10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CADILLAC LYRIQ

The age of EVs is now upon us, and among all the auto giants that are all trying to beat each other to the punch, Cadillac has now entered into the foray. There has been plenty of hype and excitement around the luxury brand’s first full EV, and it’s merely the tip of the iceberg. Joining a list of some remarkable EVs by well-established giants of the game, the Lyriq excites us with what it could do to carve itself a share of the budding market share.

What is most significant about the Lyriq is that it will spearhead Cadillac’s complete transition to the electric sector, as they announced in 2021 that every new Cadillac vehicle going forward will be an EV. It is no secret that both GM and Cadillac have a lot invested in the fruit of their labor, the Cadillac Lyriq, and its hopes hinge on the new electric crossover for the future they have planned together. Here are 10 things you should know about the new Cadillac Lyriq.

General Motors has had issues with its batteries, with incidents of some of those units even catching fire. Thus, Cadillac made the right call by staying away from its parent company’s existing technology. Instead, the new 2023 Lyriq will use the auto giant’s latest Ultium battery tech, which would bring greater range, lower costs, and more flexibility to its EVs than ever.

We know that all electric vehicles barely make noise, owing to the complete absence of an Internal Combustion Engine under their hoods. However, Cadillac, being the premium-luxury brand that it is, has gone the extra mile to provide zero cabin noise to occupants of its 2023 Lyriq.

Cadillac and GM are completely serious about their electric future, and General Motors’ investment plan worth a staggering $27 billion is a prime example of the same. GM is looking to offer close to 30 different, all-new electric vehicles by the end of 2025, and thus, the Lyriq is the first of many to come. This investment was a $7 billion increment to their initial plan announcement.

Instead of going with a conventional two-screen setup, one for the driver’s information cluster and one for the infotainment, Cadillac will offer the Lyriq with one single massive curved LED screen, and similar to the Cadillac Escalade, the screen will be capable of displaying one billion colors.

There are several luxury EVs out on the market today that are still underpinned by platforms which were originally designed for ICE-powered vehicles, but not the 2023 Lyriq. Cadillac’s first electric crossover sits on GM’s brand-new modular EV platform called the Ultium platform.

There is no doubt that the Lyriq will be rife with all the comforts and features one would expect from a premium brand like Cadillac. The 2023 Lyriq will also appeal to the youth segment with features like a 19-speaker sound system from AKG, which when paired with its innovative new noise-cancellation tech, would provide one of the best in cabin experiences out there.

The Cadillac Lyriq will be going head-to-head with existing EVs in the market, thus taking on giants like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Tesla. Rivaling the Germans’ EQC and E-Tron, and the American Tesla Model X, the Lyriq will have a lot of fight on its hands. However, it could certainly gain a competitive edge with its pricing and features, which would be the latest ones since it is the newest entrant to the game.

When deliveries of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq commence, the focus would be on the standard variant, which is only offered in rear-wheel drive. The RWD Lyriqs should begin cropping up at dealerships near May and June, but Cadillac has stated that a more powerful variant would also be on the way.

The excitement and hype surrounding Caddy’s first-ever EV resulted in a vastly successful reception of the Lyriq last year when registrations for the car went live. In fact, it took all of ten minutes for the car to be sold out, which is definitely something worth bragging about.

Cadillac revealed the price of the Debut edition model of the Lyriq, and at $62,990, it does what was expected of it- it undercuts all of its main rivals. While this price is for the RWD variant, the AWD model only goes for $2,000 premium, keeping the Cadillac under its competitors’ prices.

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