Cadillac Optiq EV starts at $54,000

Detroit – Common Motors’ The brand new 2025 Cadillac Optiq entry-level electrical automobile will begin at $54,000, the corporate stated Wednesday.

The compact crossover can be Cadillac’s fourth electrical automobile when it goes on sale later this yr. It follows the $59,000 Lyriq midsize crossover, the custom-made Celestiq sedan priced at greater than $300,000 and the upcoming $130,000 Escalade IQ SUV. Pricing doesn’t embody EV incentives comparable to federal credit of as much as $7,500.

“Cadillac has all the time outlined American luxurious, and the Optiq is an instance of how our daring and revolutionary spirit is propelling us into an electrical future,” John Roth, Cadillac vp, stated in a launch.

The Optiq can be bought in 10 areas together with North America, China and Europe and can debut on Wednesday at Cadillac’s new showroom in Paris.

In opposition to this backdrop, automakers are attempting to broaden the attraction of electrical automobiles with cheaper fashions as gross sales of rising automobiles are decrease than anticipated.

The Optiq can be a possibility for GM to re-enter the European market after promoting its European operations in 2017.

The automobile’s design is just like Cadillac’s present electrical automobiles, together with trendy vertical and horizontal lights and a black grille. It additionally has a big 33-inch diagonal LED in-cabin show and options GM’s Tremendous Cruise hands-free driver help system.

Obtainable in Luxurious and Sport trims, the automobile contains an 85-kilowatt-hour battery pack and a normal dual-motor all-wheel-drive propulsion system that delivers Cadillac-estimated 300 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque.

The Optiq has an estimated vary of 300 miles on a single cost. GM says the automobile can add about 79 miles of vary in about 10 minutes utilizing a DC quick charger.

The automobile can be produced at GM’s Ramos Alispe plant in Mexico.