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The Cadillac Motor Car Division, commonly known as Cadillac, is a division of General Motors (GM) that designs and builds luxury vehicles.
Cadillac Global Vice President Ron Harvey confirmed the luxury automaker will debut three new EVs in 2023, that they will produce in multiple factories across different regions, including North America.
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It’s award season and the finalists for the 2023 World Electric Vehicle of the Year award have been announced. They are »
What’s more, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 and the Nissan Ariya, both EVs, are also finalists for the overall 2023 World Car of the Year award. Interestingly the Nissan Ariya didn’t make the final cut for the EV of the Year 🤔. The Kia Niro is a contender for the overall award. The Kia Niro is available as a hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, and a full-time EV.
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Cadillac Lyriq
Reservations for the Cadillac Lyriq in China opened in November 17. Deliveries are expected to start in mid-2022.
SAIC, GM’s partner in China, said yesterday that the Lyriq, the first midsize luxury SUV on the Ultium electric vehicle platform, has received nearly 5,000 pre-orders after it opened for pre-sale on November 17.
SAIC revealed the figure when it released November sales data, without providing more information about the Lyriq.
The largest Chinese carmaker sold 601,360 vehicles in November, down 6.6 percent from 643,928 units a year earlier.
Cadillac Lyriq
The Lyriq SUV is Cadillac’s first entrant into the luxury EV market. It offers sharp styling and a modern cabin.
Customers, beginning Nov. 17, can initially place orders for the rear-wheel drive, long-range version of the Lyriq at a price of 439,700 yuan ($68,811), GM China’s unit said.
The vehicle is produced at SAIC-GM, GM’s passenger vehicle joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp.
The Lyriq can drive for more than 650 kilometers on a full charge or 96 km on a 10-minute charge.
China deliveries are slated to start in mid-2022.
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David Welch / Bloomberg via The Detroit News 🔒 »
GM’s $30 billion push into EVs means adding assembly jobs. The automaker will open its once-idle Detroit-Hamtramck plant next week to make the Hummer EV and Chevrolet Silverado electric pickups, plus the Cruise Origin autonomous shuttle. That plant had 1,200 workers when it was threatened with closure in 2019 — it will have double that in two years. The former Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., will be making the Cadillac Lyriq and other electric models, adding workers along the way.
All in, United Auto Workers Vice President Terry Dittes told me that the union is gaining assembly jobs as automakers prepare for a decade or more in which consumers will buy both internal combustion and electric vehicles.
At its investor presentation on Oct. 6, GM showed a graph with about 40 vehicles for sale by its four brands today, with just a couple being EVs. By 2030, the company will offer 50 models for sale and more than half will be battery-powered. GM will need workers building both of them.
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