2025 Cadillac Optiq
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DETROIT – Basic Motors’ new entry-level 2025 Cadillac Optiq electrical automobile will begin at $54,000, the corporate stated Wednesday.
The compact-sized crossover is ready 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, similar to 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, stated in a launch.
The Optiq will likely 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 to broaden the enchantment of EVs with less-expensive fashions following slower-than-expected gross sales for the rising automobiles.
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 might additionally assist GM regain floor in China following notable gross sales and earnings declines lately.
The design of the automobile is much 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 Tremendous 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 stated the automobile is able to including about 79 miles of vary in about 10 minutes with a DC quick charger.
The automobile will likely 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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