Cadillac Lyriq
Midsize luxury electric SUV · 2023–present. 28,402 units sold in the US in 2024
How it began
It was created by Cadillac, the luxury brand of General Motors. GM names Jamie Brewer as the Lyriq's chief engineer and Andrew Smith, executive director of Cadillac Design, as head of its design; Michael Simcoe, GM's vice president of global design, presented it in 2020. Rory Harvey, then vice president of Global Cadillac, led the launch, and Dave Stutzman is chief engineer of the high-performance Lyriq-V.
For the United States it is built at Spring Hill, Tennessee. In its March 2022 release, GM described the complex, opened in 1990, as its largest North American facility and documented the $2 billion commitment to prepare it for electric vehicles. GM and LG Energy Solution announced another $2.3 billion through Ultium Cells for a neighboring battery-cell plant; the battery maker confirmed its first cell shipments on March 21, 2024. For China, GM’s original June 2022 release documents Lyriq production at SAIC-GM’s Cadillac plant in Shanghai.
The show car was revealed online on August 6, 2020. The production version, a 2023 model, debuted on April 21, 2021. Retail production began at Spring Hill on March 21, 2022, nine months ahead of plan, and the first 36 units reached U.S. customers in the third quarter of 2022.
Phil Dauchy, Cadillac's global head of brand strategy, explained three ideas behind the name. First, the word lyric: he says Cadillac is mentioned in song lyrics more than any other brand. Second, Cadillac's new electric names end in "iq" to signal a different kind of vehicle. Third, Cadillac and Lyriq end in a similar sound and roll off the tongue.
The Lyriq is Cadillac's first all-electric vehicle and the brand's first on GM's Ultium platform, a modular base of batteries and motors designed for many models. GM used it to open Cadillac's new electric era and to compete with brands such as Tesla and Volkswagen. In GM's words, the Lyriq sets the standard for the future of Cadillac.
Generation by generation
- Gen. 12023–present · Ultium
The first electric Cadillac
Photo: Elise240SX · CC BY-SA 4.0 What changed. It is a clean-sheet Ultium design with no gasoline predecessor. MY2023 was announced with a rear motor rated at an estimated 340 hp and a 100 kWh battery; EPA rated it at 312 miles. AWD with about 500 hp was already offered for MY2023, according to Cadillac’s original release and that model year’s EPA record. MY2024 added the entry Tech and Sport trims; rear-drive EPA range rose to 326 miles for MY2025. January 2025 brought the MY2026 Lyriq-V, the first electric V-Series, with Cadillac-estimated 615 hp and 0 to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds with Velocity Max. Cadillac announced it as its quickest production model; an original May 19, 2025 report confirmed its production and deliveries were already underway.
The innovation. A 33-inch-diagonal curved LED display able to show more than 1 billion colors, joining the gauges and the infotainment system in a single piece. Outside, Cadillac says it achieved truly vertical lamps, an industry first, with a lit "black crystal" grille that greets the owner with a choreographed light show.
If you buy one usedThe retained November 2, 2026 LYRIQ inventory has seven/six distinct campaigns for 2023/2024 versus three/one for 2025/2026; this is a dated program count, not reliability or each VIN’s open status. Selected 2023 programs are 22V710 display software, 23V367 battery connections and 23V682 pedestrian-warning calibration. For affected unrepaired 2023–2024 cars under 23V785, do not use the left-rear or center-rear seat until the frame remedy is complete. Check 24V589 ABS software on specified 2023–2024 AWD cars and 25V356 display software on 2023–2024; both offer dealer or OTA updates. Certain 2024 cars also have 24V320 rear drive-unit hardware replacement and 26V082 gray-camera software. Check 25V232 front stabilizer-bracket bolts on 2023–2025 and 25V483 battery mounting bolts on 2025; these require actual inspection and conditional physical work. Additional manual corrections are 25V193 on 2025 and 26V114 on 2026. Confirm current VIN eligibility and documented completion of each required remedy; an OTA invoice does not establish unrelated hardware work.
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