Entrance driver’s facet view of the Celestiq present automotive, which GM is anticipated to unveil in late-July.
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DETROIT – General Motors on Wednesday mentioned it’s investing $81 million at its international design and expertise campus in suburban Detroit handy construct the upcoming Cadillac Celestiq – a brand new electrical flagship automotive for the model that can be produced in restricted portions.
The choice marks the primary time GM will construct a car for industrial gross sales at its huge tech campus in Warren, Michigan. It additionally marks a pivot for Cadillac to supply a hand-built automotive, which is often reserved for high-end sports activities vehicles and uber-luxury automobiles resembling Bentley’s unique fashions, as GM pushes to revive the quintessential American model right into a tech-savvy EV carmaker able to difficult Tesla.
“As Cadillac’s future flagship sedan, Celestiq signifies a brand new, resurgent period for the model,” GM President Mark Reuss mentioned in a press release.
GM is scheduled to formally unveil the automotive subsequent month. Solely a whole lot are anticipated to be produced every year and value $200,000 or extra per automotive, Cadillac President Steve Carlisle advised The Wall Avenue journal in 2020.
The car can be based mostly on GM’s new Ultium electrical car platform, which was first used on the GMC Hummer EV. The platform is supposed to be modular and underpin GM’s latest EVs, together with 30 new fashions by 2025.
In a launch Wednesday, GM mentioned the funding can be used to buy and set up gear to hand-build the Celestiq and for campus renovation work that is already underway. The corporate reconfirmed that the Celestiq roof is anticipated to be one of many first to characteristic a four-quadrant, suspended-particle-device good glass that lets every occupant of the automotive set their very own degree of roof transparency.
The automaker additionally mentioned the car will characteristic a brand new inside display screen show that spans the width of the car and embody greater than 100 3D printed elements.
Though equipment is utilized in making hand-built automobiles, it is largely managed by people. That compares to a typical car, which is basically produced on an meeting line utilizing a whole lot of robots alongside meeting staff.
