Cadillac’s new entry-level Optiq EV to start at $54,000

DETROIT – General Motors’ new entry-level 2025 Cadillac Optiq electrical automobile will get started at $54,000, the corporate stated Wednesday.

The compact-sized crossover is about to be Cadillac’s fourth electrical automobile when it is going on sale later this yr. It follows the $59,000 Lyriq midsize crossover, the $300,000-plus bespoke Celestiq sedan and the approaching $130,000 Escalade IQ SUV. Pricing excludes EV incentives, reminiscent of federal credit of as much as $7,500.

“Cadillac has all the time outlined American luxurious, and Optiq is an instance of ways our daring, cutting edge spirit is propelling us into the EV long term,” John Roth, vice chairman of Cadillac, stated in a free up.

The Optiq will probably be bought in 10 areas, together with North The usa, China and Europe, the place it debuted Wednesday at a brand new Cadillac showroom in Paris.

It comes as automakers try to make bigger the enchantment of EVs with less-expensive fashions following slower-than-expected sales for the rising cars.

The Optiq may be a possibility for GM to reenter the European market after the automaker bought its operations there in 2017. It will additionally assist GM regain ground in China following notable gross sales and profits declines in recent times.

The design of the automobile is very similar to Cadillac’s present EVs, together with graceful vertical and horizontal lighting fixtures and a black grille. It additionally has a big 33-inch diagonal LED internal show and makes use of GM’s Super Cruise hands-free driver-assistance device.

The automobile, presented in Luxurious and Recreation trims, contains an 85-kilowatt-hour battery pack with a typical twin motor all-wheel pressure propulsion device that gives a Cadillac-estimated 300 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque.

Optiq’s electrical vary on a unmarried fee is estimated at 300 miles. GM stated the automobile is able to including about 79 miles of vary in about 10 mins with a DC speedy charger.

The automobile will probably be produced at GM’s Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico.