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Cadillac Confirms the Compact 2025 Optiq Electric SUV

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Thanks to GM’s investments in electrification, Cadillac is accelerating its EV development and has confirmed another new gas-free model coming in 2025. The Optiq will enter the automaker’s lineup as a compact electric SUV, slotting in beneath the Lyriq and flagship Escalade IQ. Image: Cadillac] Become a& TTAC insider.

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2023 Cadillac LYRIQ EV makes its debut; reservations open in September; availability 1H22

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The production model 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ EV has made its debut. With testing of Cadillac’s inaugural electric luxury SUV running ahead of schedule, the brand announced that customers may place order reservations beginning in September 2021, with initial availability starting the first half of 2022.

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Cadillac LYRIQ Luxury EV completes 80% validation drive ahead of Q1 2022 production start

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Cadillac engineers recently completed the “80 percent” validation drive for the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ—a critical milestone in Cadillac’s first luxury EV’s development, marking a transition to the final stage prior to production. Actual production model will vary. Initial availability first half of 2022. An additional $2.3

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Cadillac unveils electric Escalade IQ; 200 kWh, 450 miles; pricing starting around $130K

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Cadillac unveiled the all-electric 2025 Escalade IQ. The Escalade IQ is the first full-size SUV from Cadillac built on GM’s Ultium Platform, and incorporates GM’s Ultifi software platform to support and deliver ongoing software updates to its technologies. Four-Wheel Steer reduces the turning diameter to 39.4

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News: 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ EV

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News: 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ EV Cadillac’s Biggest SUV Goes All-Electric Cadillac has jumped to the head of the class by announcing the 2025 Escalade IQ will be the most luxurious full-size, three-row, seven-passenger electric SUV when it debuts in late 2024. Photos by Cadillac. Story by John Faulkner.

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

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Cadillac’s Subcompact SUV The 2024 Cadillac XT4 is smack dab in the heat of the subcompact premium/luxury SUV category. It is the third best-selling SUV for Cadillac, coming in behind the larger Escalade and XT5, but ahead of the XT6 and Lyriq EV. All of them outsell the Cadillac luxury sedans.

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Cadillac Lyriq review, F-150 Lightning recall, GM Plug and Charge, VW ID.Aero: Today’s Car News

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We take a first drive in the Cadillac Lyriq, and GM confirms Plug and Charge convenience for all its EVs. In a review of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq EV, we found this electric SUV to be a great first step in. VW reveals its ID.Aero electric sedan. And Ford recalls the F-150 Lightning over tire pressures.

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