery van, which also utilizes GM Ultium batteries.
Due to the opening of the first Ultium Cells plant in Ohio, battery pack supply has increased sharply, and as such, more Cadillac Lyriqs were built last September than every other month combined.
In addition, GM indicated last July that it intended to ramp up production of the Hummer EV during the second half of 2022. This development couldn’t come any faster, as pre-orders for the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq are completely full, with GM forced to extend the waitlist to the 2024 model year.
As a reminder, the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq is powered by GM Ultium batteries and GM Ultium Drive motors, while under the skin, the crossover rides on the GM BEV3 platform.
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Thanks Trey. Very useful information.
Does anybody know how many 2023 they plan to build before 2024 production begins?
For the whole production run, that’s 685,000kw of batteries produced. 514,000kw for the Hummer EV and approximately 171,500kw for the Lyriq.
Seriously, I think the output is too small.
Now we wish to read about actual Lyriq customers and their units.
If GM is “producing” so many Lyriq’s why are customers that secured a Debut Edition (such as myself) being told they won’t have their unit produced until mid-December? Makes me wonder if produced does not mean ready for shipping?
Looking forward to my pre-order for the wife! I believe its a game changer. This is coming from a guy who loves to drive to hear the engine!!
Makes me wondering how dealers are handling the allocation of the lyriq debut edition they recieve from plant Tenn. Dealers must ne under pressure to favor their historic customer
I pre-ordered a 2023 Cadillac Lyriq rear wheel drive and I was told that my Lyriq will not be here until the first quarter of 2023. I was also told they start building them in October of this year and will run through December 2022.
Looks like it just got pushed back with units being built from late November through January.
Perplexing. Last Friday went to a dealer Lyriq event and was also told that even though I secured a Debut Edition that as of now I won’t have my vehicle produced until mid-December (delayed from October). Has Cadillac shipped any production vehicles to dealers and are they on the road yet? The Cadillac rep said I will most likely face further delays into 1Q23.
I received an email update August 15th, 2022 saying “Cadillac remains on track for the debut edition production vehicles and that I will be notified within 16 weeks when my vehicle in being produced and will be ready for delivery”. December 15th will be the end of the 16 weeks. I also heard from the local dealer they believe it “may be” January 2023.
have you received your vehicle yet?
Yes and it has been in the shop twice and scheduled for a third time due to glitchy tech issues like the whole display is on night mode in broad daylight, the front camera activates going over a bump and other similar issues. The dealer and the techs are all frustrated as well as myself.
I think it’s been about a year since I reserved my debut Lyriq. It’s taking a ridiculously long time.
I am the supportive GM customer since the purchase of a 1979 Z28 , white with the blue stripes brah. But I am very disappointed with the delivery of the Lyriq , it’s pretty much 2023 and customers have yet to receive their 2022s . The Lyriq has great numbers and is definitely the best looking of the evs on the market , but it’s basically a concept vehicle , because ain’t nobody driving them.
Looking back I’m realizing how inaccurate these numbers are. I have 1 of the 1500 debut editions ordered. If they had 1700 already built in Sept then why am I still waiting for my order in December with a current status of order accepted and no target production date.
I also have 1 of the 1500 debut editions ordered and am I still waiting for my order with a current status of order accepted and no target production date but my local dealer said not until January at the very earliest. Poor customer communications; customers that desire good service especially since they will be out there touting the Lyriq (or not)???
I have also ordered one of the debut editions here in Las Vegas. My dealer has no information whatsoever about any delivery dates. Inquiring with my sales consultant is like being in a 3 stooges movie with me being curly. Its very disconcerting to get zero answers and left me wondering if they even placed an order for me. They cannot or will not even tell me if my order has been confirmed with the factory. I also own a Tesla model S and the contrast in customer communications is breathtaking. I just cannot fathom why Cadillac would want to keep the link between the customer and the product in such a state of confusion.
You should have a GM order number and other details and if not then you do not have an order:
Order Detail – Order # [ ]
BAC: [ ]
BFC: 1 Name: [DEALER}
Current as of [ ]
—For Dealer Use Only—
I guess I feel a little different. Author is calling September production of 1,000 astonishing. Meanwhile, Tesla has their new plant in Texas that started production in March, same time as Cadillac lyriq, and they just hit production number of 3,000….in a week. That’s 12,000 per month vs 1,000 for Cadillac.
What is really upsetting is watching TV and seeing the commercial advertising the Lyriq and saying “order yours today” like it’s something you can have shipped to you from Amazon. I just laugh. I am actually nervous that once the car is actually delivered, what a mess it’s going to be support-wise. Will I actually be able to drive the car? What about the charging station. How many times will it be sitting at the dealer being fixed for whatever problem it’s having and will my dealer know what to do? I don’t think these companies can do what Tesla has been doing for years.