Cadillac takes on Tesla: General Motors unveils its first ever fully electric car – but buyers won’t be able to get their hands on one until 2022
- GM postponed the reveal of their Cadillac Lyriq because of the pandemic
- The vehicle won’t be able to be released until late 2022 and the brand hopes to release 20 vehicles globally by 2023
- Lyriq will have a range of more than 300 miles and will be able to park itself
- General Motors plans to unveil 20 electric vehicles by late 2020
General Motors Co. has unveiled plans for their new Cadillac electric vehicle that will offer some stiff competition to Tesla Inc., but potential buyers willl have to wait until at least 2022 to get their hands on one.
GM postponed the reveal of their Cadillac Lyriq because of the pandemic and the release is not expected until late 2022.
The Cadillac will have a range of more than 300 miles – putting it in the same range as Tesla’s Model Y and X crossovers.
GM postponed the reveal of their Cadillac Lyriq because of the pandemic. It will be released in late 2022
The car’s range will be more than Audi’s e-tron and Jaguar’s I-Pace
The Cadillac will have a range of more than 300 miles – putting it in the same range as Tesla’s Model Y and X crossovers (pictured)
It will beat Audi’s e-tron and Jaguar’s I-Pace in available mileage, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The Lyriq’s launch will follow the launch of the Chevrolet Bolt crossover-utility vehicle and the GMC Hummer pickup thats planned for next year.
All were unveiled to investors during Chief Executive Mary Barra’s EV pitch. She plans to have 20 electric vehicles to market globally by 2023.
‘Led by Lyriq, Cadillac will redefine American luxury over the next decade with a new portfolio of transformative EVs,’ Steve Carlisle, president of GM North America, said in a statement.
Chief Executive Mary Barra hopes to have 20 electric vehicles to market globally by 2023
The Lyriq will be offered in rear-wheel and all-wheel drive configurations, as well as the hands-free Super Cruise driver-assistance system.
The feature will be usable on more than 200,000 miles of highway and will offer automatic lane-changing capability. The model will also be able to park itself.
In addition, it will feature a 33-inch panel that stretches across the cockpit and will have twice the resolution of a 4K television. The same will also be offered in Cadillac’s new Escalade SUV.
Volkswagen’s Audi has struggled getting sales out of their electric SUVs, getting less than 17,000 e-trons in the first half of 2020. The poor sales made up a little more than two per cent of the worldwide total.
‘Lyriq is probably the first real product that could be a legitimate volume entry,’ said Dan Levy, a Credit Suisse analyst. ‘GM is very serious about this.’
The Lyriq will be offered in rear-wheel and all-wheel drive configurations, as well as the hands-free Super Cruise driver-assistance system
The new electric vehicle will even be able to park itself