The first pre-production 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV has rolled off the assembly line at General Motors’ Spring Hill, Tennessee, factory, GM president Mark Reuss announced Thursday on LinkedIn.
GM is aiming to ship the first customer vehicles in “a few months” Reuss said. That means the automaker could meet the first-quarter 2022 deadline it mentioned in November of last year. At that time, GM said it had completed 80% of validation testing and was fine-tuning the vehicle.
Reservations for the Debut Edition—the only version available at launch—are already full, and GM has said it won’t open reservations for other trim levels until the summer.
2023 Cadillac Lyriq testing
GM previously said it was targeting 300 miles of EPA-rated range for the Debut Edition, and quoted a $59,990 base price, but hasn’t detailed other trim levels or options.
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