2025 Cadillac Optiq
Cadillac
DETROIT – General Motors’ new entry-level 2025 Cadillac Optiq electrical automobile will begin at $54,000, the corporate mentioned Wednesday.
The compact-sized crossover is about to be Cadillac’s fourth electrical automobile when it goes on sale later this yr. It follows the $59,000 Lyriq midsize crossover, the $300,000-plus bespoke Celestiq sedan and the upcoming $130,000 Escalade IQ SUV. Pricing excludes EV incentives, resembling federal credit of as much as $7,500.
“Cadillac has at all times outlined American luxurious, and Optiq is an instance of how our daring, revolutionary spirit is propelling us into the EV future,” John Roth, vice chairman of Cadillac, mentioned in a launch.
The Optiq will probably be bought in 10 areas, together with North America, China and Europe, the place it debuted Wednesday at a brand new Cadillac showroom in Paris.
It comes as automakers try and broaden the enchantment of EVs with less-expensive fashions following slower-than-expected sales for the rising autos.
2025 Cadillac Optiq
Cadillac
The Optiq can be a possibility for GM to reenter the European market after the automaker bought its operations there in 2017. It may additionally assist GM regain ground in China following notable gross sales and earnings declines in recent times.
The design of the automobile is just like Cadillac’s present EVs, together with modern vertical and horizontal lights and a black grille. It additionally has a big 33-inch diagonal LED inside show and makes use of GM’s Super Cruise hands-free driver-assistance system.
The automobile, supplied in Luxurious and Sport trims, contains an 85-kilowatt-hour battery pack with a normal twin motor all-wheel drive propulsion system that provides a Cadillac-estimated 300 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque.
Optiq’s electrical vary on a single cost is estimated at 300 miles. GM mentioned the automobile is able to including about 79 miles of vary in about 10 minutes with a DC quick charger.
The automobile will probably be produced at GM’s Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico.
Inside of the 2025 Cadillac Optiq with GM’s Tremendous Cruise hands-free driver-assistance system.
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