Cadillac to reveal 3 more electric vehicles in ’23
Cadillac, in its bid to be all-electric by 2030, will reveal three new electric vehicles this year that should go into production in 2024, Cadillac Vice President Rory Harvey said during a business update this month.
General Motors Co.’s luxury brand didn’t provide details on what markets the EVs will be for or when to expect the reveals.
Cadillac’s electric lineup so far only includes the Lyriq electric crossover, which launched last year. GM had sold only 122 of them in the U.S. at the end of 2022, but Harvey said the brand will deliver 1,000 of them in February out of the Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant and all debut edition models sold will be delivered by the end of the first quarter. The brand has not revealed how many debut editions it sold.
“The Lyriq ramp-up is on schedule, and indeed it will continue to ramp up as we go through the calendar year,” Harvey said. “So at this particular point in time, we’re happy with the progress that we’re making, and that will continue to build.”
During the Lyriq launch, Cadillac did hit some road bumps, as is usual with new vehicles. It issued recall for 186 Lyriqs last fall after discovering a software error in the driver video display control module that could cause the instrument panel to go blank, according to documents filed with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
“We did come across a software issue. That was part of the reason for doing the slow ramp so that we could snag those as we go through the system,” Harvey said.
“So it did what it was supposed to do. That now is all resolved. Everything is fixed. The vehicles are
being delivered with quality. And, as I said, we’re amping up the distribution of the vehicles significantly now.”
Cadillac is also prepping for the December launch of the more-than $300,000 Celestiq, a hand-built, high-luxury EV.