With the pre-sale of Cadillac LYRIQ underway, General Motors is also working hard on the final road test for LYRIQ. Currently, Cadillac says engineers have completed 80% of the LYRIQ’s drive system calibration. With all vehicle parts and technology verified, engineers are able to focus more on fine-tuning the vehicle.
As the first car under the General Motors’ Ultium Altium platform, they are very confident in the LYRIQ’s performance. The Chief Engineer of LYRIQ, Jamie Brewer, claimed that the R&D team is fine-tuning the LYRIQ driving experience, and users will like this driving experience after the vehicle is delivered, which will redefine users’ expectations of electric luxury cars.
In North America, Cadillac LYRIQ will start deliveries in the second quarter of next year. In the domestic market, Cadillac LYRIQ started pre-sale on November 17th with over 2,000 orders placed within 12 hours. Although this is still behind the 19-minute sellout in the US market, it is already quite impressive for a mid-to-large-sized luxury SUV with a price of 440,000 RMB.
During the press conference and first appearance at the Chengdu Auto Show on November 17th, Cadillac did not announce LYRIQ’s delivery time in China. Based on the delivery time in North America, the delivery time of the domestically produced LYRIQ to China may also be after the second quarter of next year. It is worth noting that the domestically produced LYRIQ is highly integrated with localization, from R&D to the supply chain to the market. The whole system is very complete, which ensures that the domestically produced LYRIQ is a highly mature product. Moreover, among the current joint venture luxury brands, no one can truly compete with LYRIQ in terms of product strength. Instead, new domestic brands will give this car considerable pressure.We are also looking forward to the market performance of LYRIQ after its official delivery next year and whether it can pave the way for the development of the GM Ultium platform in China.
🔗Source: insideevs
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