Recently, LYRIQ's first pre-production vehicle rolled off the production line at the Cadillac plant, marking the final stage of commissioning and verification of the full production link by LYRIQ before mass production. Cadillac LYRIQ was officially released in November 2021 and opened for pre-sale, and the 2022 rear-drive long-endurance deluxe version is priced at 439,700 yuan. As the brand's first pure electric vehicle, cadillac LYRIQ uses the latest General Motors Ultium Aotonon electric vehicle platform for enhanced performance and safety.
Despite the late arrival, Cadillac LYRIQ is here after all!
Today, in 2022, new energy vehicles are no longer "new", and Cadillac is not a believer, until november last year released the first pure electric model. Julian Blissett, GM's global executive vice president and president of GM China, has previously said cadillac LYRIQ will be delivered in the third quarter of this year. However, since the official release and pre-sale on November 17, 2021, Cadillac LYRIQ has been affected by the epidemic and "lack of core" many times, and the recent uncertainty of the situation in Shanghai has made many people worry about whether it can be delivered on time.
The official rollout of LYRIQ's first pre-production car broke some doubts. As one of the first batch of "white list" enterprises to resume work and production of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, SAIC-GM, with the support of governments at all levels and relevant departments, has steadily promoted the resumption of work and production and gradually restored production capacity. The LYRIQ pre-production vehicle is the first brand new model to roll off the production line at the Cadillac plant in Jinqiao, Shanghai, since the implementation of closed production management. Although it is late, Cadillac LYRIQ is almost here after all!
At the beginning of the release, a large number of orders were received, and Cadillac LYRIQ was very strong!
At the beginning of the release of Cadillac LYRIQ, the number of orders in the 30 days of pre-sale exceeded 5,000 units, including orders from some well-known automotive media people. It is believed that a pure electric model with a pre-price of nearly 440,000 yuan can receive so many orders, and it must have excellent strength.
First of all, Cadillac LYRIQ's 650km CLTC pure electric mileage is already far ahead of other luxury brand competitors at the same price, and other new energy models that have a battery life close to Cadillac LYRIQ are priced much higher than it. At the same time, the Aotene platform is a global platform designed and built by GM after more than 20 years of exploration in the field of new energy vehicles and a lot of resources, and the strength of Cadillac LYRIQ, as the "pioneer" of the platform, is naturally not to be underestimated. "Dimensionality reduction strike" is the usual trick used by Cadillac and even the entire General Motors Group, and this trick just works very well.
Secondly, the 33-inch ring curtain super retina screen in the car is quite attractive. This "super large screen" has a resolution of 8960×1320 pixels, reaching the level of 9K, and the pixel density is 271PPI, and integrates dashboards, infotainment, navigation, lighting control, air conditioning and other functions. With Qualcomm's flagship 8155 chip and the new generation of Super Cruise super assisted driving system developed by GM Group, it is believed that cadillac LYRIQ will not disappoint at the level of intelligence. In addition, the editor is very interested in the 17-speaker AKG sound system, after all, as a loyal user of AKG, the editor still recognizes its products!
It's better to come sooner rather than coincidentally, maybe Cadillac LYRIQ came just in time!
To say "come early", in fact, GM has a lot of say, as early as 1996, GM launched the first mass production of electric vehicle EV1, but for various reasons, this car did not succeed, a total of only more than 2,000 vehicles were produced, in 2002 GM announced the abandonment of the project.
After more than 20 years of development and accumulation of experience, the technology of GM Group can be said to be quite mature. GM spent a lot of time, manpower and material resources to develop a flexible and changeable Aoteneng platform, is cadillac in the pure electric vehicle market foothold!
The Aoteneng platform is the third generation of general electric platform developed and designed by GM Group, which has strong compatibility characteristics and can be adapted to cars, SUVs, MPVs and pickup trucks. The Aotene platform can achieve such a large "inclusiveness", mainly relying on its unique design of the battery structure and electric drive system, and as a pure electric platform, its design in terms of battery pack safety is remarkable.
During this period of dormancy, I believe that other car companies "stepped on the thunder" Cadillac will look in the eyes, when the basic technology necessary for car manufacturing is mature and stable, and even innovative design on this basis, in such a situation to create a model, not to mention how many surprises, at least the vast majority of "fright" can be avoided!
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"Late but late" is the editor's view of Cadillac LYRIQ. Although it was late, it came after all! Cadillac LYRIQ is not only Cadillac's first pure electric vehicle, but also a pioneer in Cadillac's new energy competition. One drum, then decay, three exhaustion! At a time when other brands are already tired on the "field", Cadillac has observed the soft points of competitors and impacted the new energy competition with full of vitality, which may have unexpected gains.
Cadillac LYRIQ's first full-wheel drive long-endurance deluxe version uses a rear axle motor drive, which will be equipped with a drive motor with a maximum power of 255 kW and a peak torque of 440 N·m, and the official said that it will also launch a four-wheel drive version within 4.9 seconds of 100 km/h acceleration. We have reason to believe that with the blessing of the Aoteneng platform, LYRIQ and even the entire Cadillac will bring us more different models and more different surprises! What do you think about Cadillac LYRIQ? Feel free to leave your opinion in the comments section!